Political ramble

George W. a leader? Of course. A good leader? Debatable. Leader of the military? Traditionally. Leader of the nation? Traditionally. But George W. is an elected leader rather than a leader who's following deems him as such. The law gives him the authority to lead rather than his actions.

Parties disrupt the election process and is a cop-out to actually voting for the best candidate. Republicans vote Republican and Democrats vote Democrats (usually) because a competition exists between the two. Perhaps historically, the competitive impulse is not only for an orientation of action within government, but more a spin-off from the manhood puzzle -- the competitive nature shared by men of all cultures. People are voting to outdo the other, despite the candidate. More and more voters are less informed of candidates (including me). All the garbage on the media focuses on many of the issues I am not concerned with. For once, if a campaign would do more than talk about gay marriage, cloning, stem cell research and focus more on how the candidates will ultimately help people around the globe and relate to them.

George W. aligns himself with Christianity but backs a war to spread democracy and end terror. Ending terror, like ending poverty is a great ideal, but communism never worked. And when did democracy become equated with Christianity? Personally, I cringe every time I see an American flag in a sanctuary because it feels to be an icon, or mistakingly an idol. America was not founded under Christian principles and even if it was, it would not be worth worshipping as the supreme city on a hill. We have as much wrong if not more than other countries around the world. Our faith in our technocentric society is misplaced. Is technology more powerful than the human being? It's not an easy question.