In a country that considers them self as a giant "Melting Pot", we sure do have a huge hobby of judging each other. How silly, right? Especially when we judge the leader of our beloved country and create the absurd theories on his motives and decisions. E.J. Dionne Jr. is an opinion writer for the Washington Post and he sheds light on how ridiculous Americans can be in his article, President Obama as an Alien.
This article is something that I find really interesting because Americans pride themselves on being accepting of people regardless of their skin color or religion. Yet somehow, Barack Obama is an exception. Dionne Jr. made some very valid points. I found it ironic when he mentioned how one day Americans say Obama is a Nazi and the next day he's "merely a socialist". I've even heard many people mention that he's involved in some secret Muslim mission against the US and is working with terrorist. Who has the time to think up such obnoxious conspiracy theories?
Dionne Jr. made it extremely obvious that the slander against Obama happens with pretty much every president we've ever had. I guess I just don't understand why people elect politicians if they just freak out once their in power and actually doing things within the government. Yes, I think Obama has done things during his presidency that could potentially do more harm than good, but overall, he's had a pretty successful term. Our economy is slowly improving and I believe he helped getting the ball rolling with that.
This article did a very good job at critiquing our judgemental behaviors and the fact that we bring up horrific past events and try to predict them happening again with over analyzed thinking. I believe that we project our fears unto people of power because it's easier to hate someone that has influence versus someone that is insignificant. It provides some sort of relief to people if they think they can predict future tragedies and try to prevent them. This is why, I think, people slander our country's leader term after term because history has proven that it's usually the people in power that have done the greatest damage and are the most dangerous. Basically, I believe people should suck it up and have faith in the leaders we elect and hope they do the best for us, because I think they do for the most part and I think E.J. Dionne Jr. would agree with me!!
Friday, February 24, 2012
Friday, February 10, 2012
I'm feeling a little hacked today.
I've always believed that ignorance is bliss, but when it comes to what the government tells us and what they withhold, is it still bliss that I'm feeling? First off, I'm not quite sure if this is the type of article expected when talking about the US national government, but I really think it might be something that should be on our radar when we think about our government. I'd like to believe that the government hides information from us for very valid reasons, but now I feel like I might just have been naive about the whole thing. I'm now more confused than ever with the level of trust I give our government.
This group of hackers, known as Anonymous, is notorious for hacking government websites and finding out all the dirty details about what goes on behind closed doors in our government. These hackers post YouTube videos, tweet and who all knows what else they do, all to expose information to the public that they wouldn't get elsewhere. Honestly, I'm not too sure how I feel about all of this. I get this sickening feeling that something really bad is going to come from all of this. I'm torn between whether I think these hackers are doing a good thing or not.
Hacking websites is not an easy task, especially when it's such important websites such as the CIA, the state of Alabama and Mexico's mining ministry's websites. If these people can hack those, what else could they get away with? Could these people potentially be more dangerous than the things our government hides from us? Should us as American citizens feel scared or empowered? We allow our government to have the powers that it does, so we should allow ourselves to trust that they use their powers to protect us, right?
This article was very intriguing as is this whole hacking political websites business, but personally I'm creeped out. Yet, I can't quit reading about this stuff! If you feel the same way, you would totally be interested in reading this article and even the comments people leave about the subject matter.
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