Politics

Man it sure does seem like everyone and their goldfish is weighing in on politics nowadays. Personally I think this is great, to a degree. Oh and by the way this is Matthew writing. I think involvement in the political world is the only way we will ever achieve that more perfect union that the founding fathers put forth. With that said, people please stop. When I said that we needed more involvement from society in the political process, I meant intelligent involvement. Well formed opinions backed up with observations and facts, is that really so much to ask? If I get one more "Obama is a Muslim terrorist" bulletin on Myspace I will seriously be unhappy in the extreme. I respect the office of the President regardless, this does not mean that I agree views or policies, in fact the whole point of a representative democracy is to foster differing view points then debating till the public at large speaks. So the public at large has seemingly spoken and through the Electoral College (which is a total farce, but that is another discussion) and elected Barack Obama as the next president. This does not mean that since he is something new and different, or that he can speak publicly better than most can speak privately, we blindly believe he will be better than the last, this is the lack of intelligence I was talking about earlier. On the other hand the individuals that throw out pure idiocy by joining "NoBama" groups or swearing to move to another country for no reason other than they don't like him. Let me set the record straight, if you are considering moving for legitimate reason then by all means continue with your plans, if you fall into the other group then lack of intelligence you haz it. So in short, don't hate the president for no good reason, but don't love him just because he is new and sounds good, hold true to your beliefs don't tell people others are stupid for questioning and look at the facts before speaking. Little more than a rant I know but I felt this was necessary