Time to ask: How long must the Obama "honeymoon" last?

April 2 2009 by tom rigbert in IDEOLOGICAL COMBAT, IMPERIALISM, INEQUALITY, U.S. POLITICIANS |1 Comment

April 2, 2009 Give Obama a Chance to Do What? By Kevin Gosztola IF IT WEREN’T FOR ALL THE EXCUSES BEING MADE for Obama’s and his administration’s actions, I would feel a whole lot better. I think others who suffered under the Bush Regime would too. The populist anger across America is refreshing. People are [...]

Has a Katrina Moment arrived? / By Frank Rich

March 24 2009 by tom rigbert in IMPERIALISM, U.S. POLITICIANS |1 Comment

Dateline: New York Times | March 21, 2009 | Op-Ed   Why has there been so little transparency and so much evasiveness? The answer is that too many of the administration’s officials are too marinated in the insiders’ culture to police it, reform it or own up to their own past complicity with it. By Frank Rich A [...]

Take the Steering Wheel out of Geithner's Hands / Arianna Huffington

March 23 2009 by tom rigbert in U.S. POLITICIANS |No Comments

“In light of what has happened since then, that outcome must now be viewed as a tragic surrender to Geithner, Summers, and the political/Wall Street class — a “victory” that could lead to the unraveling of the president’s entire economic policy….”