Lesi sivunguvungu singathuthukisa ipolitiki yaseMelika - uma sinenhlanhla.
Esinye sezizathu ezenza ipolitiki yase-US icishe idume njenge-NASCAR phakathi kwezemidlalo yaseMelika ukuthi inika umfana omncane umuntu ongamsukela. Yebo, lokho akubona neze abangenele ukhetho emaqenjini amakhulu, iningi labo okuyizixuku ezinephunga elibi lokuzazisa kwabo namandla onakalisayo emali nemibono. Kodwa ngokwethenjwa, emkhankasweni emva komkhankaso, umlingisi unyonyobela esiteji oheha futhi agqamise izindaba ebezingeke ziqashelwe noma zingaxazululeki.
Manene namanenekazi, hlanganani noSandy.
USandy, njengabaningi eMelika enezibalo zabantu ezishintshayo, unezimpande zaphesheya kwezilwandle, eziqhamuka ezindaweni ezishisayo. Wasibheka eningizimu kodwa ekugcineni, njengabanye abaningi, washaya isikhathi esikhulu enyakatho-mpumalanga, futhi umthelela wakhe kwezombusazwe uzodlulela nasenkabeni yezwe laseMelika, lapho lolu khetho luzonqunywa khona. NjengoJoe Biden noChris Christie, uSandy ungamandla emvelo angalawuleki, aqhutshwa umoya. Njengosopolitiki abaningi, umbono wokuqala angawunikeza umvoti ojwayelekile ukuthi usemanzi te. Kodwa kuningi kuSandy akubonayo.
USandy ungumbungazi ovelele. Kulabo kini abahlala kude nogu olusempumalanga ye-United States, kubalulekile ukuqaphela ukuthi futhi uyisiphepho, esikhulu, okwamanje esinqamula umgwaqo ongamakhilomitha angu-800 unqamula enye yezindawo ezinabantu abaningi kakhulu. nesizwe esinamandla kakhulu eMhlabeni. Futhi ngokwenza lokho, ukhuluma kakhulu ngezihloko osopolitiki abaningi baseMelika abaye bazigwema futhi, ngesikhathi esifanayo, unomthelela omkhulu ohlelweni lwaseMelika lokukhetha umongameli.
Okokuqala nje, uSandy uzokwenza okuningi ukudonsela ukunaka ezindabeni zokushintsha kwesimo sezulu kunabo bonke abangenele ukhetho kuwo wonke amahhovisi e-United States phakathi nalo mjikelezo wokhetho. Nakuba kungenakwenzeka ukuthi usayizi wakhe noma umthelela uhlobene nemvelaphi eyenziwe umuntu, futhi akunakwenzeka ukuthi ungazibuza ukuthi ingabe imvamisa yakamuva yeziphepho ezinkulu ihlobene nolwandle olukhulayo lwedatha mayelana neqiniso lokufudumala kwembulunga yonke. USandy ubukeka njengalokho ososayensi besimo sezulu abebexwayisa ngakho iminyaka.
Uyasikhumbula iSiphepho uKatrina? Kungenzeka ukuthi ubangelwe ukushintsha kwesimo sezulu okwenziwe umuntu noma cha. Kepha uphoqe isimo sezulu ukuthi sibuyele engxoxweni kazwelonke isikhathi eside. USandy uzokwenza okufanayo. Impela, uma kubhekwa ukuthula okudabukisayo okudabukisayo mayelana nodaba oluvela kubaqhudelani bethu bomongameli - okuyinto engengaphansi kwengozi yomhlaba wonke yohlelo lokuqala - ukungenelela kukaSandy kulokhu kwamukelekile, uma kubiza kakhulu futhi kambi.
Okulandelayo, uSandy uzophinda akhumbuze abantu baseMelika kanye nomhlaba wonke ngobuwula bezithixo zase-US zakamuva. Ngihlala e-Washington, DC, ngokusobala isikhungo sokuvikela sezwe lase-US futhi ngiqondise kuNombolo 1 kunoma ubani onentshisekelo yokuhlasela iMelika. Idolobha lizungezwe izikhungo zezempi futhi liyikhaya loMnyango Wezokuphepha Kwasekhaya ochitha izigidigidi zamarandi ukuvikela iMelika ekuphazamisekeni. Nokho lesi sivunguvungu, njengazo zonke ezinye zanoma yibuphi usayizi, sizokhipha amandla kubaholi abaningi besizwe sethu kanye nengqalasizinda uhulumeni wethu athembele kuyo izinsuku eziningi. Idolobha selimile nse. Ingabe ukungcwaba izintambo zikagesi kanye nokuqinisa ingqalasizinda ebalulekile kungakuvimbela konke lokho? Kunjalo. Kodwa ingabe i-sexy njengokuthenga ama-drones amaningi, amabhodi amanzi, nezindiza ezinophephela emhlane? Cha.
Usho kanjalo uSandy, “Qhubeka futhi uzivikele ezinsongweni ezingenabungozi obuncane. Ngifuna ukukukhumbuza ukuthi usengozini kangakanani ezinhlobonhlobo eziqagelekayo nezivamile.”
USandy uzophinde axazulule ezinye izici zengqalasizinda yesifunda, lapho iMelika ihlulekile ukutshala imali engxenyeni yekhulu leminyaka edlule noma ngaphezulu. Uzocekela phansi imigwaqo entekenteke namabhuloho namabhuloho. Uzoshaya izinsiza zamachweba zasendulo. Uzokhubaza uhlelo lokulawula ukuhamba kwezindiza kanye nezinhlelo zikaloliwe ezisalela emuva emhlabeni ekusebenziseni kwabo ubuchwepheshe besimanje. Uzothi, “Kungani ungachithi ingcebo yakho eyigugu ukuze uvikele abantu bakho kanye nomnotho wakho? Kungani nisebenzisa imali ngokwakha imigwaqo nezinkundla zezindiza ngakolunye uhlangothi lomhlaba ekubeni kufanele ninakekele ibhizinisi ekhaya?”
Kunjalo nje, uzoba ngowokuqala esiteji sikazwelonke ukwenza okuthile mayelana nesihlava semikhankaso yokuxhashazwa kwezimali ngokweqile. Esikhundleni sokumane akhononde ngabo, uzodonsa ipulaki kubo ngokucisha ugesi ezigidini. Nakuba ukuhlala ebumnyameni kungase kube ubunzima, ukujabulela ikhefu ezikhangisweni zomkhankaso (kanye ne-Twitter ne-Inthanethi snark kanye nokuhlaziywa kwe-faux kanye ne-hyperventilation yezombangazwe) kuzobonwa abaningi njengekhefu lokwamukela.
Kuyavunywa, le sevisi iza ngezindleko eziphakeme zokwenza amakholomu afana nalena angatholakali kubafundi. Kodwa lokho kubonakala kuyinani elincane ongalikhokha.
Ekugcineni, kunjalo, uSandy uzoba nomthelela kwezepolitiki. Asinasiqiniseko sokuthi kuzoba yini. Kubonakala kunohlobo oluthile lwezwe elixakile esiphephweni esikhulu esihlasela ngokuyinhloko izifunda eziluhlaza okwesibhakabhaka futhi sifaka inhlanganisela eyivelakancane yezimo ezingathumela umthelela wesiphepho endaweni yenkundla yempi njengePennsylvania ne-Ohio. Ngeke kusaba khona izikhangiso kuphela, kodwa ukuvota kusenesikhathi kuyakhanselwa futhi eminye yemithelela eqhubekayo yokulahleka kwamandla kanye nokulimala kwengqalasizinda kuzoba nomthelela omubi kwabavoti. Impela, njengoba kwenzeka, uSandy kungenzeka kube yilabo abalingisi bezepolitiki abayivelakancane - odalula amaqiniso amakhulu futhi okungenzeka abe nomthelela ohlala njalo ezindabeni zomhlaba. Ngoba uma, njengoba kubonakala kungenzeka, ukhetho lukamongameli wase-US lusondele kangangokuthi noma iyiphi into enkulu ingase ishintshe ibhalansi ethambile, uSandy kungenzeka kube nguyena ongayenza.
(Inqubomgomo Yangaphandle)
