tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22657443.post7464214315068427016..comments2023-12-31T03:18:37.403-06:00Comments on "E pur si muove!": Obama's Rhetoric is Winning the RaceLester Hunthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14746157071827337723noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22657443.post-45267619612502643062009-03-10T07:06:00.000-05:002009-03-10T07:06:00.000-05:00The real problem goes past the liberal vs conserva...The real problem goes past the liberal vs conservative, taxes vs tax cuts etc. arguments. The banks built a massive mess with derivatives because this economy no longer builds wealth based on value like the post WW-II generation. Most jobs are in service and distribution (sales, finance, marketing etc.). To build an economy based on house value inflation will no longer work and Obama and all of the dems and repubs know that. In defense of Rush, true entreprenaurial capitalism is still valid but the repubs did very little to promote it but only finger pointed Barney Frank and the dems over the FANNIE-FREDDE mess.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22657443.post-26537236932640822372009-03-09T14:31:00.000-05:002009-03-09T14:31:00.000-05:00I can't say I was ever hopeful over having a n...I can't say I was ever hopeful over having a new president, but at least it cheered me up to see the back of Bush, the younger. All I've seen so far is a continuation of his public bailout policies.<BR/><BR/>How is it that everyone pays lip service to laissez-faire but they can't stand to have anyone laisser-tomber? <BR/><BR/>I feel sandwiched between a privileged class whose financial talents require that they bring home $30M/year, win or lose & masses of the unemployables whose greatest contribution to the economy is to spend food stamps in support of the socialist heartland of the American farm belt. <BR/><BR/>In a laissez-faire system, rich people take real risk in the hope of reward. Poor people exercise ingenuity or die of starvation & attendant diseases (& thereby "decrease the surplus population"). It's wasteful in the same sense that Nature herself is wasteful, but at least it's simple & self-correcting.<BR/><BR/>What strikes me is that no one on the national stage is opposing the plan. Provided that it won't affect passage, you may see some backbenchers playing to the camera for the folks back home, but in the end, the President has to fall back on someone from the entertainment industry to create some public theater around national politics. For all practical purposes, the Democratic-Republican axis is turning in perfect synch.pappy dhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07634780939188002027noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22657443.post-14983277195640148112009-03-09T10:45:00.000-05:002009-03-09T10:45:00.000-05:00I've always believed a lot of Obama's appeal has b...I've always believed a lot of Obama's appeal has been due to the carefully managed image he has succeeded in putting out to the public. I understand he doesn't allow the press to photo him with a cigarette - and the infatuated lot of them are complying it seems. I'll bet he smokes a hell of a lot more than an occasional fag - probably two packs a day. POTUS is a stressful job. <BR/><BR/>The next point is a little off-topic, but I've really been wondering about it; why is Michelle Obama so nearly invisible as First Lady? She is, isn't she? And she's tall, good-looking, stylish, highly educated, admired by so many. You'd think Obama would have her out there is some PR capacity, to smooth the edges of these rough times. There are many roles she could in theory play that would in no way remind anyone of the two-Clinton presidency that Hillary sort of tried. I wonder if Michelle is being heavily medicated for depression. This is ONLY a conjecture on my part, but I've noticed in a few public photos in the past, she has a disconnected, low energy expression - politicians and politicians' wives are masters at masking this sort of emotion. They always look 'on and ready'. I only mention this, because if there is anything at all to it, it's one more way in which the Obama image might be being 'managed'. Controlled images succeed so long as they hold together - if this one starts to come unraveled - watch out! There will be a feeding frenzy on Capitol Hill. I'm sorry that I'm so cynical, but I think our government is, by and large, a despicable lot these days. The criminal class that Mark Twain spoke of. There may be a few good souls in the crowd.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22657443.post-44797051458107587432009-03-09T07:09:00.000-05:002009-03-09T07:09:00.000-05:00Honestly how can we expect one person to provide t...Honestly how can we expect one person to provide the guidance and expertise to fix the economy when his background is in organizing people at the community level which seems like a good prerequisite only if you consider this country that way. In reality Obama is like a swinging punching bag being punched at by his own party's political agenda, the Fed's ideas, labor, the press and popular opinion. He said he ignores daily market swings but in reality he'd like to ignore everybody.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22657443.post-82943139305722426532009-03-07T11:53:00.000-06:002009-03-07T11:53:00.000-06:00Well, that's the most charitable possible interpre...Well, that's the most charitable possible interpretation. According to <A HREF="http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0309/19596.html" REL="nofollow">some accounts</A>, though, Operation Rushjob is very much a team effort -- which would seem to mean that it reflects the corporate culture of BHO's whole organization.<BR/><BR/>Right now, I'm going to read one of JFK's speeches, just to clean my brain out. (Seriously!)Lester Hunthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14746157071827337723noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22657443.post-9104268841980707622009-03-07T07:18:00.000-06:002009-03-07T07:18:00.000-06:00Attacking Limbaugh is a mistake, because the Presi...Attacking Limbaugh is a mistake, because the President is lowering himself to fighting a talk radio host. <BR/><BR/>My guess is Obama is stressed out, battered by recent events, feeling a lack of control and just needs to establish his authority. Alas, his chosen opponent is too small beer to instill confidence in onlookers.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com