The mainstream media has been slow to give the Occupy Wall Street protesters their due. And while the New York Times has been criticized roundly for missing the point, columnists Paul Krugman, Nicholas Kristof and even business writer Andrew Ross Sorkin have accurately portrayed the occupation as a serious movement against financial inequity and government corruption. Yet, … [Read more...]
Endless war, meet endless recession
September 11 anniversary, meet Obama's jobs speech. First attack on American soil since Pearl Harbor, meet worst economy since the Great Depression. Day of rememberance, meet forgettable presidential address. A few bold gestures, but no FDR or JFK moment. And nothing on the energy crisis that caused the recession in the first place. Occasion for mourning and humility … [Read more...]
Dems fight cute on GOP ties to Big Oil
Normally I don't pass along really blatant partisan propaganda. But because I think Big Oil's control over Washington is the biggest barrier America faces to enacting a sensible energy policy in the face of peak oil and climate change, I found the R-Oil Wedding campaign from the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee just too good to ignore. Don't get me wrong: I … [Read more...]
Even Obama’s beholden to them
The more I learn how Wall Street influence over Washington has allowed the financial meltdown of 2008 to grow into a worldwide disaster, the harder it gets for me to continue to support President Obama. Though he campaigned as a champion of Main Street and promised financial market reform and re-regulation, Obama quickly showed that he was really about business as usual -- … [Read more...]