Obama, McCain, and Bush... Different methods for the same product.

I'm not the biggest fan of Obama, even if I do prefer him to Mc.Cain. Although I don't believe in many of his positions, and ideas, I did watch the Democratic National Convention (DNC).

I will say this much for Obama, like Reagan, like Bill Clinton, like Nixon, he is an excellent orator. (Scratch the Nixon.) But what did he actually say in his acceptance speech is what I'd really like to know?

First off he said he wanted change, that he desired social change, that he wants education reform, and healthcare reform. However he did not mention his plans for each item, and when looking at them you will see that the plans he does have are inadequate. He also said that he plans on pulling out of Iraq, and that Iraq is bad. However later in the speech he contradicts that very notion, and I’ll explain that a little later on. Finally he said that McCain is another George Bush, but in reality later in his speech he himself describes the desires of the Bush administration. You may say how, but for the moment, I want you to ask yourself what has he actually said thus far, that Republicans are bad and that he is different.

I'm now going to turn the writing for a bit over to Obama's speech writers, as this is the section where he truly expresses a desire and the knowledge that not only is America an Empire, but that his Administration will keep it that way. Note this is both the goal of McCain and George Bush; it appears it is now the goal of Obama as well. Are they any different now?

"You know, this country of ours has more wealth than any nation, but that's not what makes us rich. We have the most powerful military on Earth, but that's not what makes us strong. Our universities and our culture are the envy of the world, but that's not what keeps the world coming to our shores.

Instead, it is that American spirit, that American promise, that pushes us forward even when the path is uncertain; that binds us together in spite of our differences; that makes us fix our eye not on what is seen, but what is unseen, that better place around the bend.

That promise is our greatest inheritance. It's a promise I make to my daughters when I tuck them in at night and a promise that you make to yours, a promise that has led immigrants to cross oceans and pioneers to travel west, a promise that led workers to picket lines and women to reach for the ballot.

And it is that promise that, 45 years ago today, brought Americans from every corner of this land to stand together on a Mall in Washington, before Lincoln's Memorial, and hear a young preacher from Georgia speak of his dream.

The men and women who gathered there could've heard many things. They could've heard words of anger and discord. They could've been told to succumb to the fear and frustrations of so many dreams deferred.

But what the people heard instead -- people of every creed and color, from every walk of life -- is that, in America, our destiny is inextricably linked, that together our dreams can be one.

"We cannot walk alone," the preacher cried. "And as we walk, we must make the pledge that we shall always march ahead. We cannot turn back."

America, we cannot turn back..." (Barack Obama accepting the Democratic Nomination)

Many people see that excerpt and think, what a great country we live in, I view it as an admission that we have built an American empire which strives to capture, not only the economic capital, but also the human capital from around the developing world. This excerpt is not only an admission that American empire is a good thing, but that it is right to exist. Many people here will view the "we cannot turn back," line as a landmark for civil rights. However it is really an exclamation that under an Obama administration the U.S will maintain its hegemony, and will remain the empire it is currently. Obama is hypocritical here, as it's finally coming out that the change the Obama campaign wishes you to believe in, is really the preservation of empire.

People often ask of me; how can you think Obama and McCain are the same, that Democrats and Republicans are equal. It's a very simple answer. Both The Democrats and Republicans end goal is to preserve American hegemony, and in doing so assert ourselves as the worlds only superpower. Even George Bush wished to do this, even if through what we may now call preemptive war. (Kissinger would be proud)

The fact that McCain leads to four more years of George Bush is a fallacy, because in terms of preserving hegemony and the "Pax Americana" society we live in, Obama, and McCain are both the equivalent of George Bush.