It's getting cliche to call Obama the anointed one, or the Jesus president. He is not Jesus, not the one in the Bible and definitely not the one in The Big Lebowski since he can't bowl for shit. If he is not Jesus then who is he? He is at the core a very coarse liar, it has nothing to do with his personality or his ethics, it's just the nature of his job. If you want to be the boss you have to accept the facts of life as the boss and he has, undeniably. So my criticism of Obama is not directed at him personally, but at his position. For those of you in love with the human being; get over it, already. There are tons of gracious, good and smart individuals out there, Obama is not unique in that way. Everybody in this society has to accept what the title of the president has become and stop identifying their dreams, aspirations, and hopes with that position. Change doesn't get much clearer than that. It is irrational to look to the president for your security and comfort. Say what you want about the peasants in the Middle Ages but at least they were independent. They grew their own food and led much more sustainable lives. And they even had a better sense of humor.
So what's the point of this post?
Start fucking with Obama. Breathing down the president's neck is what collectives with power do. Corporations do it. Lobbyists do it. And people have done it. It is not radical, it is fucking American. This country is not as conservative as commentators think it is. A few bonuses went to a few irreponisble men and women and people from every political faction started calling for their heads. Imagine the response once people realize the corruption of the Fed! People haven't got angry in the past decades simply because they didn't know shit. They weren't conservative, they were ignorant, and clueless.
Journalists, commentators, and individuals of every stripe make the same tired and undemocratic point "give him a few months in office then rail against him." The undemocratic tendencies in the people reveal itselfs again, this time in a different manifestation, but the same tendency that existed in the Bush administration is at work here. The president to them is sacramonious. Don't speak ill of the pope, he represents the divine will of the higher order, and likewise the argument runs that Obama is represents the divine will of the democratic order and thus no criticism need applied. "He was voted in office: now shut up, listen and follow." Yes, but by who? The same democratic voters with the same undemocratic tendencies? That's who?
Like John Goodman in The Big Lebowski, nobody should take the Jesus seriously, he is a fucking pedeophile anyways, don't you know? So forget your projections, the president is a bankrupt position in society, just like the King was. And hopefully the day will come when no man will run for president. When the American revolutionaries removed the King and the monarchy everybody in Europe thought their system of government wouldn't last. The new American Revolution will show the world that America doesn't need a president either and this will again shock the rest of the world and draw new admiration for the country. America has shocked the nations of the world once before and it will do so again.
Down with the presidency!
