THE POLITICAL FRONT: Being Consistently Inconsistent

The Political Front with Douglas Castle

Dear Readers:

During the two-term reign of the Bush administration in the United States, it was very politically fashionable to be any or all of these things:

• Pro-U.S. ;



• Anti-Eastern;



• Anti-Muslim;



• Anti-Abortion;



• Anti-Stem Cell Research;



• Isolationist, Xenophobic and Paranoic;



• Anti-Negotiation/ Pro-Military Threat ("the hawk eats the dove for lunch");



• Unapologetic and Humorless;



• Unquestioning of Executive Decisions, Powers and Wisdom;



• An Unwavering Bush Loyalist;



• Pro-Fossil Fuels (and "Big Oil");



• Anti-Environmentalism;



• Pro-Big Business, Monopolism, and Privately Negotiated Contracts with Favored Companies;



• Pro-Detention and Incarceration Without Respect to Deterrence or Political Implications;



• Secretive, non-Transparent and non-Compliant (i.e., above the law) on all matters of Executive Privilege and National Security;



• An Amnesiac with respect to Constitutional Due Process, Human Rights and other "old-fashioned " American notions.

Now, in the Obama Administration, and in an environment where both the Executive branch and the Legislative Branch are dominated by the newly-reinstated democratic party, it is becoming politically fashionable to be any or all of these things:

• A globalist;


• An open George W. Bush detractor;


• A beggar to the public sector to subsidize (via bailouts and other) private industry failures;


• An inquisitor of all of the "abuses" of privilege and law of the Bush administration -- especially if you like to say "Who knew what? and When?";


• An "Earth-Friendly" environmentalist;


• Outspoken and fearless of reprisals;


• Compassionate in matters concerning the poor and underpriviledged;


• Hateful of big business interests, despite the fact that they may have employed us earlier;


• A fan of "transparency" and "disclosure";


• Openly questioning of leadership and governmental decisions.

It is interesting how we, the Body Public, so readily adapt to whatever the party in power favors. We are consistently inconsistent. We swing back and forth, like pendulum, or a sine wave. We are predictable, and we adhere to the sentiment of the moment. This wavering back and forth keeps us trapped within parameters which confine us to a zero sum game of no real sociological or political progress over time.

We are in the throes of an unsolvable economic conundrum because we have ceased being people of ideas and principles, and we have started becoming "adapters" instead of "agents of change". I do not like to believe that Humans are completely herd-dominated faddists. Sadly, I prefer to believe that a feeling of accumulated disillusionment, combined with the frustration of thinking that single person or a single idea can no longer difference has dampened our creative and progressive spirit.

Adaptation is a skill required for social acceptance and societal infiltration. But being an Agent Of Change is the the only way to create progress and build success. And despite the ironic terminology, being an Agent Of Change requires focusing on a target and consistently working toward it -- despite fashion trends, pop-culture and the very natural propensity for mere survival instead of great victories.

Faithfully,

Douglas Castle

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