I found some emails in my outbox that I guess didn’t generate any responses, but I still think they are interesting so will post them here…
Obama really is a member of the GOP in Democrat clothing…
Why what’s good for GE isn’t good for America
Obama’s jobs czar, Jeffrey Immelt, thinks we can beat China by making life easier for corporations
http://www.salon.com/2011/10/18/why_whats_good_for_ge_isnt_good_for_america/
So, if you think that Obama is out to destroy our country and produce (really, I guess this is a done deal) an oligarchy and what his ass out on the street who can you vote for? Clearly any GOP candidate will want to out Obama Obama when they get in, which means even more wars, even less regulation, even more erosion to privacy (why is it the same people who want the govt to keep its hands off their guns are perfectly happy to have the govt with its hands in their wombs and monitoring every phone call, email and text?) and even more income disparity. I don’t know if Nader is running yet again, but I think he is loony and wouldn’t vote for him anyway. All that blather about starting yet another third party by Americans Elect and Thomas Friedman sounds impressive, but who are the candidates? Are we likely to wind up with another fruit cake like Nader or Perot or will it be someone who can be credible? I lean toward the former as it is fairly trivial for the lapdog press and media to demonize someone and if you speak on the record long enough you will say things that can be twisted to make you look like a total jackass, so even if you are sincere and have great ideas and might even make a great President, your very success will be your undoing, unless, of course, enough voters are willing and able to get their information outside of regular media outlets.
Which is better? A clueless outsider who totally lacks any personal relationship with any members of our government and who finds it takes longer than 2 years to simply learn which phone calls are important to return (and is likely to be corrupted by his/her circle of advisers, one way or another) or a well-heeled insider who knows where all the bodies are buried but promises to actually act for the greatest good for the greatest number (us 99%)?
I expect it will continue to get worse before there is any prospects of it getting better…
