... and they call it democracy...

Bruce Cockborn had it right when he whimsically, and perhaps sarcastically, stated “and they call democracy”. Of course, he was referring to the unrepentant pillaging of the Reagan administration, who, in passing, is held up as the epitome of US pride, patriotism, and success at the presidential level (that is another subject but it is an astounding one), against innocent men, women and children in Central America. But the metaphor is a good one. Doing injustice to another in the name of democracy seems, to say the least, a little perverse.

Obama won!! Of course, the whole world knows this, celebrated this, prayed for this, and is now recoiled in anticipation for great things to happen. Why shouldn’t the world expect great things from the “greatest” country?

Greetings,

A few quick thoughts about the unending soi-disant political campaign state-side.

First, if you have the time, please listen to the March 14, 2008, interview that Amy Goodman of Democracynow.org did with Gore Vidal: http://www.democracynow.org/2008/5/14/legendary_author_gore_vidal_on_the

Vidal provides such a delightfully critical, frank and insightful analysis about why and how the US has plummeted in the global market-place. His thoughts are a nice compendium to what Chomsky has been saying for decades. 

About the election: