Obama, the CIA, and the Limits of Conciliation

[BrotherIvan]

51. Yes, it was clear very early

But it took a long while for many to believe or even comprehend how deep the betrayal. I remember my PUMA coworker trying to point out that Obama, a fairly unknown, first-term senator was walking in with a war chest and who paid for that? I didn't listen. Then there was the flip on public financing and the Telcomm vote which made me squeamish as hell. The words weren't matching the actions. Many deals were made to make his election happen and now he must dance with those that brung him (i.e. not us). It was all a sham, especially the healthcare w/o the public option thing. I wonder how much the healthcare agencies paid for that.

I do keep the rather naive hope in my heart--like a slave waiting for the Messiah to deliver us from what looks like the unbeatable Romans--that there could be a Teddy or a Franklin Roosevelt. It would take someone of that stature and fight to do anything about what's going on. I don't doubt that it would be nothing short of a fight to the death as there is too much money at stake. (And I don't think it's wise to wish people dead, but I do wish both the Kochs would meet their makers). I don't know. I do know that the saying Nature abhors a vacuum is correct. There is so much imbalance in the system. The pendulum will swing or change will come: perhaps not in the way we expect or not in the way we would like. But the social system will adjust somehow.