Kill 4 Cynici$m

I have very little faith in government and politicians. In this day that does not make me very unique. I believe we live in a oligarchy disguised as a democracy. Masked as such, so not to invoke the wrath of the masses, as well as to misguide and funnel potential grassroots energy into the two party system. Many of you will say that there are legal components built into our government to protect us from power coalescing in the hands of a few. I will say to you that those fail-safes have long been side stepped. The evidence is right before our eyes. In the last 8 years the slight of hand practiced by American politicians has been replaced with the finer arts of school yard bullying. This bullying has held up in our courts of law. Wether it has been the erosion of civil liberties or the torture of individuals in our collective name, the law that we feel will protect us has not. I believe in most cases power corrupts, and that the weak and corrupt seek power. Of course there are some good people who seek power to make positive changes, but I feel they are a minority constrained by the corrupt. I ask people, "If you were in power and enjoyed having it, why would you allow the average person the ability to take it with a vote?". With all of that said (long ass blog), something about Obama's closing speech in last nights final debate really moved me, there was a sincerity in his eyes that I really wanna believe. I was not an undecided voter. I had chosen long ago to vote for "O" for symbolic reasons and with hope that outside of politics and what Obama may or may not accomplish as a president, that we would all be inspired and transformed by our collective choice. A choice that would symbolize our capacity for change.