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Above: heading west over the Port Mann Bridgesee note at bottom of page
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Good Morning Friends,
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today is Wednesday January 27, 2010
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Back on the job today friends. Apparently there is some fresh snow ( 25 cm or so ) on the local mountains. That is all fine and dandy of course, but the rains are supposed to be returning in a few days. So, we will have to keep our fingers crossed for the Olympic people as this is turning out to be a rather mild winter. Not that we aren't used to mild winters, but this is not the best of times to be experiencing one of them if you know what I mean.
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So, Barack Obama will be addressing the nation tonight. And, just what might the man have to say I wonder given that he is basically pushing on a string as far as his agenda is concerned? It is no surprise to me of course when you consider all of the factors involved here. I mean, he has a so-called ' left wing agenda ' according to the Republicans and all of the other right wingers. That is the way they categorize the man and that is the way the electorate is starting to think about the man and his vision for America.
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You have to understand that America is not really ready to join the rest of the world as far as certain things go. I mean, just look at what they did to his health care plan. The plan when it arrives will look like nothing that was originally proposed. And, that is because of special interest groups that operate in the country. The lobbyists, the healthcare providers and their bought and paid for politicians have done their work and America will be the loser of course. There will be no reform in healthcare in the U.S. as we know it. I still go back to the early eighties when President Ronald Reagan was around. He was asked a question by the very same reporter, Helen Thomas, who is functioning to this day. She posed a question to Reagan concerning reform in healthcare. And, Reagan replied: " We're working on it. "
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There are so many other examples of failure and failures to come that it would be almost fruitless for me to comment upon the issue. There will be no progress in the Middle East, with Israel and the Palestinians, the wars, or anything. The wars and the expansion of U.S. power into Asia and the Middle East will continue and that is because that is the way the Military Industrial Complex wants things to be. Remember, Obama just added billions of dollars and thousand of troops to continue on with the effort over there. There will be no change in foreign policy and you can count on that. The troops will not be coming home like he promised they would and the wars will definitely not end soon, or maybe in our lifetime. There is simply too much money and too much at stake here for the Empire to be leaving anytime soon.
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How about financial reform and dealing with the bankers? What can we expect here? Not much except the continual verbal pounding of the bankers. The bankers will win in the end and nothing will change. Once again you can take that to the bank. Timothy Geithner is the inside man and former Fed official. Like Congressman Dennis Kucinich asked. Just whose side are these guys on? He was asking the question to another gentleman during a finance enquiry, but I think, if he had the chance, he might pose to the same question to Mr. Geithner as well. Well, if Mr. Kucinich isn't asking, then maybe I will ask the question for him.
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Fiscal reform? Not likely. Trillion dollar deficits will continue and there will be belt tightening. But, the ones enduring the pain will be the citizens and not the corporations who profit from war and the like. It is business as usual and it will continue to be so. That is why Obama is on top of the heap right now. Because he has talked his way into the job. And, what we will see tonight is more evidence of why he is where he is, politically and strategically that is. I think the Obama deception just might be real. Real as it is ever going to get. I like to think of the whole thing as one big show. Maybe we can call it Obamarama....
Talk to you all later and have a nice day.
