IF NO PUBLIC OPTION THAN A NATIONAL, YES NATIONAL CO OP INCLUDING EVERYONE IN THE COUNTRY!

The rich Bas***** have ground the country down. Spending over a million dollars a day, the consortium of Big Pharma, the insurance cartel, the fat cat billionaires and the poor right wing nuts who foolishly blame other poor people for their problems, have probably won the day, and scuttled another national attempt in injecting some sanity into our health care system. It is sadly amusing to see a previous conservative who has run into hard luck, change his view to the liberal, progressive side.

Hopefully, Obama won't chicken out and let the Repugnicans trash our country even further.

OBAMA BLINKS: THIS STINKS!

He's definitely more refreshing than that previous guy, who couldn't put one word in front of another and was clearly a puppet to all the rich and powerful Right Wing-Nuts in the country.

But Obama has screwed up big time, by letting all the torturers and their leaders off the hook. He is in essence sealing the record, so we may never know the true story behind who did what and who decided what and what has been covered up.

This is the same old same old tradition of America: we let the southerners off the hook after the Civil War and we bought ourselves a hundred years of racism.

We let the "Light Is At The End Of the Tunnel" liars off the hook after the Viet Nam War and we got the Iraq War and an idiotic-villainous puppet for President.

Now we are going to let the torturers off the hook.

We will continue to repeat history if we don't study it and honestly face it.

GOP: PARTY OF THE BIG BABIES!

"Waah! Where's my Mommy. The Democrats are all Socialists and they are going to take my toys."

What a bunch of childish whiners the Republicans are. They are so upset about being out of power that all they do is throw tantrums. But some of their tantrums are downright dangerous: even to the point of inciting people to violence and destructive opposition. Like saying, "He's got to be stopped" and "We hope he (and the Country) fail."

Heaven forbid they would disagree with the Big Fat Idiot, A.K.A. Rush Limbaugh. Then they have to go back the next day and publicly apologize. "We're so sorry we offended you, Oh Obese One."

Thank heaven this bunch of losers is out of power. Let us pray they keep their mischief within the bounds of the law.

THANK HEAVEN! THE CROOKS ARE LEAVING!

It's been long 8 years. We no longer have to face the nausea of seeing that huckster and his cronies cram their brand of ideological, political crap down our throats. And at the same time, sending thinly disguised messages that dissent would be punished.

Prediction: We haven't begun to see the depth of theft and chicanery that have occurred. How about billions defrauded by Halliburton and like minded companies in that phony Iraq war.

Pray that Obama will not try to be such a centrist that he will obstruct a reasonable inquiry into the facts of what has happened to our country in the past 8 years: including the destruction of emails and other attempts to cover up their crimes.

We need at the very least a wide ranging and publicly reporting commission to plumb the murky depths of what these bottom crawlers have done to us.

At least now, there may be a chance for truth to emerge.

OBAMA'S BIGGEST HURDLE:PEOPLE PLAYING THE RACE CODE!

"Oh, I just don't like the way his name sounds, it's so foreign."
"That minister of his worries me."
"He hasn't had that much experience. He's only been in th Senate for two years."
"And what has he accomplished to show that he can be president?"
"Why wasn't he able to 'put Hillary away?'"

All of these supposed neutral comments about Barack Obama are code for "I won't vote for him because he is Black".

The extent of racism in the U.S. is staggering, but is barely talked about.

Except for the workplace, we live almost completely separate lives. Worlds of Whites and worlds of Blacks.

What Obama has done so far has almost been miraculous!

In a country where the overwhelming majority of prisoners are African American, a dark skinned man will probably be the nominee for President of one of the two major political parties.

But he will have an uphill battle, and the behind the scenes enemy will be the hidden racism that no one will admit.

Ask anybody, Black or White if they are racist and they will deny it. They honestly think they aren't.

Then ask them how they would feel if their off son or daughter wanted to marry someone of the other race, and they will pause, clear their throats, and give some neutralized reasons why it wouldn't be the best idea.

Mainly they will say "It just won't happen." The way people used to say "a black man will never be Presiden of the United States."

The best thing that happens in our society regarding the race conflict is when there is an actual interracial marriage or the birth of a well cared for interracial child. Like Obama. Then there is loving acceptance on both sides.

And considering what we've been through for almost eight long years, Obama's presidency may be the best thing that can happen to our country. We need some loving acceptance on both sides.

WELCOME TO AMERICA: CURRENTLY AN INSANE ASYLUM!

We all wait here, in this place of insanity we call America. We watch passively while our leaders decimate our most cherished principles. We are obedient and patient. Like patients in an institution. We do nothing. Our news sources are distracted, sometimes silly, but we observe them , a shadow of their former selves. We think about the greatness of our past and try to believe it is still present. But we know we are fooling ourselves. Our Army is not great like it once was. Our economy is not great like it once was. Our people are poorer and losing their homes. Even our babies die more than they do elsewhere in the World. Our leaders dance and strut like fools. We watch them, and wait.

Consortiumblog: When a Great Power Goes Mad

Please read the following. It summarizes my notes of October 6, 2007, beautifully. Thank you, Robert Parry, wherever you are!
Consortiumblog: When a Great Power Goes Mad