Outside the box - 1

Recently, President Barrack Obama signed a record breaking economic stimulus package in order to assuage the fears of the American people. This package has helped ease the minds of billions of Americans. It is the signature of the Obama campaign and presidency; change.

For the average, media-brainwashed American, this is a cause for celebration; the government is acting to fix their problems and prevent the upcoming disaster. What is not overt to the average American is that this attempt to aid the economy is nothing different that what has been seen for the past 8 years. This bill is just a different manifestation of the bush tax rebate's concept: pump money that the country doesn't have into it's economy. This is very similar to the end days of the soviet union, where so much new money had been printed, it was actually cheaper to burn it for heat than spend it.

So what is the problem with this package? It bears the hallmark of 20Th century style American politics; utilize all resources to prevent disaster at all costs. The American government spends precious tax dollars on preventing the inevitable.

NEWSFLASH. If we spent half as much PREPARING for the coming disaster and had taken the blow and been able to roll with that proverbial punch, our economy would be fine at the moment.

I must give credit where it is due. I am very impressed that Obama has acted as publicly as he has in his presidency. He is doing a fine job as the nation's designated scapegoat. Obama gets to be the man that gets blamed for every American's problems for the next 4 years, congratulations are in order.

Where Obama has utterly failed, and what the American people have failed to realize, is that the "Republican or Democrat?" style mentality of the American voter is what is failing this country. These two parties are in reality two extremes of one uniform style of thought. While they differ on the exact method, the republican and the democrat have one ubiquitous style of thought. They approach every problem as though it is their responsibility to prevent it.

I've never seen a professional boxer that was afraid to take a hit. In fact, Muhammad Ali made a career out of taking them. What I would like to see out of the American government is a new mentality. a "rope a dope" mentality. What the country really needs to do is weather the storm, not try to run away from it.

I've been waiting for a real president of change to come. The American people may have been bamboozled into believing that they only have two choices when it comes to casting their vote, but how about some variety? How about a republican choosing a libertarian running mate? How about a Democratic president choosing a majority third-party cabinet?

Obama may be the president of "change," but all he has changed thus far is the attitude that the media manipulates in its viewers.

Keep thinking people,
- Unwashable mind.