Political Ideology

Monday November 27, 2006 - 1:03AM EDT

As various leftists take hold in South America and different people come into power in various countries around the world. The sense that I get is that people are just supporting bankrupt ideology. No particualrly compelling leaders have come to prominence. All we have are various ass clowns who represent political ideas that are old and ineffective. So whereever the populace is tired of one ideology they just vote for the other. Our recent elections are an example of that. What made me think about this was how a spate of republican politicians have stated something to the effect that republicans need to get back to regan and his ideals. First off when people start talking about getting back to something it usually is not a good sign and can be indicative of  the last legs of ideology. But what is particularly funny about this call for back to regan is that in the 20 years since that man's ideology came to prominence it has failed at every turn to produce substantial and meaning change for all but a small number of people. So it is laughable for anyone to say we should get back to that.  Also on a side note why people give regan so much credit for his role in the cold war. His fanatical supporters like to say he ended the cold war. What a load of trash. The cold war was ended when the Soviet Union fell and that happened from the inside with the hard work of a lot of dedicated people in the soviet union. Regan was just a circumstantial beneficiary, I feel like people do extreme dishonor to those that actual worked to end the cold war by putting regan at the forefront.

So as these leftist leaders come to power in South America I just laugh.