Mr. Obama: "Tear down this WALL" !

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Mr. Obama: "Tear down this WALL" !
by David ET
04-Mar-2009
 

President Obama ! Where is the "change"? Where is the leadership and creativity? When it comes to economy, all I see so far is you following the same prescriptions as the former Secretary Paulsen, Bush Administration and the mainstream democratic party bosses . Although you have presented yourself as a progressive politicians but at best you have so far maintained a big government center right position.

Mr. Obama!    Bill Clinton was the beneficiary of Reaganomics and a tough foreign policy that helped collapse of the Soviet Empire. On the other hand you have assumed the office of the presidency after George W. Bush: A collapsed banking system (Yes it already has collapsed), a failed economy, highest deficit in the world history, and an expensive lost war . You can not solve the current astronomical problems by having Clinton's staff try the same economic policies of the past while having his wife do the talking in the international arena. For that we would have chosen Hillary!

Mr. Obama! "Where is the beef?!" So far when it comes to economy your policy has been to feed the same monsters who ate the child long time ago and now all you are doing is to keep feeding them with our money and with our children's future in the hope that the same financial monsters suddenly turn to angels who may save us from themselves!

Mr. President! When the house is tilted from the foundation to the extent that the doors and windows no longer function, spending so much money that we do not have (borrowing billions more) to buy new doors and windows won’t work. When the patient is fighting cancer, injecting new blood won't save her life. We need an overhaul, we need chemo and we can NOT do that with the same people who got us to where we are now!

Mr. Obama, remember when President Reagan stood at the Berlin Wall and told the president of the second strongest empire " Mr. Gorbachev tear down this wall" ?  Now allow me to be the first one to tell you: " Mr. Obama ! Tear down this wall".  This time "the wall" being the many of the Wall street and banking tycoons and elite, who have rubbed the people of this nation and the world of hundreds of billions of dollars in the past few years or have lost the monies that were "TRUSTED" in their hands with their careless financial gambles.

Mr. Obama in case no one has reminded you, the soviet system collapsed and now you are turning US to a corporate welfare and corporate socialist state. What you are doing has already been tried years ago in other countries such as Brazil and Argentina which ended up in closure of banks, people loosing all their savings and devaluation of their currency to the point of creating a whole new currency .... 

This printing of billions of green paper out of thin air , this policy of borrowing billions more to maintain a wasteful failed economic system (in its head a flawed Federal Reserve Board that should not have existed to begin with), will only lengthen the painful suffering of millions of people resulting in the eventual collapse of dollar.

Mr. Obama! We need accountability. Those responsible such as the former head of countrywide financial and TENS of others should all be tried in public courts.

Mr. President stop feeding the TOP of the pyramid hoping that the thieves will pass it on to THE PEOPLE. They did not last time and they won’t this time either. The writing is already on the "wall". See where the billions that we already have allocated have gone?! Where are the new jobs? Where are the new loans? The billions that the people of this nation and the world lost in the past few years did not mysteriously end up in the thin air. They ended up in the accounts , villas, private jets and yachts of the ones who created this DISASTER.

Those of us on the main street saw the writings on "the wall" much before any of the so called financial gurus and policy makers even started whispering it, let alone confessing to it in the public.

While rubbing people from their home equities and savings by promoting the idea of excessive consumerism of buying junks that create nothing, selling them dreams that were never going to come true, Fed chairman's continuous false promises of a sound economy, while wall street and hedge funds were filling their pockets by selling the overvalued stocks to the retirement and pension funds of the people of this nation and the world, just to short the same equities later and make money on the downside too, while people were being lured in to negative amortization loans with higher interest rates but at 1% payment rates that were going to last only one year, while the prices of homes were skyrocketing due to careless lending practices and excessive dropping of borrowing rates by Federal reserve Board ….while….. watching our neighbors and acquaintances live in their new glass houses that they really could not afford at the first place, driving the luxury cars that they should not have driven to begin with and while many were showing off their new chandeliers to each other, few on the main street of the financial industry like myself, sold our homes and stocks at near market highs to protect our savings, continued to live within our means and moved to rentals just to watch the deck of gambling cards fall one after another and while the government, the Wall Street, the professional analysts, the CEO’s, the Congressmen and Senators of BOTH parties, Fed Chairman's and many people kept denying the inevitable.

Mr. president! there are many better solutions than what you are doing. I give you only few leads and as smart as you are, you can figure out where I am coming from and take it from there! :

FIRST AND FOREMOST: - Move out of Iraq in an orderly fashion NOW and stop wasting billions of our money on a lost whatever cause! In case you have not noticed Iraq is already called the Islamic Republic of Iraq with a majority Shia in power taking lead from the Islamic Republic of Iran next door and the Kurds have already been efficiently running their affairs in an autonomous way in the north. The billions of our tax dollars is NOT protecting our national security or interest but are only continuing to fill the deep pockets of the contractors who have been the sole beneficiaries of this war. The ones who have been the real threats to our national security and interest all along have been here in Washington and New York, bringing our nation and the world on the verge of a financial collapse!

SECOND and NOWTotally Abandon short selling and see how fast stock market rises and values of our retirement and pension funds increase.

THIRD : Instead of subsidizing the corporations and banks, start with the underlying problem: Housing!

- Offer or insure the refinance of EXISTING home loans REGARDLESS OF THEIR APPRAISED VALUES at 5% to all home owners and 6% to investors up to $650,000.  Offer or insure purchase of NEW homes at 4% to homeowners and 5% to investors.

- Those who still can not afford the payments will have to let their properties foreclose if they chose to. They should not have owned the homes they could not afford to begin with . BUT if anyone has been foreclosed or is being foreclosed and they financially qualify to own a CHEAPER home (no more than 60% of the loan value of their previously foreclosed home) , they should be allowed to obtain financing regardless of their prior foreclosure record and credit.

FORTH:  Put an immediate freeze on accounts of bad banks who are in red and take over PEOPLE’S deposits before these banks spend whatever is left of it just to leave the remaining tab to taxpayer maintained FDIC! Let bad banks and firms fail and instead of making the pain last longer let the good ones take over. We have too many banks to begin with anyway! Let the market adjust to its proper value once and for all without so much useless government intervention and delaying the inevitable. All these government interventions in the past few years at the cost of our tax money have not helped the market AT ALL , as we are now at 48% of the market highs with Dow at 6000's.

FIFTH: Drop the capital gain tax to 5% . This idea of increasing Capital gain tax at the time of economic distress is ludicrous at best!

SIXTH: Continue to promote jobs that create something (vs. nothing) in the areas of infrastructure, energy, environment, manufacturing, technology, health, education etc and avoid creating more wasteful and useless or too many management jobs that have no efficient output.

Stop handing out our money to those have acted irresponsibility and instead help promote those who have been responsible . They are the ones who can create more jobs and fix our problems and not the ones who caused it and now are asking for billions more! …This notion of trying to save jobs by keeping failed financial structures was already tried in Soviet Union, Latin America and alike. Mr. President! It does NOT work. Give it up NOW before it is way too late and before the chaos take over!

 But if you still chose to continue to do what you are doing , I sure hope it works! because if it doesn't! I know there is are no back up plan ! as this is the final draw! and God help us all then!

The existing corrupt Financial system HAS already collapsed....and if you don't want this to happen again; Mr. President! also have the balls to hold the ones responsible , responsible! 

 

Sincerely,

One of your presidential campaign activists 

 

For more by the author on the status of the economy read: The New World Order dated January 20, 2008:  //iranian.com/main/blog/david-et/new-world-order

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anonymous fish

DW

by anonymous fish on

sorry for being trivial in such a seri-ass blog but everyone needs a little humor..;-)

i loved miami vice (well, i loved don johnson) but in looking at those pictures, i have to ask... WHAT were they thinking! 

 


DW Duke

Arash

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I have worked in Russia since the 1980's and have connected closely with many who immigrated from Russia long before that.  //video.google.com/videoplay?docid=4982542403965709581&q=satmar+tish+shabbos&pl=true  Indeed, you have spoken with Russians.  What you have said is what I have seen. 

You are correct that the Soviet Union did not collapse because of Reagan.  He was but one of many factors leading to this result.  Interestingly, before the Bush adminstration managed to alienate our Russian friends, I had the opportunity to spend a great deal of time with Russian officials in the Duma and elsewhere.  During the Clinton adminstration Americans were loved.  They laughed at Clinton and his infidelity, but they loved him for his humanity.  On numerous occasions I asked them what caused the "opening" of the Soviet Empire.  The most common answer I received was that an American minister named Billy Graham befriended President Gorbochav and others of influence and pursuaded them to "withdraw." 

You included a great deal of information in your post much of which has been corroborated for me elsewhere.  Your desciption of Russian perception is consistent with mine.  I recall once when I was entertaining a group of Russian government officials at my home in the US they were afraid to get into my red Eldorado because in Russia no one could drive a red Eldorado except the highest of the communist officials.  I spent almost an hour explaining to them that the USSR did not buy the vehicle for me.  They were convinced that the Soviet Union had permeated the US and I was a Soviet official.  :)  

I love the Russian people but my enjoyment with them came to a screaching halt about five years ago when President Bush alienated Russia with his condescendng behavior.  When I met with the Minister of Education in Moscow (in blue jeans because Aeroflot lost my luggage which she thought was hilarious) she gave us a statue of Peter the Great on a horse, the Great Protector of Moscow, which she said was a personal gift from President Putin and was our assurance that we would always be safe in Moscow.  But because of the Bush Adminstration's arrogance I have not been to Russia since 2003 because I feel it is unsafe. 

Lets get beyond the fallout of the Bush Adminstration and move on to a greater hope for the future of humanity and all mankind.  :)          


David ET

Dear Arash

by David ET on

Indeed the reasons for collapse of a system exists within it . I did NOT say :   "Soviet empire collapsed because President Reagan said "Mr. President, tear down the wall!"

 

 

I said two things: Reagan's "tough foreign policy that HELPED collapse of the Soviet Empire."  

and also I said: "Mr. Obama, remember when President Reagan stood at the Berlin Wall and told the president of the second strongest empire " Mr. Gorbachev tear down this wall" ?  Now allow me to be the first one to tell you: " Mr. Obama ! Tear down this wall".  (Making a parallel reference of significance of the issue) 

What I said and what you translated it to are 180 degress different :-)

In fact I clearly recall that liberals were attacking Reagan for standing up to Soviet Union in the beginning and as always were shouting co-existence and all in the name of peace!.... but Reagan stood firm and supported the calls for freedom within USSR and it wasn't till later that the liberals joined the bandwagon!  

But as for the subject of this topic :

I agree that in time the economic and political systems adjust and improve and come closer to one another and of course IF WE SURVIVE THE PROCESS!

Thanks :-) 


David ET

Thats for the laugh DW

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  Good one :-)


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My two cents!

by Arash N (not verified) on

I agree with David on some of his reasons and remedies for our failed economy. However, I don't think Soviet empire collapsed because President Reagan said "Mr. President, tear down the wall!"

In fact, I remember that most US saving and loan banks collapsed, and economy headed in the wrong direction at the end of his term, before President Reagan started to show the symptoms of Alzheimer.

Collapse of Soviet Empire and its territories happened because of the corruption, suppression, dictatorship,and economic failure of those in charge.

In mid 70's when Iran was entertaining lots of foreign visitors, businessmen, and other professionals due to higher price of oil, I invited a few Soviet professionals who were visiting Iran for dinner. To my surprise, our conversation went like this:
Russians: How come you have two cars?
Me: My wife and I work in different locations. We bought two Paykans, so we can take our kids to their schools, before going to work.
R: Do you have to get permission from your government to buy cars, TV, etc?
M: No.
R: Did you inherit money, if not, how much is your salary?
M: We are from middle class families, and did not inherit anything. My wife and I work and get average salary. With two salaries, when we need something, we save and sacrifice on something to be able to buy what we need.
R: Do you own a house, and if so, how many bedrooms do you have?
M: Yes. We bought a three bedroom house for our family of four, with 80% loan from bank.
R: Can you or your children choose the field of study in college or university?
M: Yes.
R: Do you have to get permission from gavernment to travel inside your country or abroad?
M: No. We have our passport for travel abroad, and most countries do not require visa from Iranians, except USSR, USA, GB, and a few others.

This kind of questioning made me curious to ask them the following questions:

M: Do you own a house, car, TV, etc?
R: We can't buy what we need or want. We need the permission of our government for everything, even the field of study for our chldren. The younger guest who lived with her son and mother, could have a two bedroom apt, one for her mother, and one to share with her son who was a university science student, chosen for him by the soviet authorities. They could not have a TV or car. The second guest who was a middle age top professional, lived in a three bedroom apt, and had a TV but had no car. The third guest who was an old top professional, lived in a four bedroom apt, and had a TV and a car.
M: Do you have to get permission to travel inside or outside your country?
R: Yes.

In the 80's, when soviet was stock in the war in Afganistan for years, economy and suppression got worse in USSR, and their empire collapsed. But the Russian authoritis decided to change their tactic, and play the "R" game, to keep their power.

They let their territiries, most of them with different religous and cultural background, to be free. But They started to cooperate directly and indirectly with theocratic governments in their neighbouring countries such as IRI, Taleban, etc.

A wise friend of mine once said, Russians consider Iran as a dilicious colourful apple. They don't have to reach out to cut the apple. They only have to keep their hands under the apple and wait. When the apple gets rutten by mismanagement and corruption, it will fall into their hand!

In the beginning of the Iranian Revolution, he olso predicted that the two most powerful countries of the world, meaning USA and USSA, will deramatically change in the future , and their systems will be modified to come closer to each other!


DW Duke

AF

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Here is another complication.  What do you call guys like Sonny Crocket on Miami Vice?  Remember that show?  :) 

Do you remember how Sonny Crockett on Miami Vice used to wear the t-shirt with a suit jacket? 

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Do you know where he got the idea that was cool?  You guessed it.  It was none other than:

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David ET

Denial !

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I can understand those who did not have enough facts and data in the past when some of us were warning of the facing situation that we are in, but NOW?!!!

I mean" come on! right here in the comments you have facts quoted by FDIC  and Warren Buffet not to mention every financial and other news verifying the current situation and still some are afraid to face the facts and instead in their denial they try to redicule the messengers like me! 

Earlier this week, Ben Bernanke, the Federal Reserve chairman, was asked about the problem of “zombies” ( Financial institutions that are effectively bankrupt but are being kept alive by government aid.) 

 “I don’t know of any large zombie institutions in the U.S. financial system,” he declared! and went on to specifically deny that A.I.G. - AI.G.! — is a zombie!! 

This is the same A.I.G. that, unable to honor its promises to pay off other financial institutions when bonds default, has already received $150 billion in aid and just got a commitment for $30 billion more.

So why has this zombie idea — keeps being killed, but it keeps coming back — taken such a powerful grip? 

The answer, I fear, is that officials still aren’t willing to face the facts. But this refusal to face the facts means, in practice  is a justification of their absence of proper action or improper and wasteful measures so far!

 

Another fact: China is stimulating like crazy to get growth to 9% so it won't have mass protests, but the true guage of chinese output is electricity usage, and it's nose-diving ...

 

In the words of a friend of mine who works with multinational sources of 21 countries , in his email to me he wrote yesterday :

 

"IT IS A PERFECT STORM" 


anonymous fish

DW

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Jed is a "hillbilly"... and you're opening a whole new can of worms!  and then you've got the "good old boys" to blend into the mix.  if you're from the south you'll recognize that term more familiarly than is commonly referred to. 

:-)


DW Duke

Station Earth

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Actually David is not alone in his concern about the bailout plan.  Here is an excerpt from an email I received from a concerned citizen and many other experts are expressing the same concerns:  

"Warren Buffett, chairman of Berkshire Hathaway, agrees bailouts are giving the wrong companies competitive advantages. Companies using bailout funds enjoy lower borrowing costs, while well-run AAA-rated companies with few bad loans must borrow at higher rates. “Though Berkshire’s credit rating is pristine — we are one of only seven AAA corporations in the country — our cost of borrowing is now far higher than competitors with shaky balance sheets but government backing,” Buffett wrote in his annual letter to Berkshire shareholders. “At the moment it is far better to be a financial cripple with a government guarantee than a Gibraltar without one.”  and remember that Buffet was a vivid Obama Campaign supporter!"

If you keep up with the news you know that after $130 billion bailout loan AIG just announced a $61 billion loss last quarter.  Leaving aside AIG, the bailout money is going to support the very institutions whose irresponsbility created this mess while the strong companies cannot get financing at all.   The same is true for the bailout of home owners.  Those who invested wisely and within their means, get no assistance whatsoever while people who committed mortgage fraud with stated income loans and who got into houses they could never afford will be getting substantial benefits and principle reductions. 

But that is only the surface of the problem.  Due to deregulation of the banking industry that was supported by both Republicans and Democrats, our nation is likely facing a major depression in comparison to which the Great Depression may pale.  Even worse, due to economic globalization the entire world is going to go down with us.  We don't have margin for error and we don't have years to figure out the proper course of action.  What Obama does within the next few weeks or even the next few days, could very likely determine whether we can survive this or whether we are facing a major crash with the DOW bottoming out at 2000 or less.  For the astute there is cause for concern.  Going down the same road Washington has taken us for the last three decades is only going to lead to a worse situation.  Remember the same Congress that got us into this mess by deregulation is now purporting to get us out of it.  I am not holding my breath. 


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ET, call home!

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ET,

Are you done playing ‘Founding Father’, authoring Iran’s Constitution? Or, this is just a digression?

Do you believe President Obama has nothing on his hands to do other than sitting and watching your extraterrestrial hitchhike from the planet Socialism to the quasar Libertarianism?

Or, is it that you are trying to compete with Multiple Personality Disorder with this hodgepodge?

C’mon ET. Call home! We have more important errands here for you to run.

(P.S. I hope, I am helping you break your previous 140-comment record.)


David ET

Realist

by David ET on

Thanks ! Well I just want less injuries as we land whatever long it takes.  

Today in another email about "How far down can we go" (DOW) ...I replied :" It all depends on our politicians and The People. It could even reach zero someday ! everything is possible! Dow doesn’t control us , we do! Civilizations have come and gone" before! ;-)

As for me as long as we do land on this planet I am OK with it :-)


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David your right:D

by Realist (not verified) on

We are landing , he may be able to soften it, but the point that many people do not get is that we are landing!!! It does not mean landing in a bad place , but rather a place that will be more just for everyone on this planet,not just the west:D
Anyhow I always enjoy your blogs, great mind you have as Yoda would say.


David ET

Realist:

by David ET on

  That was a great point that you made saying :'Consumerism is not going to work anymore". Indeed the problem is much deeper and you put your finger on one of the very important issues that I also addressed when I wrote: "promoting the idea of excessive consumerism of buying junks that create nothing, selling them dreams that were never going to come true...."

However until such realizations of underlying problems are recognized and ,want it or not, the SHIFT is made, the pilots of the system such as Obama can help assure a softer landing versus a crash !


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Lets face it people!

by Realist (not verified) on

The world , the way we knew it , corrupt to the core, ignoring poor and needy at the other side of the world is gone forever!and no amount of good will that Obama has can not change it. we are starting a new chapter and it will unfold sooner or later.consumerism is not going to work anymore.


David ET

teapot

by David ET on

wow! not good news ! It actually confirms what I wrote in this article!

I hope we dont have to resort to National Pillow Bank

Today in a reply email to a good friend who read my article, I wrote: "...our future and children's future and in fact our basic safety and freedoms are in danger if this thing collapses and we are almost there if something strong and substantial is not done. I and many like me are worried about many of the basic comforts that we have taken for granted..." 


David ET

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Beenesh: Thanks. I will send to DailyKos and few others, see if it gets published. It was sent to White House and few of medias already and more than 20,000 people already.

Anonymous Fish: It is not matter of trying to give Obama time. It is not to up us to give him time. WE DO NOT HAVE MUCH TIME.

Look at the stock price of one of the largest banks where many of you may be holding your money: CITIBANK. It has dropped to $1.00 !! The implications of such insolvency of such international financial institutions is huge. Who am I to give the president time? He must take actions that make sense so the markets feel secure and this injection of green to the TOP is obviously not having an effect , because even the ones on top who many of them control the markets know it does not work! 

Markets look forward and they don't see the light at the end of the deep tunnel that we have entered.

Many don't even see it, until they keep loosing their jobs and homes or if they paychecks start bouncing or they can not pull cash out of their ATM's and I sure hope that does not happen but we are not too far from it either , if something substantial and meaningful is not done FAST!

My door and window example explains that we don't have to necessarily "wait" to see if the solutions works as they are not addressing the underlying immediate foundational problems yet  and that is what markets see and know and that is why we see daily 5% drops of major indexes. 300 point drop at 6000's is a lot of equity and wealth disappearing in few hours...

...and I have news for you . yes this an economic cancer and good cells, people, businesses, corporations and banks are also being pulled down with others. So its not the chemo that is killing the cells, its the desease that is spreading fast. Denying cancer does not save the patient either. 

...and like I said some like me have publicly been quiet for long giving "the government and policy makers" time and now our only hope is Obama to take a drastic action and we just don't see it yet. When I see it, I will be the first one to say it.

After all among the three choices of Hillary, McCain and Obama he was and still is the best of the three but with the public support that he had and has , he can afford to be much more bold to stand to business as usual in washington and Wall Street , than he has been so far.

Yes it is only 30 days but he already has stated much of his plans and the bailouts of the top are not the solutions in my view ... Remember that he supported these ideas after he was elected and before assuming the office too...

We , people and markets need assurance with bold actions and plans which have not been drawn yet.

I sure hope am wrong!

 


DW Duke

Reply to AF

by DW Duke on

Yes, I do.  Ahmajinedad is redneck.  Brit Brit is the other.  :) 

I think white trash is intended to be a much more derogatory term. 

Where does Jed Clampitt fit in?  LOL


anonymous fish

DW

by anonymous fish on

aaahh... but do you fully understand the difference between a "redneck" and "white trash"!  in as much as my poor husband tries to explain the different nuances of farsi... one MUST be able to appreciate the difference between the two.

:-0


DW Duke

Reply to AF

by DW Duke on

LOL  And to think she used to be such a good kid.  I can think of a few other celebrities and politicians I would add to that list but I will let folks use their imaginations.  :)

What is it Foxworthy always says?  "You might be a redneck if your grandfather owns a chain of hotels."  :)


anonymous fish

DW

by anonymous fish on

well, i guess that depends on who you're talking about.  for example... i'd readily use the term to describe brit brit....LOL


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Ominous development!

by teapot (not verified) on

FDIC warns US bank deposit insurance fund could tank

//news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090305/pl_afp/financ...


DW Duke

Thanks AF

by DW Duke on

Actually, after I posted it I thought some might misunderstand and I was going to delete the term but didn't since some had asked about it.   After the fact, I think it lead to an interesting conversation particularly since I am white.  On the other hand, I can't think of a better term to describe the corporate criminals who got the United States in such a mess.  But you are right one has to be careful about racial terms though I understand that it is not considered politically incorrect when referring to one's own race.  :)


anonymous fish

thanks DW

by anonymous fish on

for the explanation.  perhaps it's a regional thing but "white trash" is EXTREMELY offensive.  i make more of it than it really deserves for one reason only... iranian.com and/or iranians are very sensitive to perceived insults or criticisms.  quite naturally of course... everyone is.  but white trash is a very offensive term to describe someone of EXTREMELY low character and breeding.  i hope you'll take more care next time when describing our president.

thank you.


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Thank you DW. I couldn't

by beenesh (not verified) on

Thank you DW. I couldn't agree more. Maybe you should send him a letter too..lol


DW Duke

Reply to AF

by DW Duke on

I think I explained the term in my reply to B but I will elaborate.  By "white trash" I am referring to the people who knew better but put us in this situation for economic gain.  I am not referring to white middle class.  By "white trash" I am referring to the corporate criminals such as the officers of ENRON, Countrywide, and various other gigantic institutions who knew full well that they were taking this country down while they donned golden parachutes.  They are the "white trash" along with Congressmen who either naively or intentionally gave them the tools to do this to America. 

I don't believe anyone is condemning Obama.  I understand David to be saying, don't take us down the same path we have gone down for the last 16 years or longer.  The thinking of Obama needs to be completely different to get us out of this mess.


anonymous fish

yes, DW

by anonymous fish on

but where does the "white trash" part kick in?  are you inferring that the white middle class is "white trash"?  please explain further.


anonymous fish

obviously you guys aren't interested

by anonymous fish on

in giving him a little bit more time?  i mean, it's been... what?  a whole MONTH?  wow.  you're right.  let's impeach him now before he spends 8 years screwing the country. 

hmmm... gutsy leaders?  i suppose by that you mean someone who is going to have to spend considerable time and effort reversing the colossal fuckups from the bush/cheney administration?  with ZERO credit... with ZERO help from the republicans.

your cancer/chemo analogy is absurd.  chemo is a radical treatment which kills "good" cells with almost the same frequency as "bad" cells.  that sounds like mccain's surgical suggestion... taking a meat cleaver instead of a more finely tuned instrument to weed out the "bad".

it's not that some of your ideas or suggestions or remedies don't make sense but come on... give him some time!

i, too, would like to know what "white trash sleep in his eyes" means.

 


DW Duke

Reply to Beenesh

by DW Duke on

Obama has been acculturated into a white middle class male dominated Congress that has not always had the interests of all Americans at heart.  In some instances those interests were at heart but the assessments were skewed.  As a result, only the wealthiest in America have benefitted while the middle and lower classes are suffering.  The deregulation of the banking industry that put us in this situation in the first place is a perfect example.  Continuing to pour billions of dollars into the already failing auto industry is another example.  Obama needs to approach this as an outsider and not think of in from the perspective of the pork belly special interest groups that have destroyed our present economy.  He needs to awaken from the slumber of the predominantly white male Congress that has not served the public and in particular the minorities with their decisions.  On issues such as Dafur, he needs to take a stand for human rights that Congress as so far refused to take because, and no one wants to hear this but it is the truth, the victims of the human rights abuses are black. 


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David ET: Excellent and

by beenesh (not verified) on

David ET: Excellent and sober. Have you tried to post this on Dailykos? You should send this to WaPO and NYTimes, CNN,etc.

"8 Top U.S. Banks Just Acknowledged They're Insolvent

To DW:
He has decades of white trash "sleep in his eyes."

what does that mean??


Abarmard

David, Gutsy Leader

by Abarmard on

Was suppose to be Obama. I hope that things workout for him. The Conservative camp is moving further to the right and if Obama is not successful, we are going to live in hell under those right wing, irrational groups.

My hope in the next four years is for Obama to have some tangible success in overall policies so the right wing conservatives' GOP domination would vanish and instead another group, a more reasonable towards the center Republicans take over. Or the GOP split to two frames of minds, one neo-conservative and the other the Republican party.