We’ve now entered the second year of the Obama Catastrophe and it’s abundantly clear that, from the beginning, Superman never had any idea what to do.  His presidency is already being carted to the landfill. However, Superman does like to talk . . . and talk and talk and talk.  He is a compulsive talker.  Once he is electorally tarred and feathered and run out of town on a rail, he can take over Oprah’s gig.

The recent SCOTUS decision only matters if you plan to allow corporations to spoon feed you their “truth” thru marketing. Corporate “truth” has no nutritional value so stop eating it.

“And if you do have a rebuttal, you’re free to incorporate yourself and continue this discussion…” (end of clip): http://www.thedailyshow.com/watch/mon-january-25-2010/supreme-corp

Problems?  1. Citizens are out of practice, stilltoo comfortable, or afraid of “surveillance forces” and so tend to talk instead of organizing and protesting.

http://www.democracynow.org/2009/7/28/broadcast_exclusive_declassified_docs_reveal_military

djnoll:  Of course you are right here:
  “The President made it very clear that he never said he could do the job you all wanted him to do alone.  He noted that it was not a one-man job, and he looked straight in the camera and said it would take all of us - and he did not mean Congress or the Supreme Court or the Joint Chiefs - HE MEANT US!  If we continue elect the same idiots to Congress from both parties that we seem to be continually electing - right-wing obstructionists and cowardly Democrats all of whom are owned by various corporations - then we have no one, and I do mean NO ONE, to blame but ourselves for the mess we are in.  And we have no right to hold this one man responsible for getting us out of it!”
  Problems?  1. Citizens are out of practice, stilltoo comfortable, or afraid of “surveillance forces” and so tend to talk instead of organizing and protesting.
  Problem?  2. What, exactly, does Obama mean by “I need your help,” etc.?  If he were serious, wouldn’t the Democratic party at least be trying to maintain
his grassroots by suggesting exactly HOW they can “help” him—on what specific issue, doing what, with what possible results, etc. etc. Setting forth a plan?  Leadership is completely lacking and meaningful access from the ranks is close to nil.
  Problem?  3. Being worried about job etc. inhibits citizen action.  Being uneducated, sick, overwhelmed, fearful—all inhibit action.
  Problem?  4.  In an “individualistic” society, organizing for cooperative action takes a lot of hard work to create a spirit of community to build on.
  There are other problems, but it’s not impossible.  Many organizations continue to function bravely with little funding and lots of elbow grease. Some new ones are gradually starting up.  There is hope.  Some people in Utah are searching for a way to promote a candidate who is willing to refuse corporate funds as a matter of principle. (I posted suggestions on this idea on several previous TD articles, with not much response, but it’s still a good idea.)

I have had it!  I give up!  It would seem that Mr. Robinson and I are the only ones who have bothered to listen to and watch the body language of this message.  Perhaps those who are so quick to slam this President and his remarks, who are so disappointed that the corporate hacks in Congress did not create instant change because they could not even if they wanted to because they would lose their comfy political lifestyles, and who have failed themselves to do one d*** thing to change this nation at the local or state levels because they were too busy moaning and groaning about the very things that they could change, maybe, just maybe, you should look in the mirror and realize that you also got slammed the other night.

The President made it very clear that he never said he could do the job you all wanted him to do alone.  He noted that it was not a one-man job, and he looked straight in the camera and said it would take all of us - and he did not mean Congress or the Supreme Court or the Joint Chiefs - HE MEANT US!  If we continue elect the same idiots to Congress from both parties that we seem to be continually electing - right-wing obstructionists and cowardly Democrats all of whom are owned by various corporations - then we have no one, and I do mean NO ONE, to blame but ourselves for the mess we are in.  And we have no right to hold this one man responsible for getting us out of it!

Do I disagree with his approach to governance over the last year?  You can take to the bank that I did.  I have even noted in videos and postings that I would not be supporting him in 2012 if things did not change in his White House and his leadership style.  Do I disagree with some of his suggestions on economics and energy?  Most definitely, but I will address them as they come up over the next few years.  Look for my videos on YouTube, under Devon Noll, for my comments on these issues as they arise, along with my other commentaries on various issues in this nation - pay attention, Mr. President, you are getting for free what your advisers pay large dollars for in polls.

This President has given Congress and Washington enough rope to hang themselves this past year.  I am not sure that was his intention, but it worked, as Mr. Robinson noted - the President is liked, but Congress is disliked, intensely and with good cause.  His controlled anger was only visible in flashes during the speech and as he left the podium, but it was there and it reflected the same frustration and anger I know I and many American feel today.  Now it is time to put our anger together, vote out all Blue Dog Democrats, GOP, and Pelosi/Reid associates who have been there too long, and who have strong corporate/military/religious ties, and put in Independents (both progressive and conservative) who can debate and work for the public good, not corporate good.  We can create change, but only when we stop the blind voting we seem to engage in of Democrats vs. Republicans.  If you cannot find a good candidate in your area, run yourself and put in the effort to win against overwhelming odds.  It will not be easy, but if we do not make the effort and simply stay with the status quo, we run the risk in 2010 of getting another 4 or 8 years of a Bush (or worse) type of presidency controlled along with Congress by corporate/military/religious interests, not the public good.

So was the speech what everyone wanted?  Probably not.  But was it a speech that was a shot across the bow of Washington?  Only if you actually listened to it and watched the President’s body language and face.  Now it is up to us to act in November if we want to actually take back our country!  He challenged not just Washington, but us, the American People, and we must answer that challenge or lose forever any hope of a better America.

Beware of shrewd politicians, especially when they reside in the White House.

Outsider, my foot!  He fell back on the old cliches of “American exceptionalism” and military conquest.  Until we as a nation ca unload this poisonous attitude that we are better than others, that we are “special” in this or that way, that we have a monopoly on power, wisdom—whatever—we are going to lose the future. 

These “insider” cliches, perhaps more ingrained in the US than most other modern countries, is the mark of provincialism and self-centeredness.  It prevents us from even acknowledging our mistakes, let alone learning from them.

Read this link.  Then you’ll know there’s one word for both Obama and this author .... Liar.

“After Obama rips lobbyists, K St. insiders get private briefings”  at http://thehill.com/homenews/administration/78509-after-obama-rips-k-street-administration-invites-lobbyists-to-private-briefings.

I love the part where Obama is asking lobbyists what to do to help middle class families.  If that doesn’t hit the nail on the head for what the problem really is, then I can’t think of what will.

“Lobbyists say the Obama White House has held many off-the-record teleconferences over the past year.
For example, lobbyists and others were invited to a teleconference with “senior Obama administration officials” on Monday to discuss the administration’s plan to improve the lives of middle-class families.”

Every con-man politician tries to present themselves as an ‘outsider’.  It seems like the oldest trick in the book.  Even McCain, the consummate insider who’d been a big-time Washington player back into the 80’s, he always ran his campaigns portraying himself as an ‘outsider’.

Look at it this way, and you’ll see the con. Every politician since at least Jimmy Carter has called themselves an ‘outsider’.  Yet, after all of these years of rule by ‘outsiders’, the public still hungers for the idea so much that its the popular political position.

What that tells you is that none of these con-men who’ve called themselves ‘outsiders’ have governed like one.  Its always a lie.

Obama is certainly calling his corporate buddies every day right now asking for ‘donations’ to the Democrats campaigns.  The odds of him simultaneously governing as an ‘outsider’ are pretty much nil.