Friday, April 07, 2006

Leaky Houses

Admittedly, it has been a while since I’ve posted (as comments have indicated) and it seems time to return.

I’ve been noting the news lately, and it seems that things are heating up for the President. Poll numbers today indicate that the GOP and the White House are at their lowest in quite some time. Notably, the newspaper article that I read compares much of the poll numbers to the 2004 election poll numbers. Ultimately, I’m interested to see what happens in the next elections.

More importantly, though, it seems as though the Bush Administration has been able to get away with quite a bit of “stuff.” The recent revelation in the Scooter Libby trial that it could have been Bush himself that authorized the leak of Valerie Plame’s identity seems rather damning. However, looking back on the last few years, it seems that this presidency has been able to get away with a lot of “stuff.” It’s well known that Iraq did not have WMD’s or pose a threat. This blunder alone seems large enough to call for a serious questioning of our leadership.

This is where I get stuck…one would think that in our system, that we, as a people, should be able to have checks upon the actions of our elected leaders. Instead, it seems as if the people have become powerless. My question to the world, then, is: In what ways can actual change be made? Bush’s expansion of power through the executive office has allowed him to enact all sorts of nasties, including the use of indefinite detention in GITMO and in the secret CIA prisons overseas. How can the citizens of the United States fight against this use of power?

1 Comments:

Anonymous Anonymous said...

Hi, my name is Gina and I am in Com 321 with Karma Chavez and she emailed us about your blog. Coincidentally, I have an assignment for com 394 to read a blog for a week. This works out well for both of us.

Anyway I've often asked the same question - how can any real change occur in government? I've also been puzzled as to how much the Bush administration has been able to get away with.

The only answer I've been able to come up with is this: Money seems to be the driving force in this country - and perhaps in this world. So, the only way for change to occur is for some big powerhouse to back a third party and shake things up. Or for there to somehow be an incentive for the democrats and republicans alike to blow the whistle a little more often on the Bush admin.

I just feel that even if there were one more party - things would be a little more democratic and a little less shady.

Why do we, as a people, always tend towards a dichotomy? (black/white, republican/democrat, madonna/whore, gay/straight)

8:44 PM, April 09, 2006  

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