In linking this with tendencies of Right-Wing Christian Extremists, we can find connections: again, they feel threatened by groups they feel are “subordinate” to them, and therefore are forced to confront them in order to maintain freedoms.

Again, I am not suggesting that this war could be considered strictly a Christian War, because many other factors go into it including foreign policy in the area, governmental need for natural resources… However, as you suggested, a few hundred years down the road, the idea that this war could be considered a holy war is a definitely possibility, especially with changes in world perspectives, America’s stance in world affairs, and its changing economy.

In keeping terms with your statement: “It’s often too late for change to make a difference by the time it starts turning it’s wheels…” I would like to add that we live in a society that as it feels oppressed builds its culture around capitalizing on this oppression before instilling change to create a new form of government. How many bumper stickers have seen in the last couple years of people giving the impression of “fuck bush.” Before we are physically able to remove him from office, we become more and more aware of “considered oppression” of the Bush administration. In turn, we want to instill change but are not immediately able to do so until the masses unite. Businesses create an “idealized facade of identity” for Americans. “I hate Bush, so I’m going to wear this t-shirt, I am going to use this bumper sticker, that’ll make me happy until the next president comes around…in which I can exploit her/him in some new unique way…” thereby creating one’s individuality. Americans hold individuality as an important guide to way of life. However, this individuality can be harnessed in different ways: being satisfied with our outward representations; being unsatisfied with them and actually performing rebellious acts towards what we believe in.

We are representations of rebellions of earlier decades of American society: materialistic and humanistic.

p.s. i want to get the RSS feed on my livejournal, but i do not know if there is a direct link to that, do you know how this would be possible? thanks - kev

However, I don’t base my voting on which canditate has the closest personal beliefs to mine. Instead I base my decision on who can make the best changes for the largest group of people. Granted if I’m not part of that large group of people, I’m not going to be inclined to vote for them. Hence, the masses elect the president. So that all makes sense. What’s the flaw?

The flaw is that the masses don’t actually elect which person is going to run in each party. Only the people who are highly involved in their specific parties get a large say in who they are going to vote for, support financially, and advertise for. So when it comes down to it, we have to pick from a very narrow group of people.

Again, I’d like to stress that if we spent all the money that we spend on campaigns trying to encourage people to vote, and campaign money for each presidential candidate, then we would be able to use that money in order to do research that would lead to a speed up process in the democracy of our government.

It’s often too late for change to make a difference by the time it starts turning it’s wheels.

Update: To my liking, today I witnessed another interesting bumper sticker combination. On the back of a Hyundai stuck the combination of two very interesting stickers. To the right of the license plate wielded an ‘Army of One’ national guard bumper sticker. While to the left of the license plate a screaming yellow sticker declared ‘Question Authority!’. I believe someone is confused. A contradiction perhaps?

Can anyone explain this to me?