Still more lies and deceptions will surely hit us as the fear-selling two-party plutocracy works hard to convince us prior to the coming election that things have turned better. In reality, there is no reason whatsoever for thinking that the nation is back on the right track. Of all the many narcotic delusions filling people’s heads the most dangerous and self-defeating is that we can vote our way out of this mess. Everyone needs to understand that Democrats in Congress have played a major role in delivering the nation into the abyss we now find ourselves in.
If Barack Obama had an ounce of honesty and courage he would have boldly told his first debate audience that he was going to modify his spending plans and focus on reducing the nation’s debt. And why did he not express deep sadness that the current bailout was repeating a long history of making a mockery of capitalism, with government refusing to let most large companies fail? When corporate fat cats know that they can continue to rape the country and walk away with tons of money, all we really have is corporate socialism. So why did we not hear Obama talk about his commitment to put corporate criminals in prison? Not dozens, but hundreds of Wall Street thieves and lying bank officials should be dragged publicly in handcuffs into the justice system. Why can’t Obama talk this way?
Don’t get me wrong. John McCain is even worse. Newsweek has reported that McCain, in his last mission before becoming a prisoner of war, ignored the warning that an enemy missile had locked onto his plane and instead of taking evasive action decided to keep flying straight ahead to complete his mission.




Comments
Re: Eat Your Cats And Dogs
By TeriDavisNewman, September 30, 2008 at 14:01NO Bailout. NO WAY, NO HOW!! Life seems to be the same for everyone as it was before. The banks are find and open, people are in restaurants and life goes on. I don't see why we have to bail out Wall Street and it's not going to happen. Any legislator that votes for this bailout is going to face some very angry voters and home and since the emails and phone calls are 100+ to 1 AGAINST the bailout and with an election in 4 weeks the voters WILL remember and the legislators will NOT be returning to Washington.
Re: Eat Your Cats And Dogs
By Kit, September 29, 2008 at 23:13Excellent article, Joel. You've stated the case in stark, clear terms that should be a wake call to every American who believes that we have "no choice" but to vote for Republicans or Democrats, that we have to simply "go with the flow" and to do otherwise is somehow un-American. A point of view, by the way, that baffles me. Have people not read history? If Samuel and John Adams, George Washington, Benjamin Franklin, Thomas Jefferson and others had gone with the flow, there would be no United States of America. We'd be singing "God Save the Queen" and not "God Bless America."
Going with the flow and trusting that our presidents and elected senators and representatives were acting in our best interests (or if not that there is nothing we could do) got us into this mess that is now going to hit every one of us in our pocket books. And what are all the media pundits doing tonight now that some courageous members of the House of Representatives stood up and said "NO" to their party leaders and defeated this ill-drafted, bloated $300 billion bailout? The pundits are further encouraging a panic that will convince the public to retreat and urge their representatives to just go along and pass this legislation. Shame on them and shame on us if we buy into their scare tactics.