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I think you have a good point

oleeb — Mon, 19 Oct 2009 06:30:40 +0000

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I think you have a good point few have the stomach to mention which is that he's just taking care of himself and ensuring the good life after the White House. I want to think he's better than that, but it's hard not to come to that conclusion given the ineffective response he is making to our new depression and his total lack of effort in doing anything to prevent it happening again in a few years.

The appointment of a Goldman

Mrs Panstreppon — Sat, 17 Oct 2009 23:56:16 +0000

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The appointment of a Goldman Sachs exec to "supervise the SEC's Office of Market Intelligence, with an eye to improving the monitoring, collection and analysis of the hundreds of thousands of tips and complaints the agency receives annually" is shocking and I don't shock easily anymore.

Thank you for expressing what I should have taken the time to say myself.

I don't think he has any

bluebell — Sat, 17 Oct 2009 23:29:06 +0000

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I don't think he has any interest in getting it. I think he figures he's got a future like Bill Clinton's touring the world making mega millions off speeches and picking up honorary degrees and awards.

"mute witnesses" and slaves

oleeb — Sat, 17 Oct 2009 23:16:41 +0000

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"mute witnesses" and slaves

I don't think you could

oleeb — Sat, 17 Oct 2009 23:15:30 +0000

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I don't think you could compel him to be something he doesn't believe in. He uses Reagan as an example far more often than he does FDR. I honestly do not think he has any idea how bad things are out here for us little people and I'm not sure he cares all that much. His economic policies don't demonstrate that he gets it and his talk of deficit reduction in the face of a "jobless recovery" demonstrates he doesn't.

First we have to shoot all

thepeoplechoose — Sat, 17 Oct 2009 23:01:49 +0000

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First we have to shoot all the muggers. Then take all their stuff and make it over in a civil way.

And quit hiring muggers.

That's good.

bluebell — Sat, 17 Oct 2009 22:54:31 +0000

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That's good.

One of the biggest weapons

San Fernando Curt — Sat, 17 Oct 2009 22:00:53 +0000

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One of the biggest weapons wielded by our corrupt, plutocratic financial industry is the very complicated nature of the mess they've made. It's sold this way: You can't understand how tangled the structure has become since regulations were removed. We're the only ones who can undo this Gordian Knot, because we the ones who tied it up in the first place. Not only are the players too big to fail, they're too enmeshed in the system to ignore. Using this front-loaded extortion, they are re-establishing the very nonregulation that precipitated our current catastrophe. We, the people, have been shoved aside, relegated to be mute witnesses to this ugly process. Our democracy is active only at the tip of the economic pyramid, among wealthy sectors and their paid political stooges. Our only role will be to be drained of everything we have, to be looted. This is the biggest, most expensive street mugging ever pulled.

I don't know if Obama is

Unmitigated Audacity — Sat, 17 Oct 2009 20:48:56 +0000

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I don't know if Obama is "good" or not. I can't see into his heart. Of course I voted for him - what choice was there? The hope was that he would use his mandate to reinstate the necessary FDR reforms into our govt's regulatory structure. The Summers appointment, among others, dashed that hope. The Goldman takeover of economic policy making in the US shows that Obama is either hopelessly ignorant on economic matters or a willing dupe to these predators. Either way, evil is the result of his admin's policies. Get over the fact that he is "Not Bush", that its nice to have a Prez who can speak in whole sentences, can say all the right things in nice speeches. Actions and policy are the real reality. He must be opposed on substantive grounds by progressives or all the well meaning words don't mean shit. We have to force out the Wall Street crowd and compel Obama to be FDR or the country is toast.

Here's another interesting

oleeb — Sat, 17 Oct 2009 20:01:22 +0000

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Here's another interesting little tidbit for those who can't quite bring themselves to admit that Summers is a dangerous, irresponsible and criminally negligent money man:

http://blogs.reuters.com/felix-salmon/2009/07/23/annals-of-rank-hubris-larry-summers-edition/

It is short and really worth reading.

When you consider his track record and all the bad things that have resulted from his bad decisions don't you have to wonder why on earth Obama (who is supposedly a good man) would saddle the country with this asshole and risk the future of the nation not to mention the future of all the children of all the common people?