Will Oprah be president?

  Just read Michael Moores "Dude, where's my country".
As usual onesided, hilarious, self-righteous stuff, but also with
some good points.

   According to Michael Moore, Oprah should be president.
She would definitely be the  better candidate, if she was to race
against the current incumbent. And might actually win!
So we should be prepared for a black woman as US president!
   And this is what the book is all about. Simply, it is worth
reading for its many good points and thought provoking conclusions.
   Points we ought to have debated in upcoming elections.

   One of Moores best points is when he identifies fear as a problem
in our political decision making. As Roosevelt said, we have nothing
to fear but fear itself. Surely, without fear - political decisions
could be much better and much more future oriented.
   However, Moore never convinces this reader that there isn't
a lot to be fearful about in the world. To me, the kind
of unilateral US disarmament Moore advocates will not bring
security, rather the rise of something much worse than
anything Moore can say about the US.

   But surely, Moore is correct in saying that we must
control our fears in order to ask the right questions and figure
out what our world should look like.

   When fifteen out of the nineteen hijackers in the 9-11 attack are
Saudis and they are led by a Saudi multimillionaire, Moore
is correct to ask why Saudi Arabia weren't invaded.
   Surely, the reason is not that the Saudi regime
is a shinning example of freedom and democracy. Instead their
1 trillion dollar investment in the US stock market and
another trillion in US banks might kind of cloud our judgement
concerning their country.
   So, instead Iraq was invaded.
   Moore thinks this is all bad. But to me, making the West less
dependant on the royal Saudi family nearly seems reason
enough for going to war. Anyhow, the arguments should
be out there in the open.

   When stockprizes for many companies dropped 75 percent
or more between 1999 and 2002, obviously a lot
of executives had long ago dumped their own stocks, while
the average person were told by CNBC to buy and hold out.
   Ultimately securing a massive transfer of wealth from one group
(the averages Joes) to another (the CEOs of this world).
Obviously, Moore rightly isn't to fond about this kind of behaviour.
   And it is not surprising that such things happen when
greed and fear (of being left behind) controls
our behaviour.

   So, all in all there are a lot of points to discuss in
the upcoming elections. Realistically, Moore hopes for a
Clark candidacy to do this.  And indeed gen. Wesley K. Clark
himself has stated that he wants to foster a national
dialogue about Americas future.
   And this is what democracy is all about - debating the
issues. Reading Michael Moores book is a start.
And one day America will have female black president.
Seriously :-)

-Simon