The New Messiah

It is refreshing for what seems like the first time in years to see Americans proudly doing their jobs without fear of political reciprocation. For the first time in eight years the FBI seems to be doing what they should have been doing all along. They are not concerned with the hypothetical “War on Terror.” They have been steered back on course by the recent financial down turn. Domestic issues are what have been lacking from the Bush regime. While a few busloads of Extreme Muslims turned his presidency on its ear, the problems facing every day Americans has not changed. Diverting Americans’ interests to the president’s interests has failed on a massive scale, and let’s hope media remembers it. Reading daily headlines about the War in Iraq cleverly skated over the issues crucial to the survival of this country. How are we going to drive our cars around with no homes, no energy, and no money? The landscape that scenario paints is almost epic in proportion. Long desert roads littered with junkers. Hasn’t this all ready been depicted in a film? Mad Max? The premonition we would be running our vehicles on pig shit was not that far reached, but we have to get through biodiesel first. Should corn farmers be lining up their howitzers for the incoming blitz of the Commerce Department? With all this in mind it seems clean energy is a wise choice as a philosophical base of America. Many ask the question why this decision was not made years ago. Al Gore was vocal in his opposition of the internal combustion engine, and that view labeled him as an extremist. It is not dissimilar to the predicament of building an interstate highway all along the Pacific coast. Like the citizens of Vancouver, they opposed such a plan in favor of maintaining a warm, clean, humanistic coastline. Who was such a plan to serve? The auto industry. Americans have been forced to worship the graven image of the automobile since its inception. We did it with glee, because anything can be spun to resemble our fondest friends, including evil. The automobile was not inherently evil, but the industries that support it must be kept to moderation. Anything to excess in life soon becomes a liability. Oil has become such a thing in the last eight years. England recently erected a field of wind turbines in the North Atlantic ocean. China has financed its own space program. Many other countries are excelling in ways America once did. Why is this, because the minds and hearts of the American people have been diverted to believe what our president believes. In doing so our interests have been shifted to his interests. Most Americans are not interested in a War on Terror. We have enough troubles in our own backyard. Those have not gone away. Youth violence, poverty, and homelessness have not waned in the Bush years. Instead media made a conscious decision to report predominantly on the War on Terror. As media shifted to this political agenda the mainstream of America quietly died. Our America, what has always been America, waned to be replaced by crystal-meth induced video games and horror flicks. This transformation was so quick and so stark, it continues to keep America on its heels. Only with a resurgence of patriotism founded in the recent presidential campaign has our soul been resurrected. The FBI is breaking up child prostitution rings, investigating corrupt politicians, and aiding in the prosecution of South American drug cartels. These things are beneficial to the American people domestically. The War on Terror is of no consequence to Americans in their daily lives. Why have we been living in this epic realm for eight long years? Is it because George W. Bush is the anti-Christ, and Barack Obama is the Messiah? Some think so. It will be nice when things can just get back to normal.