Comments on: Market Updates – Optimism

By: sherwehe

sherwehe — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 23:39:12 +0000

Here's an analysis by economist Dean Baker on jobs. http://www.cepr.net/index.php/data-bytes/jobs-b...

For great economic insight and analysis I highly recommend The Center for Economic and Policy Research.

By: sherwehe

sherwehe — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 17:39:12 +0000

Here's an analysis by economist Dean Baker on jobs. http://www.cepr.net/index.php/data-bytes/jobs-b...

For great economic insight and analysis I highly recommend The Center for Economic and Policy Research.

By: Popeye

Popeye — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 14:57:36 +0000

I do blame Obama for losses - Where's the change we can believe in?

#1 - Obama seems to favor Wall Street over Main Street. There has been no financial reform and the rich are getting richer ust like under Republicans.

#2 - Obama is deploying more troops not bring them home. The exact opposite of what he promised

#3 - Obama promised a public option in health care and his leadership has been absent.

Obama has forgot those who voted for CHANGE. In these races the same amount of Republican voters turned out but the Democratic base collapsed. The economy played a part, but Obama's lack of leadership on issues of change is the #1 reason.

Popeye

By: sherwehe

sherwehe — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 14:22:49 +0000

I agree with your assessment on optimism and progress. In Vietnam we did commit major war crimes quite openly and without apology by targeting and destroying civilian populations with chemical weapons and a massive bombing campaign. Just in Cambodia alone we dropped more bombs on that country than we dropped in all of World War Two. Remember Nixon's infamous comment to Henry Kissinger, “Destroy anything and everything that moves.” A comment that would most certainly be more than enough evidence to be convicted of implementing a policy of genocide in a criminal court. As a country we just can't do these sort of things anymore so brazenly because as a country we have become more civilized thanks to a concerted organized effort of mass protest by the American population during the 1960s and 70s. We obviously still commit major crimes but not as overtly. In Fallujah in 2004 we blocked off the city, didn't let supplies in, occupied and destroyed hospitals and turned back all men of fighting age who were trying to flee the city. These are all crimes and violate international law but in Vietnam we would of just destroyed the city by bombing it, killing as many civilians as possible. You just can't get away with that anymore. The American people won't tolerate it. As a society we've become more civilized not because the benevolence of elected officials and policy planners but because the American people concern and organized effort to eradicate such crimes.
One of the biggest media cover in the U.S. is the mass protest and organization of the Iraqi people in Opposition to the U.S. occupation. This started with the first Iraqi election in which the U.S. reluctantly allowed to happen much faster than they wanted due to a massive peaceful protest by the Iraqi populations. The U.S. has had to give up on major military objectives because of this mass mobilization of the Iraqi people.