Wednesday, June 18, 2008

democracy?


"Theocracy is a form of government in which a 'god' or 'deity' is recognized as the supreme civil ruler. For believers, theocracy is a form of government in which divine power governs an earthly human state, either in a personal incarnation or, more often, via religious institutional representatives (i.e., a church), replacing or dominating civil government." -wiki
i am, in general, a fan of barack obama. however, his recent efforts to prove to the world that he is not muslim or in any way associated with islam have pissed me off. he has an entire web page dedicated to proving that he is christian, including photos of him with the family bible. as if your choice of holy books might render you incapable of governing.
in addition, i recently found out about something that happened at obama's rally in detroit monday night. there were two muslim women sitting in the crowd behind him and his people kindly 'asked' them to relocate.
also, this morning michelle obama was on the view. while on the show they were talking about breakfast foods and she made the statement twice that they eat bacon for breakfast in the morning. coincidence or another effort to deislamisize the obama family?
it seems that the government always has to create an enemy for us to focus on so that we might forget about the rest of the bullshit that's going on. as if making an enemy out of muslims will make us forget that millions of americans remain unemployed and uninsured.
this is not to attack obama. as stated above, i like him. one of the reasons i like him is because he is extremely intelligent. as a result, he has recognized that winning this election will be impossible if he is in any way associated with islam. this is not to criticize obama, rather it should make us think about the status of our so-called democracy. in a land where christians rule and all others can kindly be seated elsewhere, perhaps theocracy would be a more appropriate description.

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

that is so interesting. and sad. thanks for sharing it.

Aint that a Bitch! said...

Unforunately if Obama wants a shot at winning he can't be himself. He has to be the safest Negro to ever live if he wants tobe president. It's just like anyone who works for a corporation, (since this country is really a big corporation anyway) when you go to work you can't be yourself. You have to be safe because you don't want to scare white folks, cause white folks do dumb shit when they're scared like start wars.