Is this item supposed to be about “....the stimulus tug-of-war,” or the stimulus-tug of WAR?  This old Indian asks after reading reason’s remarks, with their pointed references to “....the depression of 1939,” and “....the pain of a ‘shot’.”  S/he is dead-right about one thing though.  “theallamericanprospect” these days runs the gamut from grim through grimmer to “you don’t wanna know.”

Economics is sometimes called “the dismal science,” of course, but dihey (having obviously figured-out the virtual-world-o’-hurt it’s been so instrumental in bringing-about is nothing but a “global” Zombie Jamboree) is sure right-on-target with the “voodoo” reference.  Now if some brilliant nine-year-old can just come-up with an APP for that.

HokaHey!

I like many citizens of the United States have been watching the political responses of both democrat and republican career politicians to President Obama’s efforts to appoint people to government posts that he feels will act as needed in their respective appointed positions.
What I have seen thus far, is the political maneuvering on the part of congressional leaders (of both parties) to maintain the status quo.
The last so called stimulus package sailed through congress with relatively little resistance from those same leaders and their cohorts.  The difference now is that their personal ambitions as politicians are at stake.
Our country and the rest of world are at the edge of an economic disaster that could easily bring all the results of the depression of 1939 and more.
It seems that these so called “representatives of the people” and their corporate sponsors (banking, investment brokers, etc.) still feel their interests should come at the expense of the ordinary citizens who actually support our country.
There are those who would have us believe that it is simple to address the problems our country has been facing for more than 30 years and that the people who were responsible for making the decisions of the last 30 plus years did so without knowing what the results would be.
It is ludicrous that the same politicians and corporate elites now want us to believe they know best, how to fix our economy and steer our foreign policy from the catastrophic results of their past efforts.
Obama has been elected and is now President of the United States with a mandate to change the way our government does business to something more representative of the needs of the American people while sensitive to the needs and rights of other nations. Those who would destroy the possibility of that mandate are the enemies of democracy and more a threat to the security of the United States and the world that all the “terrorists” combined.
President Obama cannot make the changes mandated by his election if the American people allow themselves to be manipulated into the divisive rabble that served the purposes of the corrupt politicians and corporate miscreants.
This is a crucial time for our country and the world; we are standing at the precipice and we need to have faith in ourselves as individuals and citizens of the United States. We need to show the rest of the world we have the courage to face our failures and in so doing, make decisions based on what is best for all (not those who have declared themselves “entitled” few).
As painful as the last year has been, we have not seen the worst that can happen and if anyone thinks that those who brought us to “the precipice of disaster” now cares about their country and the rest of the world; they are beyond delusional.
The choice is a simple, we can experience the pain of a “shot” or suffer a long drawn out illness that could destroy us.

Perhaps the most astonishing argument of the defenders of the stimulus package is that numerous economists are supporting the package. If these famous economists know so well what needs to be done where were they when the rot began?

I am beginning to suspect that economy is a voodoo science unworthy of being considered at universities.