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I love the American ego. It always strikes me that everyone is so opposed to change. I’m honestly shocked we voted in a black man as president. Much as I believed we needed change last November, I didn’t think there was enough want in this country for ‘radical’ change.
I use quotations there in the most legitimate sense because I don’t believe it’s truly radical. It’s not like Barry took office and repealed the Rockefeller laws or pardoned Tookie. Yes, there’s a culture of change in the Oval office in that we don’t have a Washington insider running the show. But there’s nothing wildly outside the box looming in terms of change.
I’d like to see something like another updated schedule to the Iraq troop pullout. What say we have our boys and girls home by Labor Day? How great would that be? On the news a few weeks ago, I noted that Iraqi confidence was soaring AND the residents are unhappy with our mission. Fine, let’s give them what they SEEM to want. Let’s get the fuck out. Let all our digital camo wearers sip Mai Tai’s (Polynesian word for dumb fuck) on their decks as the summer closes.
Funny thing is, this post was spurned by the new Chevy commercial. Honda, or one of the Asian auto companies, started advertising protection on payments on your vehicle. If you lose your job you’ll be protected for 6, 9, 12 months while you get a new job. Now Chevy is offering this feature along with some guarantee that if you have to ‘return’ the car you’ll get a ‘good’ value on it.
It seems like there are no original ideas in this country anymore. Everyone is so used to following the status quo. They settle into a routine, 40 hours a week, pension in 20-25 years. No one wants to go out on a limb anymore. Did no one learn anything about pensions/retirement savings from the events of the last 6+ months? Though, I guess it’s easy to critique when you don’t have car and house payments.
I find myself against the grain recently. I talk to friends of mine and they’re like ‘oh I’m closing in on 30, I want a place with matching furniture.’ Really? That’s what’s hot in the streets? I’m so anti-establishment right now. Fuck a house. Fuck a mortgage. I wanna roll Frank Lucas style. I’m payin straight cash. If I can’t afford it, I ain’t tryna buy it.
I’m sure it seems like I’m all over the place. My point is simply this. There seems to be two Americas. There’s the America that votes in the black man. I think most of them were hoping for a return to democratic politics but with a face that screams change. I think there lay a pocket of the populace that wanted to see Barry take office and pardon Tookie and repeal those Rockefeller laws. The radical change people.
Yet, I don’t think radical change will ever happen. I’d love to see it. I’m the one who thinks this country won’t be a single unit in a century. I know it doesn’t make sense but I love anarchy. I’m sure it won’t happen because this country was founded by the fucking Puritans. Everyone these days is happy to leave the status quo be. They can make the car payments and mortgage payments. I say that to say this. While you’re off running the rat race, I’ll be the guy on the couch challenging what you think a 25 y.o should be doing. I’m making moves you’ve only dreamed of. Sky’s the Limit – see you chumps on top…