Throughout the 2008 campaign North Americans heard over and over about the poor state of our economy. We heard about the housing market crash. We listened to stories of long tenured financial institutions going belly up. We heard about the climbing unemployment rate reaching a 14 year high. Until yesterday, they all seemed like stories to me. I was just a third-party observer. Yesterday, my family became part of the story.
The current state of politics in the U.S. sucks. While there are benefits of political parties, it seems that the current version of the United States two party system has deteriorated into nothing more than a political dog and pony show. Both Republicans and Democrats are prone to displays of political grand standing and finger pointing. Today’s game is one of sound bites, twisting your opponents words, and ankle biting.
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The twigs and dry leaves crackle underneath his feet with every step. His rushed breath is barely audible above the chorus of tree frogs and crickets whom only come to socialize at night. The night air of the countryside is muggy and still, almost suffocating. The perspiration begins to find its way through the fibers of his cotton shirt, causing the shirt to stick to his back. A pin-sized itching irritation suddenly afflicts the meaty part of his forearm, just below his elbow. He swats his flesh and scratches feverishly. Somehow the mosquitoes have sensed the moisture that his pores have started to produce. Like bandits in the night, they sporadically attack in gangs of twos and threes.
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