[clue-talk] Wow, Card's a little political...

[Collins Richey]

On Fri, Oct 31, 2008 at 8:52 PM, Sean LeBlanc <seanleblanc at comcast.net> wrote:
> On 10-30 21:39, David L. Willson wrote:
>> http://www.ornery.org/essays/warwatch/2008-10-26-1.html
>
> I started reading, then skimmed ahead to see how long it was, and noticed he
> mentions Ayers ghost-writing Obama's book.
>
> Well, I thought that stupid meme was over and done with. Ayers? Who cares?
> Is that still alive and kicking in reich-wing circles? Jesus christ, that
> garbage and the secret Muslim stuff is enough to make a rational person cry.
> I saw some poll showed that about 25% of Texans thought Obama was a Muslim.
> Geez, you think the fear and smear campaigns are working?

Frankly, I don't think many people care whether Ayers was a
ghost-writer or not. The fact that he has been a close and business
associate of Obama for many years is frightening. There is no smear
involved, or do you believe Obama's "he's just a guy in my
neighborhood"?

>
> In any case, I stopped reading at that point.
>
> I hope Hopey wins. Not that I think he'll be all that much different
> than Bush in actual practice, but to keep that insane witch from Alaska as
> far away from the levers of power as possible. If McCrackers had picked
> someone sane and competent as his partner, I wouldn't give a darn either way,
> really. They are two wings of the same party. But he didn't.

I just love the anti-Palin rhetoric. This competent witch has stuck a
stake into the heart of all the left-wing loonies. They're practically
wetting themselves to denounce her. She has more relevant executive
experience than the Messiah. At least she has no need for fake Greek
columns.

>
> Anyway, I don't think the people subscribing to disaster capitalist dogma
> should fret too much about Obama getting into office. I seem to remember
> that Naomi Klein said his economic advisers are of the Chicago School
> variety, so we'll probably see more of the same old, same old disaster
> capitalism neoliberal stuff we've had for the past 20+ years...

Let's hope you're right, but I doubt it. If Obama implements even half
of the garbage he has proposed, I fully anticipate a much longer
recession if not depression. And when you couple that with absolute
control of the legislature, it's even spookier - unless you happen to
be one of the left-wing socialists who has been dreaming of and
scheming for this opportunity for 40 years.

I don't know anything about disaster capitalism. The situation we're
in now has little to do with capitalism and a lot more to do with
blind idiocy (loaning money to people who have no hope of paying it
back, all in the name of compassion) and.massive greed, fraud, and
deception  (the fat cats who packaged lousy loans as a risk-free
investment).

-- 
Collins Richey
     If you fill your heart with regrets of yesterday and the worries
     of tomorrow, you have no today to be thankful for.