tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9141996.post80032964957008104..comments2024-02-18T05:14:18.098-07:00Comments on Cherchez la Verite: The Folks Who Brought You this Financial Meltdown Are Still at the HelmDavid Griscomhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16911018239218830381noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9141996.post-21762417141594957692009-04-05T12:27:00.000-07:002009-04-05T12:27:00.000-07:00Hi, David.Nice article. Yes, Rubin is the big "fre...Hi, David.<BR/><BR/>Nice article. <BR/><BR/>Yes, Rubin is the big "free trader" from the Clinton administration who Obama is using as his team adviser. Same old, same old. I never did buy into this bullsh!t change meme. Obama is just another Clinton but more dangerous since he doesn't have the personal life mess distracting he can execute his complete destruction of worker and human rights while the public is focused on how cute he and his family is. Had people bothered to check his voting record they would have realized his campaign was all smoke and mirrors.<BR/><BR/>Why would you be surprised by Summers and Rubin's relationship with Obama? Who do you think has been mentoring him all these years? Corporatists (most of them Clinton allies)., that is who.<BR/><BR/>The Democratic primaries were a shame. The corporations knew they would win no matter who got in, Clinton or Obama. There was no down side for the crooks, as Obama has proved in his first 100 days in which he has done exactly nothing for the people and everything for the crooks. If Bush's first 100 days had been this horrific, the liberals would all be up in arms but since it is Obama it is okay. It just goes to show you there really is no difference between Republican and Democrats when it comes down to it. Voters are hypocritical and deniers on both sides, and negate to take responsibility for their own actions in allowing this to happen. I hear liberals say they “trust” Obama. When I point out that Republicans said the same thing about Bush, they get all defensive. When I say “shouldn’t you judge a man by his actions?" they change the subject. That disconnect, denial, and lack of accountability is why there will never be any real change as long as either major party is in power since they both work for the same master. The pendulum will swing a little in one direction, then a decade or two later in the other, but no real progress will ever be made and in the process we will continue to destroy this planet and any humanity. <BR/><BR/>There is no change from Bush to Obama of any significance. The same old crooks at it again and people are going into deeper poverty as the Democrats give more of our tax dollars to the crooks.<BR/><BR/>The China issue we knew about over a decade ago already. Who benefited from this “great economy” is not the average person but all the millionaire and billionaires who sold out the workers, the environment, the countries and exploited third world resources and human labor. It is always the same story.<BR/><BR/>On CBS, which is a very corporate domination network, I heard Katie Couric interviewing some "experts" who were saying at the NATO and UN meetings anyone who is propagating "protectionism" will be punished and they went into this diatribe about how free trade (which got the world into this mess) has to not only be preserved but expanded. Since Obama has a horrible track record regarding trade deals, we can look at this getting worse before it gets better. Afterall, he and Hillary have sold us out so badly in this regard, they even broke with the Democratic majority in 2006's Oman bill which gave our nuclear technology to India in exchange for US corps Wal-Mart and Monsanto getting to do their destruction to India. In the US, you barely heard about it but this India issue was making headlines around the world for a good decade regarding what corporations were doing and the impact on the Indian farmers. However, as long as people keep their heads in the sand with Obama like they accused (rightfully) the Republican voters of doing with Bush, nothing will change.<BR/><BR/>Same old, same old just different players—though in the case of Obama--not even that different since he seems incapable of leading and making any decisions without having to pull all t he Clinton administration people to tell him when and how to sh!t. When people will wake up and realize he is a shallow charlatan who wasn't even a capable state Senator let alone a federal one, and now president?. He may be smarter than Bush, but his tactics aren't all that different and neither was/is qualified to be president. But in America, you just need to be charming since the populous is so dumbed down it is easy to lead them to slaughter.Chrisnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9141996.post-316206204135808862009-04-05T10:05:00.000-07:002009-04-05T10:05:00.000-07:00What are those T-bills doing for China right now?I...What are those T-bills doing for China right now?<BR/><BR/>It seems to me that if they became angry with the U.S. for any reason, they could survive the loss of their T-bills more easily than we could survive the crash of the dollar.Mark E. Smithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08462192382561896671noreply@blogger.com