On The Current Tea Party Movement

At the risk of sounding like an Obama supporter, I would like to mention that I do feel that his handling of the economic crisis by putting taxpayer money into the hands of private enterprise is unacceptable. We must let the free market get a taste of its own medicine by letting it collapse, thus making people around the world realize the dangers of unregulated free-market globalization.

However, the new right-wing backlash against the current economic crisis is not unexpected in itself, but its far-right rhetoric is very telling of the movement. The tea-party protesters are primarily poor white Americans who did not support Obama in the election, and feel that he is dangerous to the U.S. because of his "socialist" policies. NOTHING could be further from the truth. For one, Obama has completely dropped the single-payer option from the healthcare debate, and has created this trumped-up concept of a "public option" while letting private insurance still exist. Secondly, Obama may have put tax money into private enterprises like banks and the auto-industry (and thus some ignorant conservatives have cried "socializiation"), but this also is false. If Obama were a socialist, he would not only put tax-payer money into industries, he would have the government run them or have the government own the means of production, neither of which he has done, he has simply given them a bailout.

It is obvious, from the rhetoric of their protests to the propaganda of Fox News, that the Tea Party protesters are ignorant of their concept of "socialism" and continue to portray Obama as a demagogue. Even when he is attempting to give them some sort of healthcare plan, they complain, although the majority of them are uninsured. It is my personal opinion, from witnessing the recent school speech controversy and the recent Capital Hill protests against healthcare reform, that although they may truly be fiscal conservatives, the stench of Jim Crow reaks from the Tea Party movement, due to the fact that many of these insecure poor whites may feel bitter that an African American has risen to the highest position in American politics. They may try to hide behind the "socialist" argument, but when Obama tries to address schoolchildren and encourage them to succeed and the Tea Party reaction is "he's trying to politically indoctrinate our children", I can't help but wonder, when Presidents Reagan and Bush senior also addressed children, if there is some hidden motive behind the zealotry of the Tea Party.

On Obama's Victory

It has been almost been five days since Obama won the presidential election here in the United States, and for Democrats, the honeymoon has begun. Many people in the U.S. and around the world see the victory of an African-American as a truly progressive step this nation, and to some extent, it is progressive considering African-Americans were the victims of deeply-rooted Jim Crow laws of the South as recent as 40 years ago. Also, many Americans really believe Obama will bring about multiple changes to the U.S., which will strengthen the economy and makes us more open to foreign countries. However, I personally see Obama as a new face to an old system. True, I do think his ideas of government are more realistic than John McCain's, and I am happier to see Obama win over McCain, but I doubt the system of the United States will change that much in the next four years (or eight years, depending on his performance now). Not to mention, Obama is now the head of the other monopolizing party of the U.S., which supports the same big-business and capitalist initiatives that the Republicans do (the only difference is the type of business Democrats support). So will Obama bring a lot of change to Washington? Well, it depends on your opinion of "a lot".

Introduction

Well, I've done it, I've delved into the world of the blog, and I'm still not quite sure what to make of it. Seeing as how I really have nothing more to do than to take care of an 11-year-old Jack Russell Terrier who stills acts like she's a puppy while my parents are away, I figure: what the hell?

My purpose for this blog, you ask? Well, my ultimate goal is to improve my writing skills, but the reader may be subjected to some teenaged rants of politics, current affairs, movies, music, or life in general. But topic ideas are fine, I don't want this to turn into the internet diary of a whiny high-schooler.

So, thank you for taking time out of your already hectic 21st Century life to look at my blog, and feedback is always appreciated.