I just found out I haven’t blogged in a month. I’m not sure if it’s because I was busy or I was just plainly lazy. One thing is certain though, the recession advancing to depression shows no sign of slowing down, notwithstanding Obama’s hurried stimulus package. And while change has indeed come to America, one has to realize that this does entail structural changes which is the one thing necesssary to make any changes in this society really meaningful and beneficial to the people.
A quick check of Obama’s team will reveal the financial and economic thrusts of this administration, most of his lieutenants being from finance capitalist sectors. And yes, how about the war in the Mideast and Central Asia? Well, out of Iraq by 2010 (but not completely) and into Afghanistan, just as when Kyrgyzstan has kicked out the US base in its soil, leaving only the costly and dreaded Khyber pass in Pakistan as its supplies route to the Taliban territory.
In another world, that is the fantasy world, the much-awaited (by this jaded observer) film this year, Watchmen is screening on the 6th. Rarely do books become better when told in film. I will suspend my judgment even as I never expect movies (especially those churned by hollywood) to be a better incarnation of its printed body.
I’ll try to get entertained as we welcome spring with uncertainty. These are troubled and uncertain times after all.
