And I don’t really have a problem with the fact that politics are reactionary, as you pointed out there aren’t too many better ways to figure out where we’re going than by where we’ve been.

Just that a lot of the people who’re whining don’t seem to see that the current state of affairs is simply the pendulum swinging the other way from where it’s been.

Also, very true on the what’s going on around us vs. the promises we’re made. I trust politicians promises almost as much as I trust any of my male relatives’…

You have a point, though, about doing something and not just sitting around whining about it.

And maybe politics are a bit reactionary, but, um, how else are we to gauge future success if not by past performance? If we like what the people in office are doing, we allow them (or their party) to stay in office. If not, we vote the bastards out. Or we try to do both. Bush the Younger didn’t win the majority vote the first time around, remember. He got in on a technicality.

I mean, we either look at what the politicians do (or what they allow to happen under their watch) or we take them at their word and believe their promises. I don’t know about you, but I trust what’s going on around me more than I trust anything that comes out of a politician’s mouth. Even Obama’s.