A Dance For Macabre

As in most worthy ventures, paths are laden with crossroads, unlike most, writing faces more uphill, arising from array of choices to pick befitting titles. Construction, presentations, tools to employ for most meaningful essences. Often times, he has to commit ideas to paper in most inhibited space and time, could be struck with views ideas while driving eating, most likely while taking a walk where he could not lay hands on any material to record the sudden endowment coming in whatever form, either in thought, visual, experiences. Sometimes like a trance or fine apparel in shapeless forms

A drummer and his albatross, government summersault, Lexicon of the Politician, Ding Dong affair, a Captain watches his ship sinks, all came to mind, conflicting competing

The burden of creativity coupled with presentation weighs down ideas. Dilemma of the writer 

Here, the drummer and his albatross, somewhere in Africa, goes a saying, why would a drummer strike the drum when he has several adversaries, has been asked to vacate the community, who will dance to his tunes?, the government economic mess in Washington or where a party in political difference would utter not to negotiate, a common philosophy of people in saddles of power, in government or public sphere, ding dong attitude adopted to resolve current budget impasse between two contending parties in governance

How do you title the Yo-yo game which pervades the political imbroglio that engulfed the American political space over a fortnight, yet appears not to abate? To eventually settle for above took a while

Barack Obama, stunned the conservatives twice, that which they are yet to contend with, went further to dictate the nations lifeline, economics, not forgetting the heat over controversial gun control, which he lost temporarily and according to him, a fight left for another time, when he could not convince the legislature for adequate gun measures, fiercely fought and lost, bitter pill to swallow, so you have the disliked drummer trying to dictate tunes, a pariah drummer wants to beat for an adversary community for socials, who will dance?

Obamacare, raising debt ceiling, contentious  items for two contenders, interestingly, both political parties have in built anti forces against item one, Obamacare has adversaries in both Democratic and Republican parties, therefore Anti Obamacare fills both sides of the divide

Obamacare, meant to be solution for health insurance, an idea of Mr. President to make affordable health insurance available to most Americans

The issue here, American economy is fuelled by international creditors who make fund available to oil the wheel of such ventures, with understanding that, there has to be yearly payback to certain amount given certain percentage, deadline set for October 17th this year, failure to meet that date with expectant commitment spells doom for the country and what appears to be death of a super power who cannot firstly satisfy her providers, thereby her various local and international obligations, with implications such as America will not be able to fulfil her promises both in economic and political terms

Almost every year, the nation must raise her debt ceiling, an age long exercise with successive government whether Democrat or Republican, the Republican party believes there is no economic sense in asking for more money in terms of loan to fund new ventures like Obamacare, more so that, it could wait for current budget allocations to accommodate it, the president believes there is no waiting, more so that it has become law with the supreme court pronouncement to such extent, he sensed the opposition attempt to finally kill the dream never wanted or favoured from inception, whilst the opponents of the venture sees this as lifetime advantage to finally nail the coffin of Obamacare

To raise debt ceiling and meet creditors time frame, the president’ brainchild must give way, there is no negotiating that, he shot back, a word not found in the lexicon of politicians and public office holders anywhere in the world and coming from head of world’s bastion of most advanced political democracy, there, was drawn the battle line while the clock ticks towards the October date. A death knell was sounded with each side sticking to its gun

Calls were already pouring in from all over the world for De-Americanisation of the world, particularly from lifelong foes, such as China, this is immaterial, what matters most is that Uncle Sam was going to default in his obligations leaving on its trail, series of gnashing grits, beginning of end of superpower posture, at worst image of Uni-polar power on death throe. This explains various roles of all dramatise personae in the dance drama ensuing in both the Capitol and White house

Their trump cards Obamacare for more money via raising the debt ceiling giving room for more borrowing to run a government shutdown for close to three weeks running, it’s implication reverberates immediately in closures of several government agencies, while most federal workers were furloughed, imagine the white house lawn overgrown with weeds, the caretaker sent home on forced leave, courtesy fight of two elephants, legislature and executive 

The onus is on the captain to salvage his ship from sinking, Mr. President is the CEO upon whose shoulder rested all it takes to keep the ship of the nation from going under, must be kept floating by all means possible

After several Yoyo ding dong and ping pong, bulk passing, trading and exchange of positions in form of engineering and re-engineering  of budget figures for common front to get the country away from staring and imminent brink, there came a convergence on same page, the media had kept countless vigil since start of the crumbling, broke the forge of meeting point, an arrangement was agreed upon for temporary relief to re-open government and fund it till January 2014, whilst debt ceiling will be kept open till 30 days later, now why the dance at all?

The president said disagreement should not translate to dysfunctionallity, Republican caucus fired back, we stand by our efforts, the battle line is hereby redrawn, redefined

Did I hear someone say Ted Cruz, the vociferous untiring ageless fighter, an apostate of anything Obama and Speaker Boehner with their co-travellers were humiliated, sorry, these old foxes are masters of the game, what they have done is to beat a temporary retreat for realignment of forces, more room to go mend their battered cloaks, make it more resilient in preparation for final showdown in three months time for fiercer battle of no retreat no surrender

He and his co-travellers in the scheme to whip Mr. President in line for instructions on governance, must have read MISTRESS OF THE GAME, novel co-authored by Sidney Sheldon, wherein lies lesson in decoy to set opponents on erroneous guess for misadventure, you make your contender believe you have lost, his complacency shall drift him to drop his guard, whilst you go for the kill

Need to emphasise and salute the gallantry of Ted Cruz and Co for trying out a philosophy of prudence by fiscal discipline. Remember, the wrangling did not end until their camp agreed to lay down arsenals

No end yet to claim of right of who has authority over America’s fiscal policy, rather the toggle and tussle over control of the nation’s economy between white house and the capitol does not appear to be over.

We shall live to witness this dance all over again, because Uncle Sam remain still, standing