dagblog - Comments for "How I Learned To Stop Worrying And Love The Obama"

Here Here ! Well said old

cmaukonen — Tue, 07 Aug 2012 00:00:19 +0000

In reply to Yes, we're living through a

Here Here ! Well said old man.

Yes, we're living through a

Dan Kervick — Mon, 06 Aug 2012 04:37:08 +0000

In reply to While I agree with you that

Yes, we're living through a Chamberlain-like generation of mediocrity and passive corruption. The West is dormant and decadent, and is gradually handing its democracies over to unaccountable corporate power, with the connivance of its bought and compromised political leaders. Obama is an intellectual casualty of the post-Cold War interregnum, an era of small dreams, fat bellies, flickering democratic commitment, and weak spirit. But my guess is that history is going to start getting exciting again.

While I agree with you that

DF — Mon, 06 Aug 2012 00:27:12 +0000

In reply to He's caused some of it. The

While I agree with you that he didn't seem to understand what was happening and what was necessary to fix it, it's perhaps worth pointing out that this disease has afflicted much of the developed world at this point. We all had the opportunity to learn from the Japanese experience, but the US, UK and EU are all stubbing their toes on the same obvious rock.

Very few citizens of Benghazi

PeraclesPlease — Sun, 05 Aug 2012 22:05:31 +0000

In reply to I would suspect the 'citizens

Very few citizens of Benghazi fought, for a city of 1 million. Even as we provided total air cover and secret service trainers (US/UK)

hugs

Michael Maiello — Sun, 05 Aug 2012 21:43:31 +0000

In reply to MEIN Fuhrer

*hugs*

I would suspect the 'citizens

NCD — Sun, 05 Aug 2012 21:39:14 +0000

In reply to Qaddafi wasn't insane. And

I would suspect the 'citizens of Benghazi' care more about their freedom than you do, as many died fighting for it.

No argument on your assertion 'Qaddafi wasn't insane', I will grant you your personal conviction in the soundness of his mental health.

"I deplore the disingenuous

NCD — Sun, 05 Aug 2012 21:29:25 +0000

In reply to although not cited by name,

"I deplore the disingenuous position that if our soldiers don't receive fire, it ain't an episode requiring. compliance with the War Powers Act. "

Republicans, and far too many Americans, also don't seem to care 'if our soldiers....receive fire' ,with or without action by Congress, they also don't care about the body count of US war dead, or the number of wounded US troops. As long as they aren't one of them. Obama has shown he does care. So do I.

Finally! I've got a voodoo

tmccarthy0 — Sat, 04 Aug 2012 21:43:37 +0000

In reply to How I Learned To Stop Worrying And Love The Obama

Finally! I've got a voodoo doll in the form of the boa wearing destor23 in the ObamabotMat I created and I've been performing voodoo heebie jeebies, in order to finally balance your chi, thus convincing you to come to the side of light. This can also work when playing pool. Damn, thanks for telling me it finally worked.

Really though, nice.

Art. Not kidding.

Michael Maiello — Sat, 04 Aug 2012 19:33:23 +0000

In reply to Maybe destor. But with our

Art.

Not kidding.

Maybe destor. But with our

Dan Kervick — Sat, 04 Aug 2012 19:30:14 +0000

In reply to I really sympathize with you,

Maybe destor. But with our civilization crumbling around us, I'm in no mood to tick through a check list to measure which of the overlords is least egregious. Based on one's values, that judgment is an easy call. It's not worth a lot of talk.

I can't imagine that anybody who has achieved the status and benefits of national office would ever risk major reforms in pursuit of something better for the broader population.

I think Roosevelt did. But even if you are right, that just shows that the real theater of social change and progress is not the arena of mainstream party politics. If the national parties and power structures are institutionally incapable of addressing the most important challenges, then it is time to focus our limited energies elsewhere.