to write anything coherent or thoughtful or informative today.
I will say Obama is a failure as a President.
He failed to provide real reform to prevent the mortgage fraud and illegal foreclosures the banks are pulling off as we speak.
He relied on the the worst possible advice of Wall Street Whores like Geithner and Summers and Bernanke.
He caved into the Republicans time and time again when he held the upper hand by pushing his naive (or worse, knowing) message of bipartisanship that simply didn’t exist.
He’s caving more now to that rancid excuse for a party, the GOP, since his failures led to massive losses in the midterm elections.
Our economy is not recovering; it is barely keeping its head above water by standing on the heads of people who are underwater and drowning.
Corporate profits are up and so is the unemployment rate. What does that tell you?
The wars continue, and continue, and continue …
Social Security is being prepared to be gutted by the latest “tax deal” and some people defend that as a valid compromise.
The physical infrastructure of our country is decaying rapidly and will soon rival that of Cuba yet no one is doing anything about it.
Bright intelligent college graduates in the US can’t find jobs.
I spent time today chatting with a smart, skilled and very nice lady in India to fix a software problem with my security suite. I bet she’s getting paid very little for what she does. I bet there are people who are capable of doing her job here in America, and will be doing it just as soon as the unemployment rate drives salaries for such jobs low enough to be comparable to those in India.
I believe the future of my children is at grave risk from the policies of the Republicans and the Democrats both, and with the exception of the Progressive Caucus in Congress, no one gives a damn.
I think we will see a Putin style authoritarian leader (or worse) in our lifetime.
I think I will die of health complications at an earlier age than my parents because in 20 years or less the “health reform” passed last year (bad as it was) will be eliminated and I won’t be able to afford the care I need to survive.
I believe a lot of other people will be in the same boat as me.
I’m burned out on trying to get otherwise intelligent people to accept that the growing crisis of climate change is real despite the mountains of evidence and data which supports it.
I think its a bad omen when Glenn Beck and Sarah Palin, two of the stupidest, most ignorant demagogues I have ever seen in my lifetime, can get TV programs to push their lies and propaganda despite bad ratings and advertiser reluctance to sponsor their “programs” (except racketeers like Goldline).
I’m ready to primary Obama, but then I ask myself, who do I trust among the likely Democratic contenders who would actually stand up for the poor and middle classes against the oiligarchs (yes that’s intentional) the banksters and all the other corporate interests that own our government lock, stock and barrel.
I believe things will get worse, much worse by 2012 and every year thereafter.
Treat this as an open thread.
