THE BOGUS ECONOMIST
Sept.7, 2008
It's been a while since I last posted. Frankly, I've been a little overwhelmed at the political hurricanes that have been rocking our ship of state. First, there was the battle between the first African-American and the first woman to seek the presidential nomination of one major party followed by the prospect of the oldest person and the least experienced running on the other.
Naturally, the omniverous media has seized on every minor flaw of all candidates, their wives, their kids and their relatives in order to titillate the jaded public, but it seems we have a couple of questions that are a lot more important to our future:
1. Is a person with Mrs. Palin's limited knowledge of economics and world affairs the person whose finger we want on the nuclear button?
2. Is this the time for a president who selects such a person?
3. Are we ready for the repeal of Roe V. Wade? Better, do we want any religious doctrine to determine our direction as a nation?
4. In a fervent plea for "change," have we forgotten why "change" is necessary?
For the last six years, I've written about the gradual increase in corporate control of our country and the incredible damage it's done to our prestige, our moral authority and the common people. Every day, we read about new malfeasance by some big Wall Street broker or another incident of criminal activity resulting from excessive activity by a congressional lobbyist.
Even Steven Pearlstein, economic writer for the Washington Post, has concluded the system is rife with rot and needs drastic surgery. The problem is that every time any reform begins, the monied interests shoot it down. Our job is to decide whether Obama/Biden or McCain/Palin can better guide us in regaining the high position we once held.
I belive it's time to forget the trivia, the attack ads and the other garbage spewed from the professional cesspool-mongers of the right as well as the left. This is our future we're talking about.
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Friday, September 05, 2008
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