Obama, the new Bush

I told you so! I told you about a year ago that Obama would NOT reverse many of Bush's executive power-grabs so that he could exercise them for himself. It's pathetic, really.

Please tell me - what is the difference between a Democrat and a Republican?

The only difference I can think of is that Democrats are not afraid of brown people. Bush... Obama, Obama... Bush, what's the difference?

Nothing.

Obama = Epic Fail

Don't believe me? Then read Glenn Greenwald's article here. For those of you not in the know, Glenn is a constitutional law attorney, and author of the book "How Would a Patriot Act?". If you think he's a right-wing nut-job, think again. He just cares about civil liberties. For him, and for me, Obama's allegiance to "the left" does not excuse his abuses of power. Enjoy.

I need proof

To any of you free-market haters out there who listen to the mass-media pabulum that the free market caused the current financial mess, I kindly and warmly invite you to prove it to me. I want to be wrong on this. Believe me, I do. I’m sick of being right.

You constantly say that “financial de-regulation” caused this. So my challenge to you is to illustrate to me, using bona-fide resources, which regulations were REMOVED in the past 96 years (since the inception of the central banking model in the US) that could have caused this. Show me how the influence of the central bank and its crony banksters WANED during SOME POINT in the past 96 years. Which regulations were altered so that freedom of commerce could be allowed to destroy us?

I’m betting you can’t do it. It’s all poppycock. It’s just a buzz-word that allows you to set up the federal government as the savior and source of redemption in troubled times. You think MORE rules and regulations will fix the problem. So show me. Show me how we set up a ton of rules back in 1913 to keep the chaos “inherent in the economy” at bay, and how we “removed” those rules to allow for a collapse. I want proof. Dammit, I need proof because when you say “de-regulation caused this mess,” I don’t buy it.

You must know, however, that we’ve had more financial and economic rules and regulations heaped upon us (the US) over the past 96 years than one could measure. And something else; the very purpose of the Federal Reserve system which was established in 1913 was to create stabilization, yet all we’ve had is one continuous nasty cycle of booms and busts since then.

I think the Fed has had its chance to show us whether it works or not. Sadly, I think the scoreboard is crystal-clear: the Fed lost, and it’s time for real monetary change.

the ghost of Harry Truman

It looks like the North Koreans want some attention. Or they want some room at the bargaining table. It seems like the only way to get the US off your back is to test some nukes, I guess. But check this out: Obama says that their nuclear program “pose[s] a great threat to the peace and security of the world, and I strongly condemn their reckless action.” Hmmm…

So let me get this straight. North Korea tests a nuclear blast underground without harming anyone, but the US tests TWO nuclear weapons on TWO defenseless non-military based cities killing hundreds of thousands of innocent Japanese people, and THEIR actions are reckless?

Have some shame, Obama.