Can't Walk Away for Long....!

After two rigorous years of studying politics, particularly pertaining to international relations and current affairs for my graduate studies...I consciously, shied away from reading or writing about politics the past few months. I truly needed time to decompress and occupy my mind with other interests, such as spirituality, art, culture and philosophy. And that is exactly what I did, I embarked on a journey of working for an independent bookstore, where I know I would have the opportunity to meet and mingle with members of the literary world, poets, great thinkers, and story tellers. It was sort of an escape, which turns out to be an invaluable experience for me and quite a contrast from the previous two years. I will not lie, it was great! It was the perfect final ink to this cycle of my life. But one can't run away from their true calling forever. One, can take a breather but sooner or later something within us feels weird, and unsettling and we find out that we've strayed away from our purpose, thus leaving us somewhat weird it out. So here I go on my vent regarding the recent political discourse/narrative that has been dominating the 24/7 news cycle the past month or so:

1. Obama's birth certificate - Really! Is this truly what we want to spend our time on? The man was elected president by the people, he is now the President and has been validated/certified by the proper authorities. Why is this an issue? I have recently been catching up with this story and the back and forth between the libs and the cons has just been unreal. I have to say that I am glad that I was not too much into this story (when it was really hot) until after it piped down a bit, because seriously I might have had to write a letter or something to somebody and voice my opinion to stop this nonesense (people are dying in Afghanistan/Iraq, let the man do his job). I also think that we should give our leaders and our country a little more credit than that. That perhaps they would have done their homework and not put in office an illegal alien, which is what he is being called by some. Gotta laugh!

2 - Glenn Beck- Political pundit for Fox News, finds signs of Faciscm and Communism at the Rockefeller Center which houses NBC/MSNBC owned by Universal owned by GE. I have no comment on this one. Just that it is ridiculous what modern journalism/news has become and the degree of individual caliber who are given a national platform to spout such defile messages and passing it off as real news. See for yourself : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_cnTqkckBLI

Anything for ratings.....i suppose.

3 - Japan, the 2nd largest economy in the world and one of the most peaceful countries has

seen a political system change in half a century, when on August 30th, 2009 the

Democratic Party of Japan (DPJ) overtook office and knocked to the curb the 25 year

old regime of the conservative Liberal Democratic Party (LDP). This could be a good change for Japan,

however only time will tell. We know that under the LDP, Japan had become an international

economic force to be reckon with, bumps along the way of course. Nevertheless, the country

still stand strong. What is to come under the DPJ, no one knows. But for true democratic freedom

to exist in any country, (friends or foes of the international community) the one party rule can not apply,

and certainly not for over a quarter of a century.

So, for that, I am very pleased with the people of Japan and the course of change that they have

embarked on.

We wish them much luck!