Obama lashes out at FAT CATS? He is SHOVELING FOOD into their mouths!

[chimpymustgo]

Watching him on "60 Minutes", I really didn't think he was going to be able to keep a straight face. It all seemed like an ACT - feigned outrage, very similar to what we heard before, when he promised to give those banksters a "good talking to." Looks as though another stern letter is on its way to them (as the banksters enjoy another visit to the White House today).

Leslie Stahl is talking about this on "Morning Joe" now - explaining that Obama is trying to be feisty, and human, and "warmed up" - show us how much he really does care about the "little guy".

Attack Matt Taibbi all you want - for getting one minor fact/name wrong. But getting it oh, so right that Obama has surrounded himself with the FAT CATS that brought this country - and much of the world - to its financial knees. HOW MUCH DID YOUR 401K LOSE? Do YOU have a job, or know somebody without one? How's your health care?

This administration has shoveled billions to the banks and LITTLE TO NOTHING for regular folks who can't get a job, a loan, a doctor's appointment.

The charade of "health care reform" is sickening to watch - especially knowing that Obama came into office with a MANDATE for this. He could have passed a POPULAR, MUCH-NEED reform measure - but chose to d*ck around and kiss Republican asses - and now a year has passed and NADA. And what's being discussed is a disgusting giveaway to insurance companies.

More troops to Afghanistan - to protect America from threats. WHAT FUCKING THREATS???

I am sick of the pretty speeches, the soaring rhetoric. Watching Michelle and Barack and Bo in the White House with Oprah last night was at the same time charming and sickening. Do you REMEMBER what is felt like a year ago? Our long national nightmare was OVER. We were going to RESTORE this country.

I cannot believe what has happened with this Presidency. WHAT HAPPENED?? Yes, Obama inherited a mess, but he ASKED FOR THE JOB TO CLEAN IT UP. Yes, it's been just under a year. But look at the CHOICES THAT HAVE BEEN MADE so far, and who they have benefited. Look at the continuation of horrible B*sh policies (rendition, domestic spying, state secrets). Yes, Congress is bought and paid for. But the POWER OF THE PRESIDENCY and a POPULAR MANDATE really could have brought about CHANGE.

So. Obama wants us to know he's REALLY STEAMED at the FAT CATS.

Well, Mr. President. I don't want to see another "charming" interview. Or hear another "rapturous" speech. It's time to stop complaining about the mess you inherited and START FIXING IT. REIN IN THE FAT CATS. Break up the banks. Get money flowing to small businesses and people who want to re-finance their mortgages. Get a JOBS PROGRAM going. Whatever happened to green jobs? A light rail system?

Not another word, Mr. President. Bring us health care and jobs and peace. 'Cause a whole lot of people who supported you are starting to think they are getting PLAYED.

[Kahuna]

1. Obama is pragmatic by nature. He is more concerned with fixing what

is wrong than in punishing the wrong duers. That can come in due time. First things first.

[AllentownJake]

3. Have any evidence of that

What has he done to "fix" what is wrong, and what is your definition of "what is wrong"

[Kahuna]

13. Save your whining for the Amen chorus. They will be along any minute now. nt

[AllentownJake]

Don't like to be challenged do you nt.

[Kahuna]

28. Psst..Jake...

You are not a challenge.

[AllentownJake]

30. Than why are you hiding from debate on the issue

[Stinky The Clown]

37. Pssst. Kahuna .....

You're still avoiding providing an answer to the question posed.

And asking that question isn't whining.

[paulk]

59. then answer the question

[chimpymustgo]

21. You consider it WHINING to expect what was promised? Health care, jobs, no "dumb wars"?

Jobs, an improved economy. No more "too big to fail." Change. Reform. Fairness.

Kahuna, are you seriously cool with what is being done in this country - with our votes, in our names?

[Kahuna]

27. Yeah it's whining. He's a man, not a God. Give him time before you

make up your mind. You all think you know what's in his head because Matt Tiabbi, Alternet, etals say so. The truth is, you haven't a clue what is in his head and what his plans are for dealing with the messes left behind by decades of mismanagement.

[AllentownJake]

29. We are back to 3-D chess again nt.

[sui generis]

32. and that's issue isn't it? have faith in jesus and obama

whining is a word used by recent republican converts, trolls, and used ass wipes. You don't belong here if it's in your vocabulary.

[chimpymustgo]

36. Your argument is nonsensical. I know what Obama has DONE. I see, I think, I read.

Matt Taibbi and others (Krugman, Black, Stiglitz - that crowd of economists under your bus) can help connect the dots, and explain the economic realities and repercussions - but they don't need to tell me - or you - that the PRESIDENT HAS NOT DELIVERED ON JOBS, HEALTHCARE AND PEACE. He's man, not a God who has managed to shovel billions to the banks and corporations and the military industrial complex - and NOTHING TO REGULAR PEOPLE.

I discern the new meme of the cheerleaders: Matt Taibbi tells us what to think.

That is a pathetic, ignorant reach - by a crowd of NON-THINKERS running completely out of excuses.

[Stinky The Clown]

38. When answers are thin, throwing out "whining" is the best way to go ....... is that about it for you

:eyes:

[Le Taz Hot]

40. Well, you seem to "know what is in his head."

Prey, tell us. We're listening with rapt attention,.

[GreenArrow]

51. "He's a man, not a God"

then he's open to criticism then.

[treestar]

82. The point was that the critique in this case presumes godlike powers

[GreenArrow]

87. I disagree. I think it presumes very humanlike powers.

Maybe running on hope and change is a double edged sword.

[Individualist]

68. Have you ever read what FDR accomplished during his first 100 DAYS in office?

[bighart]

70. If you do please share it.

Many would be interested to know.

[Hannah Bell]

90. he's used up 1/4 of his time, the most productive time. how much time do you propose people give

him?

[ima_sinnic]

95. he's given us plenty of "clues," where have you been?

on health care alone, one of the first big "clues" as to "what is in his head" was the way he disappeared all summer while Max Baucus had coffee and donuts with the insurance industry as they mapped out the most profitable way to turn the lemons of "health care reform" into lemonade for themselves. This was AFTER Obama had outright LIED that "everybody's voice would be heard"--yet doctors and nurses advocating single-payer were physically removed from the "hearings," and those voices, which represent the destinies of the vast majority of Americans, were squelched and given only the most minimal airing, kind of like a freak show at a carnival.

He threw out some vague edict for "reform," with no details at all of his "vision," then sat back and let Congress turn out any old thing--he did not use the power of his office to fight for anything at all to benefit We The People but has been concerned ONLY with sucking up to people like Olympia Snowe and Joe Lieberman and chasing after this idiotic notion of "bipartisanship"--as though having republicans "approve of him" was the most important goal.

so fuck him and his fucking "health care reform" that isn't going to do shit for anybody except those who already control our wallets.

[chimpymustgo]

99. Great post. Deserves its own OP: "a brief history of how this shit sandwich was concocted and

served to us".

:hi:

[C_Lawyer09]

86. What is your basis for the executive branch

to impact the economy for the better? Small business will definitely not be energized with an opaqe plan, that places job enrichment on fixing roads, and other temporary make work projects. Where are the shovel ready jobs, and how many are they going to employ, for how long?

[Stand and Fight]

79. Answer the question, please.

If anyone may be "whining" here, it's yourself. Answer the question rather than being rude and dismissive to the poser.

What happened to civilized debate? So many DUers are jerks to each other lately. Good grief.

[bahrbearian]

47. From the Chorus " Amen"

[AndyA]

5. The problem with that, of course, is that punishment often never seems to come.

The people who caused the mess get bailed out, and now they're making big bucks again. They've been rewarded for their bad behavior. What's to stop them from doing it again? Or finding another way to screw the system?

The incentive is to keep doing bad things, because punishment seems to be elusive to these crooks.

[Kahuna]

12. Unfortunately, those who rake in the bucks at our expense always

come back to do it again. It has always been that way. They are like vampires. They never die.

[chimpymustgo]

15. You are making my point. They'll never die given the way Obama is feeding them.

Remember CHANGE?

[AllentownJake]

18. Shut up, he's pretty

He's pretty damn it.

[OmmmSweetOmmm]

42. And isn't this just adorable!

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=389&topic_id=7219677

[Kahuna]

26. Go back to pragmatic post above. Judge what he hasn't done once..

he has corrected the problems they caused in the first place. Dealing with the corrections is a monumental task and priority.

[laughingliberal]

49. He did not advocate strongly for a public option in health care. When asked about restoring

Glass-Steagall, he was opposed to it. He has his CofC beating on the progressive caucus to cave to the Blue Dogs on watering down health care and financial reform. If he tries and fails to get his agenda passed, that's on Congress and he can run against them in 2012. Letting the Republicans and Blue Dogs steamroll us and not calling them out is disturbing.

On edit: Went from promising to repeal the Bush tax cuts (which we desperately need to do) to, perhaps, letting them expire in 2010. Kind of iffy, though. One of his economic advisers actually said, yesterday, that raising taxes in a recession wasn't the best way to go.

[whathehell]

61. He has called himself a "New Democrat"...and if I'm not mistaken

they are fairly indecipherable from the Blue Dogs.

[laughingliberal]

62. Sadly, true

Also indecipherable from "Old Republicans." I must note, however, that he advocated some decidedly progressive policies during campaigning. Had he not, I don't think we would all be experiencing the whiplash we are now.

[whathehell]

64. Yup...Count me among the disenchanted. I also didn't "buy" his anti-bank rant

although I would have six months ago.

There's nothing that pisses me off more than people who who try and "play" us as if we're stupid.

Someone should tell Mr. O that Progressives may be many things, but "stupid" is not one of them.

[Individualist]

72. DLC is the founding organization of NDC

http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Democratic_Leadership_Council

[defendandprotect]

85. Oh, yeah . . . remember those Bush tax cuts . . .!!! Agree with you on all ...

[Hannah Bell]

91. yes, the tax cut thing is like the elephant in the room. cities going bankupt,

unemployment rising -- but the fucking bush tax cuts are sacred.

[defendandprotect]

84. Right . . . we're financing our own corporate enemies -- we're financing corporatism. ...

[laughingliberal]

48. I'm a pragmatist, too. I tend to focus on results. No matter how much I like President Obama

I do have to look at the lack of fighting back against those trying to block his agenda. And, after a while, that lack of fighting for it causes me to wonder if he's committed to the agenda he campaigned on. I want President Obama to do well. I keep looking for the day I can stand up and cheer for something he does.

[chimpymustgo]

54. Thank you. I completely agree.

[snot]

88. This was for show only. Obama's smart enough to know

that jackals don't restrain themselves just because you admonish them.

We need to restore and expand Glass-Steagall and other financial regulation and oversight. Otherwise, it's like asking the Mafia to be nice.

[Hannah Bell]

89. do you know him personally? just wondering how you know so much about his inner

nature.

[sendero]

97. He's not fixing.

.... anything. You guys just don't get it, maybe you will in a couple more years.

[AllentownJake]

2. Larry Summers on CNN yesterday cursing the bankers

was a spectacle of mild amusement for me yesterday.

[chimpymustgo]

7. I am feeling serious "lip service" at work here.

Yesterday Summers said the "recession is over" on This Week with George. Christina Roemer says, "of course, the recession isn't over on MTP".

Say anything.

[AllentownJake]

8. Yes and Volker was telling the Germans if our stimulus funding wasn't there

The entire economy would collapse and is funded on federal spending and federal reserve action.

I think there is some CYA going on. Summers is the one who seemed to be in charge in year 1, and it looks like his tenure might be a short one.

[chimpymustgo]

10. Volcker in Berlin: "the US economy was ''pretty dependent'' on government support."

This could have its own OP. Volkcer takes on Goldman and tells it like it is.

******

Drop safety net for Goldman if trading is its game: Volcker
SIMON KENNEDY AND CHRISTINE HARPER
December 14, 2009

GOLDMAN Sachs, which took $US10 billion ($A6.83 billion) in US bailout funds last year, should not get taxpayer support if the firm focuses on trading over banking, former Federal Reserve chairman Paul Volcker has said.

The ''safety net'' provided by the US Government ''should not be extended beyond the core commercial banking business'', Mr Volcker, 82, said in an interview at the Deutsche Bank AG office in Berlin, where he was attending a conference. ''They can do trading and do anything they want, but then they shouldn't have access to the safety net.''

Goldman Sachs, the most profitable investment bank in Wall Street history, has reaped more than 90 per cent of its pre-tax earnings this year from trading and so-called principal investments, which include market bets on securities and stakes in companies.

-edit-

In a speech yesterday in Berlin, Mr Volcker said the financial crisis was still continuing and the US economy was ''pretty dependent'' on government support. The test for policymakers now was to time the exit from their emergency fiscal and monetary stimulus, he said.

''You've not got much room for exiting right now,'' Mr Volcker said. ''The difficult thing is to be ready to take the action before it becomes obvious and that's a challenge.''

Since January, Mr Volcker has called for regulators to provide government support only to banks that provide essential services such as deposit-taking and business payments. He has suggested prohibiting them from owning or sponsoring hedge funds or private-equity funds or from engaging in proprietary trading.

-edit-

http://www.smh.com.au/business/drop-safety-net-for-goldman-if-trading-is-its-game-volcker-20091213-kqja.html

[AllentownJake]

11. Yeah I read that interview and posted an excerpt yesterday

Volker is washing his hands of what they did in the foreign press.

[KoKo]

20. Just heard that on CNN this a.m. Either Summers or Roemer is

out..if they can't decide whether the country is still in recession or not. Didn't make Obama look good with that snafu...

[jgraz]

57. Maybe he was just cursing the female bankers

Cuz, you know, those women have "issues of intrinsic aptitude, and particularly of the variability of aptitude."

[emulatorloo]

4. IRS hires "hundreds" for new wealth unit (CATCHING RICH TAX CHEATS)

http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE5BA45320091211

IRS hires "hundreds" for new wealth unit

Kim Dixon
WASHINGTON
Fri Dec 11, 2009 4:25pm EST


WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A new Internal Revenue Service unit set up to catch rich tax cheats hiding their wealth in complex business entities is rapidly taking shape with the hiring of hundreds of employees.

The IRS high wealth unit, part of a broader effort to combat international tax evasion, is focusing on "the entire web of business entities controlled by a high wealth individual," IRS Commissioner Doug Shulman told a tax conference this week.

Another IRS official told Reuters "hundreds" of people have already been hired to staff the new unit, including some from within the agency.

"We have drawn top talent within the IRS that have expertise involving wealthy individuals as well as examination of their related entities," said Mae Lew, an IRS special counsel.

The high-wealth unit is focusing on trusts, real estate investments, privately held companies and other business entities controlled by rich individuals.

While use of sophisticated legal structures can be legal, in other instances they "mask aggressive tax strategies," Shulman said.

Tax authorities in Japan, Germany and the UK have also created similar units.

The U.S. House of Representatives on Thursday approved a $387 million boost for the IRS for the fiscal year that started October 1, in part to fund the high-wealth unit. The Senate is expected to vote on the measure on Sunday.

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[polichick]

6. I'm with you. The charade of healthcare, of feigned outrage, etc. etc...

All the carefully chosen words in the world won't change what's going on behind the scenes, and he was too cute by half on 60 min.

That hope and change message may still be fooling a lot of people, but fewer and fewer each day.

If Obama really wanted to, he could remember his mandate, shake up his insider White House, talk straight AND walk straight on all of these issues and become a great president. But, for some reason that I can't even imagine, he doesn't seem to want to.

k&r

[Mari333]

9. Yes, they think we are that stupid

Last minute bone thrown out (with no meat on it), now that they have looked at the poll numbers tanking for dems. They know very well that the left is pissed off.
However, this silly PR will backfire because it just looks so ludicrous. I have this image of Summers and Rahm and Geithner all snickering behind the scenes while listening to the 'fat cat' talking point meme for the week.
Actions speak, words dont.
The bankers on Wall street are laughing too..they got what they wanted, you are now allowed to call them anything you want. They dont care. They have people hired to protect them from the riff raff with the riff raff's taxes.

[emulatorloo]

16. "Last minute bone" -- there are 3 years left in his term. How is that the "last minute"?

Plus last I heard the Fat Cat Republicans were bitching about the idea of using TARP funds for a jobs program.

http://www.washingtonmonthly.com/archives/individual/2009_12/021301.php

[Mari333]

23. 2010 elections

last minute bones.

[emulatorloo]

24. Are a year away.

I could use some of these 11 month minutes in my workday! That would be great.

[Mari333]

25. poll results recently show dems losing ground in 2010

Again, bones. they want to bring back the dems who are not dlc oriented.
Words wont bring them back, actions will.

[emulatorloo]

77. Kos Poll/Research 2000 of Dems: Obama 77 fav / 21 unfav / 2 no opinion

http://www.dailykos.com/statepoll/2009/12/2/AR/420

DU rhetoric has a way of getting out past reality.

Dems will lose seats in 2010, no doubt about it.

But most people are not going to make up their mind until the last month or so.

If there is substance behind Obama's words and something gets done . . .

[Marr]

58. This *is* last minute for the mid-term elections.

The people this is meant to coax back are the activist base. You know-- the people we've been assured are irrelevant and out of touch. These DLC sorts don't want to put an ounce of their base's agenda in place, but they do need their feet on the ground if they want to win the elections. That, coupled with their eerily Republican-like disregard for the intellect of the average person, results in this kind of last minute, hollow bullshit, IMHO.

[emulatorloo]

74. "eerily Republican-like disregard for the intellect of the average person'

This is the first President we have had in a while who actually explains his thought processes and how he comes to a decision.

Even when I don't agree, I know the reasoning behind it.

"the activist base. You know-- the people we've been assured are irrelevant and out of touch."

That seems rather hyperbolic.

[chimpymustgo]

17. "Don't believe your lying eyes!" Check out this cool speech.

[Rosa Luxemburg]

14. look on the bright side

the bank are repaying well sort of

[emulatorloo]

19. And the money is going to go to Jobs Initiatives

if the Repubilicans and Lieberman types don't fuck it up too bad.

[defendandprotect]

46. Evidently the plan is to filter the Jobs Program thru Corporations . .. !!!

i.e., "trickle down" jobs . . . !!!

Money for corporations -- !!!

Heard something about this on C-span yesterday --

We should find out more -- !!!

[emulatorloo]

75. more info would be good. Some needs to go to small businesses as well

[defendandprotect]

81. This plan, if it is thru corporations, is the same as health care thru corporations . . .stinks!!

[jonnyblitz]

22. OUTSTANDING post!

I am basically speechless at this point. :thumbsup: :hi:

[chimpymustgo]

39. Thank you. I'm speechless too, but can still type. Feeling SCAMMED.

And, as though they are laughing at us. Putting on these "shows of outrage" against the banks for us, the great unwashed, while they'll probably be drinking champagne and eating cavier (and passing checks) at the White House today.

[sui generis]

31. Newsflash: Obama invites captains of banking industry to white house

Expresses mild disapproval: purses lips, gives them a "look".

oy.

[alcibiades_mystery]

33. Ay yay yay

"Break up the banks. Get money flowing to small businesses and people who want to re-finance their mortgages."

:rofl:

[dionysus]

43. DESTROY THE BANKS SO THEY CAN LEND MONE- er what? what i said was just batshit insane...

:crazy:

[KharmaTrain]

34. Yep...We Want It All Now...

I'm not happy with the speed of reform, but there's plenty of blame to go around. President Obama can't wave a magic wand and reregulate the banks, that belongs to Congress and they've gone very slow in getting to that point. No matter how admirable a lot of what Barney Frank does, he holds the gavel that could push a lot of this reform through and has taken his time...as well as having his own conflicts with the banking community. It's a mess that he nor President Obama created...it's the effects of "raygunomics" and the corruption is so deep and systemic that it's proven to be difficult to deal with.

So do you let the economy go into depression...wipe out millions of more jobs and savings to prove a political point? Do you favor a unitary executive government like we had for 8 years where the Executive branch dictates by fiat? And how do you propse changing a beltway culture where corporate money is so entrenched as to make government nearly dysfunctional.

Yes, pring us health care, jobs and peace...but there's also others who need to be held accountable and pushed to act. Instead of condemning or walking away, this is the time politicians, especially Democrats, need to see and hear from us...and those who aren't responsive deserve to be challenged. Governing is tough especially when you are catching shit from both sides...

[AllentownJake]

35. You know I'd agree with you if Larry Summers wasn't the mug on TV preaching reform nt.

[KharmaTrain]

41. You Are Right...

I have little love for Summers or Robert Rubin...and I tend to think Geitner gets a little too much grief that should be directed in that direction. However, the more discontent out there, the more vulnerable Summers becomes. His game worked well when people were making money in the 90s but that's not the case now and his time is running out. I picked up a bit of impatience in President Obama's responses last night (rereshingly) and should we see things not starting to turn around by second quarter next year, the pressure...both political and economic, could kick Summers to the curb.

[Romulox]

55. Summers was on CNN's Sunday program...it's hard to believe someone thinks that he provides good PR

for the admin. I mean it is extremely difficult to believe that anyone in the admin believes that a Larry Summers appearance provides positive publicity for the Obama administration or its economic policies; the man is insincere, looks like a toad, and was thoroughly unprepared to answer any questions.

Which begs the question: why is he allowed on television? That question goes double for Tim Geithner, who cuts the figure of the weasel more so than perhaps any other individual in Washington. :shrug:

[blindpig]

63. He ain't really talking to 'us'

He's talking to the ruling class. They treat us like little kids, talking about us in our presence, as though we can't understand what they're saying and it doesn't matter anyway. Such is the arrogance of these bastards, they have no fear.

It behooves us to prove them wrong.

[chimpymustgo]

65. I think you have hit upon something important.

[defendandprotect]

83. Obama has to give leadership to returning to New Deal rules and restrictions . . ..

and give leadership to overturning the trade agreements --

When we bail out banks, we should own them --

There were many restrictions on them which have been lifted ---

and additionally, this isn't the first time around regulations were changed to permit

crime/theft -- remember S&L theft of embezzlements which cost us $600 BILLION or more!!

Basically, when capitalism fails -- as it repeatedly does -- we should own the assets.

Granted, I agree with you re Barney Franks -- could do way more.

Most of the public doesn't even understand what happened in reversing the New Deal --


Unregulated capitalism is merely organized crime --

[Hannah Bell]

92. if obama favored reregulation, he has lots of tools to push congress in that direction.

he's not using any of them.


he said he didn't favor reviving glass-steagall.

he doesn't *want* to.

[closeupready]

44. He also repeated, as I've pointed out before, that HE WANTS TO BE HELD ACCOUNTABLE.

I also shouted at the screen, "Since you understand that Wall Street doesn't get it, then what are you going to do about it?!"

K&R

By the way, I did enjoy Oprah's special, and it doesn't change the fact that I like him and Michelle both - on a personal level, they seem like lovely people.

[polichick]

66. Part of what makes some of his choices so frustrating is that he and Michelle...

...do both seem like such decent and lovely people.

[closeupready]

73. Yes, totally agree.

I must have a soft spot for First Ladies, because aside from Barbara Bush, I have liked every First Lady from Pat Nixon right up through Michelle. :)

[defendandprotect]

45. Love to read FDR comments on the "fat cats" . . . "robber barons" . . .

We should resurrect those speeches -- comments --

If Obama is that "steamed" he should give them back their money --

And I'd suggest that all of our elected officials give it back -- and stop taking it!!!

[bvar22]

50. MMan...That Obama.

Sure is good at speechifying in front of the TV cameras.

Obama WITH solutions for the Banking Crisis, BEFORE the election of course:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8ZG8Zq8V54k

Thats the man I voted for.
Where did he go?

[Romulox]

52. I got introduced to a cool term on DU the other day: "kayfabe"

It seems like a powerful metaphor for the Obama admin...

In professional wrestling, kayfabe is the portrayal of events within the industry as "real." That is, the portrayal of professional wrestling as being genuine or not worked. Referring to events or interviews as being a "work" means that the event/interview has been "kayfabed" or staged, and/or is part of a wrestling angle while being passed off as legitimate.

Kayfabe is often seen as the suspension of disbelief that is used to create the non-wrestling aspects of promotions, such as feuds, angles, and gimmicks, in a similar manner with other forms of entertainment such as soap opera or film. In relative terms, a wrestler breaking kayfabe during a show would be likened to an actor breaking character on camera. Also, since wrestling is performed in front of a live audience, whose interaction with the show is crucial to the show's success (see pop), one might compare kayfabe to the fourth wall, since there is hardly any conventional fourth wall to begin with.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kayfabe

[chimpymustgo]

69. OMG! That's it. You should post this separately as an OP. It sums a lot of shit up.

[inna]

71. thanks for a new term.

usually i refer to this particular behavior as Kabuki theater.

[Vidar]

53. K&R.

[Marr]

56. You can expect a lot of more this kind of bullshit until the midterms are over.

They're assuming we're stupid enough to take a year of thorough abuse, then be lulled back to sleep with a few sweet, "hopeful" words. Maybe we are, who knows.

[izzybeans]

60. Who gave the money to the banks again?

:rofl:

[inna]

67. +1.

Pathetic performance and stunning hypocrisy on his part.

Disgusting.

[Lord Helmet]

76. It was Bush Jr. holding the shovel.

[quiet.american]

78. Nice nonsense rant, but that's about all. nt

[Itchinjim]

80. OMG11!!!! OBAMA IS THE WORST PRESIDENT IN HISTORY!!!1!!!!!11!!

AND TO THINK I VOTED FOR THGIS GUY!!!!!!! OH HOW LONG FOR THE DAYS OF A GREAT PRESIDENT LIKE GW BUSH!!!!! i CAN HARDLY WAIT FOR 2012 SO I CAN VOTE FOR SARAH PALIN WHO WILL SURELY FIX ALL OF THAT MONSTER OBAMA'S LIES AND FUCK UPS!111!!!!!11!!!!!
(And for the sarcasm impared): :sarcasm:

[chimpymustgo]

94. I'm sorry you have such disdain for my - and many others' - disappointment and

frustration.

We were lied to. Sold a bill of goods. Rather than mock me, perhaps you might take a glance at the truth.

[Itchinjim]

101. Yeah whatever.

[Raine]

93. Everybody hates banksters

a common enemy ... look no further.

[quaker bill]

96. Read the news

the money to the banks is coming back, not going out. My investments are up since Obama took office. Jobs are showing up here, curiously, on an urban light rail project backed with stimulus funds. Republicans have not been the problem with HCR, and nearly irrelevant to the process. Job losses have gone from 750,000 a month to roughly 20,000 a month and are on track to turn toward job gains this or next month.

I may agree with you on Afghanistan, but am unsurprised that he is following through as promised during the campaign.

Do your shouting now, because the time for this is limited. HCR will be what the senate can produce and soon a largely settled issue. The economy will recover. The wars will begin or continue to wind down. By 2012 your complaints will no longer be relevant.

[sendero]

98. Obama shares one major flaw..

... with his predecessor. He (unfortunately knows) that people listen to what you say more than they watch what you do.

Obama can decry the fat cats all day but I'm not buying it. He's taken no action to correct this problem. The regulatory reforms he proposing, if he got ALL OF THEM, are weak beyond belief.

Obama is just like Bush, he gets on TV and says a lot of shit and then goes back to the White House and acts like he never said a word of it. It is sickening.

[TBF]

100. Excellent Post.

I guess I was naive and hoping Obama would be the next FDR, but instead he's been Herbert Hoover. Not what we or the country need unfortunately. I worked on his campaign and really had hope for change but we're not seeing anything substantial. All we're seeing is business as usual.