What are you doing?

Ah, the question of the century. (Okay, the question of my life.) What ARE you DOING? Said in many forms and inspired by many actions, this question is the one most said and most often attempted to be answered in my sphere of influence. Sometimes asked at just the right time to get your mind on track and help you make a decision. Othertimes the most annoying question possible because there is no good answer, though it is wished there was.

It is possible that this is one of the most foundational questions in the establishment of a modern, orderly society. South African politics has yet to learn this and I wish I could sit down with some of them right now and ask them, "What the H are you doing???" I have never felt more like there was a gap in my understanding then I do when I am watching the news and the government of South Africa and the upcoming election are featured. How can it happen that a current president be charged with corruption spanning 7 years, probable evidence available, and yet be supported by so many people? How can it be that he is still able to run for another term when the majority of that term would have him on trial? Surely there are other things a president should be doing. How can it be that those charges get dropped because the opposition supposedly obtained their evidence illegally? I don't know which is worse - the dropped charges of a possibly corrupt president or that the evidence may have been illegally obtained and now is "unavailable" to those wishing to review it. Does this not seem like chaos to anyone else? How about this part: The said current president has 6 wives and said he wouldn't get AIDS because he showered after having adulterous sex. Showered, huh?

No, I am not ranting on the SA Gov, so don't get your panties in a twist. I am ranting on the fact that no one seems to be asking good questions and getting to the bottom of what is happening. After all, I just graduated a journalism school. I am naive enough still to think that there is a right and a wrong and that the right questions lead to the right answer. I don't like feeling as if there is a sitcom going on in front of me that viewers have no decision making power in, yet will decide the most important aspects of their future by the end of the season.

"What are YOU doing?" You may ask (but only if you are clever and tied the title of this blog into the conversation) I am still trying to figure it out. I can't vote. I can write - and more than just on a blog. I can pray that the people wake up and see clearly. I can pray that I see clearly. And I can be teachable.

Oh, did I mention that the SAGov also denied the Dalai Lama a visa into the country for a Nobel Peace Prize Conference? Who denies the DALAI LAMA a visa? Seriously. From a political standpoint it is ridiculous because of the support the Lama himself has from the West. Initially the Gov said it was because his presence would distract from the 2010 World Cup, but later said it was because of pressure from China. When are we going to stop throwing all the eggs into China's basket? They'll take them if we give them.

I am just a simple human being that doesn't understand, so I have to ask, "What are you doing?"

(You thought I was going to answer the question, didn't you?)