Change vs. picking sides

Hope is a word that means “bullshit” in the developing world. It has been overkilled by politicians whom we elected  for all the wrong reasons.  Hope, for me, is desire without a plan! I don’t actually believe that Gen. Sarath Fonseka is “believerble”? Or indeed he has the calibre to “change” anything at all in civilian politics? He was just the army commander at the right time with the right political climate and the right leadership. And if that confers a presidential characteristic; then logic must be seriously skewed!

As we all know, for us Sri Lankan’s, An Obama never descended from the heavens. He must be stuck somewhere in the making. We have had to make do with men and women who can shout populist rubbish the loudest. Therefore the claim that SF can be “believed” despite his un-Obama-like aura and very-un-0bama-like personal integrity[according newspapers/tv] is bound to raise some eyebrows…

So pick a side and be sure to pick the safest side. Pick the side that ended a war deemed unwinnable, pick the side that has its priorities right, pick the side that passionately believes in conservation of natural resources and culteral artifact, pick the side that believes in fairness, pick the side that won’t (hasn’t so far) let you down. Vote for Mahinda Rajapakse- to fight the good fight against poverty, hunger and dispair in the former warzone.

Change has been reaping its fruits for sometime now… But dont expect everything to change into something alien; because ‘this is Sri Lanka’ and it will always be.

Let me leave you with a quote from the amazing film blood diamond…
“TIA init Danny, yeah TIA (this is Africa)”

THIS IS SRI LANKA (TI-SL)
(Cheesy yeah ha-ha)