30-01-2013, 03:51 PM
If I may, as a non-US citizen, I'd agree that Obama has not been the beacon of hope and clarity I was hoping for. How much of that is down to the Houses - I'm not really sure.
The current system - here and in the US - is a facade supported by the proportion of the population who idea of mental stimulation is American Idol/X Factor and journalistic vigour is Fox News. Those who are too lazy to think for themselves or seek true enlightenment elsewhere. Sheep, in other words.
Here, as in the US, credibility matters not a jot as long as you keep repeating the same lies, even after they have been proven lies. Blair and Cameron are exemplars of this trait.
I'd argue that any US President who leads to an official conclusion that (e.g.) the CIA killed JFK would cause a Constitutional crisis, and they know it too. The longer term good of the country is subserviant to their own short term career goals. That and the fact that no President wants to go down in history as the person who caused the end of the system created by the Founding Fathers.
The current system - here and in the US - is a facade supported by the proportion of the population who idea of mental stimulation is American Idol/X Factor and journalistic vigour is Fox News. Those who are too lazy to think for themselves or seek true enlightenment elsewhere. Sheep, in other words.
Here, as in the US, credibility matters not a jot as long as you keep repeating the same lies, even after they have been proven lies. Blair and Cameron are exemplars of this trait.
I'd argue that any US President who leads to an official conclusion that (e.g.) the CIA killed JFK would cause a Constitutional crisis, and they know it too. The longer term good of the country is subserviant to their own short term career goals. That and the fact that no President wants to go down in history as the person who caused the end of the system created by the Founding Fathers.