I have a new job. Hallelujah.
At my new work, I get the routine morning duty of combing through the New York Times, the Wall Street Journal, the Financial Times and Bloomberg.com for articles relevant to my new boss's interests. It's an informative exercise, as I get to see exactly what the people who enjoy the status quo are thinking. Furthermore, I find most of these newspapers surprisingly un-frustrating. As I've indicated in the past, newspapers tend to either infuriate me or drain me of hope. Something I appreciate about the Journal and Financial Times, for example, is that they don't typically stay too focused on the sensationalist nonsense most papers use to hock themselves. They cut through the bullcrap, and get down to business – literally.
It's easy enough to recognise that these newspapers have a distinct bend to the right in their editorial slant, but it's nowhere near as apparent or pugnacious as, say, the New York Times' bend to the left. As an example, however, of how surprisingly even-handed the Journal can be, despite its main function as a propaganda machine for the corporate elite, they ran this article on how artists are being inspired by Barack Obama.
"Hope." "Progress." Visual comparisons to history-making leaders of this country. These are the dreams and feelings that Barack's bold and uncompromising promise of change provoke! And I must say, I felt inspired by the article, too.
Here's what I came up with:
Do you like it? I made it on MS Paint. I think it's pretty good, all things considered.
Oddly enough, I found a new editorial in the Wall Street Journal today that seems to speak well for my point of view.
Don't get too excited though, right-wingers. I don't like McCain either. (Then again, no one's comparing him to Abraham Lincoln... or Jesus.)