Ignorance Really Is Bliss

So obviously I've been lacking on my political passion for the past six months.  However, I am back (even if only for one post).
Six months of disaster.  The healthcare overhaul was passed at the end of february, the economy is still slow to ever recover, unemployment is at ten percent (the highest since 1970), and we seem to be going into more and more debt by the minute.  Greece followed a similar pattern: constantly throwing money at a recession thinking that it would solve a problem that must be worked out through free market enterprise.  Now, after borrowing insane amounts of money from their neighbors, they have defaulted on their debt and their economy has completely collapsed.  We continue to borrow money from China and I fear that very soon we will be in Greece's shoes.  California is already there. Having the highest unemployment rate, racked up the highest state deficit out of our fifty states, and basically being at the mercy of federal government aid.
Sadly, I can't even blame President Obama for the terrible state of our nation.  Truthfully, the blame is on us.  We are uneducated, clueless, and gullible.  Someone like Barck Obama comes along with his eloquent and enticing speeches about an ideal America and we fall victim to the lies and brainwashing.  Those that do care to stay informed and involved in our government tend to become drunk with power and take advantage of the ignorant.  We elect different parties every other term thinking that one will fix all of our problems after the other has done their damage, but maybe parties are not the answer.  Obviously Democrats and Republicans have no clue what they really believe in; it's all about gaining power and keeping the attention of their constituents.  Those who are not in power will tear down the current administration until they take back what was there's two to four years earlier.  One word can describe politics: game.  Spitting game is usually reserved to desperate single men in their teens twenties who try to get the attention of anything female that moves just so they can win the ever elusive chase and leave their victims with nothing more then terrible memories and a broken heart.  Is this not what our leaders in Washington do?  They trick us into falling in love with their platform and once they've got our votes, they use their power merely for political gain and personal agendas and leave us with nothing more then jaded.
I used to be obsessed with staying updated on current events, but I can no longer stomach all the terrible news.  The only way to stay positive is to stay ignorant.  From time to time I will check up on the state of our "great" country, but I have fallen ill to the communicable disease.  I have bought into the cliche saying "ignorance is bliss".