tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8746692.post5457281884644365533..comments2024-03-15T20:25:28.637-04:00Comments on History Unfolding: The President's SpeechDavid Kaiserhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05020082243968071584noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8746692.post-10042395910850276672012-09-14T17:38:39.209-04:002012-09-14T17:38:39.209-04:00Beautifully and elegantly summarized.
I admire yo...Beautifully and elegantly summarized.<br /><br />I admire your ability to maintain a dignified perspective, and to credit Obama as something better than a vicious conman, but I don't share it.<br /><br />Obama's function in our politics is to serve the kleptocracy, by preventing effective opposition from the Left. On most economic issues, he's farther Right than any Republican President we've had since, at least, Hoover. The most reasonable explanation for the ineptness of Romney and Obama's political strategy is that the fix is in. Obama has aimed squarely for that sweet spot, where he can usher in extensions of the Bush taxcuts for the wealthy and cuts in Social Security, while presiding over continued declines in wages and living standards for 50% to 80% of the population.<br /><br />Between crisis in the Euro and China's imminent collapse into economic and political chaos, I fully expect the Depression to intensify in the second term. Oddly, the problems in Europe and China may serve to cushion things for the U.S., relieving the pressure on oil supplies and the dollar, just as the British boat was lifted by the Great Depression of the 1930s, even as its underlying decline as Empire and economic power accelerated.<br /><br />Obama, the Muslim socialist/liberal that he is [not, obviously], will be hooverized, along with any kind of progressive idea of economic justice and decency. At least, I think that's the kleptocrats' plan. That there plausibly seems to be something like a coherent kleptocrat plan in motion is pretty scary. Some people find "conspiracy theories" easy to dismiss, and that can be a basis for psychological defenses. And, it may be nothing more than the interests of a generation and a ruling class, grown irresponsible and unmindful of consequences during an eruption of corruption. But, the Romney campaign notwithstanding, they seem to know how to manage a propaganda operation par excellance; Obama has been a marvelous innovation in counter-revolution.<br /><br />It doesn't matter, really. There is no effective Left, and what there is, will be shortly discredited, and the institutional foundation for an authoritarian political structure has been put in place, for the collapse.<br /><br />Even without any leadership, ideas or memories of justice from the Left, the anger will come.Bruce Wilderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09631065564839959376noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8746692.post-937778260356561112012-09-08T23:00:18.831-04:002012-09-08T23:00:18.831-04:00Labrookes has Obama at 4/11, Romney at 2/1 odds.
...Labrookes has Obama at 4/11, Romney at 2/1 odds.<br /><br />Here in MO they have McCaskill at 4/7, Akin at 5/4<br /><br />Intrade : Obama 56.8%, McCaskill 63.3%<br /><br />Literally putting your money where your mouth is. Personally, I think outstate MO *is* crazy enough to put Akin into the Senate.Wallyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07325698458656020393noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8746692.post-70998378336416344152012-09-08T21:41:59.574-04:002012-09-08T21:41:59.574-04:00galactic surfer +1
http://www.nakedcapitalism.com...galactic surfer +1<br /><br />http://www.nakedcapitalism.com/2012/09/dnc-convention-slogan-give-me-more-time.htmlCrocodileChuckhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10762442097044797842noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8746692.post-63620514596668361552012-09-08T14:55:23.342-04:002012-09-08T14:55:23.342-04:00http://chemistry.about.com/b/2011/02/06/how-much-a...http://chemistry.about.com/b/2011/02/06/how-much-are-the-elements-in-your-body-worth.htm<br /><br />bottom line for a human life is 5$<br /><br />The pendulum won't swing back, to quote from Jude the Obscure, "Because We are too Many", and that on earth mind you and the resources are too little. It was easy having a better life while the pie was growing but now we will all be fighting like in the famine in Europe in ca. 1200 where the rich cut themselves off and let the poor starve en masse. The rich have lots of ammo (a billion rounds for the govt. agencies alone) and fortified houses and the military so we cannot hope for much mercy from Homeland Security for the generation titled Homelanders (the new "Silents"). <br /><br />If Obama just put the bankers in charge of the business end it is like putting the fox in charge of the hen coop. The dems are just the repubs with a softer tone but no change in policy. If Paul Ryan would be Prez and SNAP were eliminated then we would see a revolution and get down to brass tacks instead of stretching this thing out till the 2020s due to the softheartedness of "bleeding heart liberals millionaires in congress (you know - Ted Kennedy types). If the droughts come hard and furious due to climate change then it might not nmatter as food will cost too much anyway. That is what caused the Arab Spring, high food prices due to Russian heat wave. Political stability starts in people's stomachs ( A variation on "All politics is local".) <br /><br />I hope writing the anger form my chest is not too offensive to you in these campaign days. <br /><br />CheersAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com