A microcosm of society: Garth Brooks simply doesn’t understand our system of government

  Garth Brooks performed at a ceremony honoring the first President Bush, but before that performance he was asked whether or not he felt that Barack Obama has lived up to expectations.

  Here is what he had to say:

Yeah, I think what President Obama is finding out is all that we want to do, the system kind of doesn’t allow the most powerful guy in the world to kind of do his job and I’m sure nobody’s more frustrated than him to complete those promises that he did and I think he’s trying his heart out. I love him to death and I fully support him and I just wish him well because it’s got to be hell in that office

  He loves and supports Barack Obama, that’s fine but there is one part of that statement that I find very telling. He made the statement that the “system” does not allow the president to do his job. Now this I have a problem with because it shows a lack of understanding of the “system.” I happen to agree that the president is finding out the hard way that the “system” does not allow him to do everything that he wants to do; but I feel that is a good thing whereas it seems to me that Garth Brooks feels as if the “system” is flawed.

I read the quote and I watched the video clip of his statement and it is apparent to me that Garth Brooks is lamenting the fact that the “system” hasn’t allowed the president to do whatever the hell he wants to.

  The “system” of governance is laid out in the constitution. The constitution is the “system” and the constitution tells the executive precisely what his job is. If the “system” (constitution) prevents Barack Obama from doing what he wants to do than what he is trying to do exceeds what he is allowed to do. When Garth Brooks laments that the “system” does not allow Barack Obama to do what he wants to do he is lamenting the fact that the constitution is a limiting–not an empowering–document.

  The “system” provides us with checks and balances to assure the American people that “the most powerful guy in the world” is not allowed to become too powerful. This is what Garth Brook simply does not seem to understand.

  You may be wondering why I even care what some celebrity has to say about the government or politics and the fact is that I don’t care about Garth Brooks’ positions per se, but I feel as if this is a microcosm of society in general. And that is what I think that Garth Brooks’ statement symbolizes–too many people in society simply do not understand the only lawful and acceptable role the government is supposed to play in our daily lives.

   Too many people believe that the president can ride into town promising to give everything to everybody and that the government  is responsible for providing everything for the people; they have lost the concept of self-reliance and have replaced it with government reliance. These people become so reliant on government for their very survival that they don’t have the faintest idea that they are giving away more and more of their own personal freedoms and liberties in the process.