Can anybody out there explain to me why the President of the United States is not getting the highest salary in this country?  The government is the largest employer in the country, and he is the President of that employer.  The POTUS is also in charge of the largest and most deadly fighting force ever assembled.  How is anybody in this country earning more money than the President?  This cannot be justified rationally.

Can anybody explain why government officials should be able to become lobbyists at all?  Why should becoming a Senator or Representative be a stepping stone to something more profitable?  Of course the loyalties of the "public servants" will be to the future riches they envision by trading public interests of their constituents for their own future wealth?  What is the point of waiting one or two years before becoming a proffessional grafter fighting against the interests of the public at large for obscene personal fortunes?  If it is wrong to become a lobbyist right away, then what really changes after a year or two?  Nothing!

Why do we claim Democrats are an opposition party to Republicans?  Seriously, the Republicans get everything they want when they are in power, and also when they are out of power.  War on Iraq, Torture, Bankruptcy Bill, Tax Cuts, FISA coverup, War Profiteering, etc, etc were all aided by the "leaders" of the "opposition" party.  What exactly have Pelosi and Reid opposed effectively?  Democrats are just Republican light for the most part, just barely enough difference to easily confuse the idiots our underfunded schools produce, and our monopolized media maintain.

Why is Solis being "held" up in the Senate?  Where the fuck does it say that is even legal?  I'm sure it is really great that Reid is being considerate of the Republicans feelings, and being polite.  I'm sure that the Republicans will end up returning the favor... Is Harry Reid a fucking simpleton?  He must have been a really shitty boxer, always getting punched in his face, and never fighting back.  Maybe he threw fights, and bet against himself to profit personally.  Those are the ways he works in the Senate. 

Why does Obama think that Change is putting the people who fucked everything up in charge of fixing it?  Rubin, Geithner, Summers, Gregg, etc.  When will the sheep realize they have been conned yet again?  Meet the new boss, same as the old boss.

Why are we granting visas for foreign workers when we are suffering from record unemployment?

Why are we building schools in Iraq when our schools are shit here?  There are tons of public schools crumbling, paying crumbs to teachers, with not enough books for each kid.

Why do we allow companies to become so large that they need to be bailed out, or else the world economy will fail?  Why do we allow them to stay that big?

Why do we allow confessed criminals (FISA, torture, DOJ sackings, Iran Contra, etc) in the political class to wander freely, profitting handsomely from their crimes?  How can people just ignore subpoenas with no reprecussions?

I think the answer to all of this is that there is a class war underway, there always is.  The faces on TV, and in the newspapers are allied with their rich employers.  There are very few fighters for the poor and middle class.  Obama pretended to be one during the primaries, and the election.  Now, he surrounds himself with one or two only, and says nothing about the illegal "hold" on Solis' nomination.

People are getting very close to the tipping point in this country.  It might not be long before food and job riots break out.  The super rich can only be that way for so long, before the masses reach the critical point and take the wealth back.  Our founders knew that Revolutions are needed from time to time, and that time has long past.  The anger is palpable, the formerly comfortable middle classes are being pushed over the edge.  My homestate is over 10.5% unemployment, with the new rigged statistics.  I won't be suprised when the fires start, and the blood starts to flow.  Robbery is becoming the only chance to eat, and the rich flaunt themselves at every opportunity.

This country is seriously fucked up, and we need to start busting up the monopolies, the trusts, and the big banks.  History proves it will be done through legislation, or through violence.  Either through revolution, secession, or invasion.  We are in the end days of the Roman Empire - military stretched too thin over too much territory - unsustainable.  Obama is busy trying to be nice to Republicans who drove this country to the brink.  He is trying out for the part of Nero, fiddling away songs of bipartisanship, while getting punched in the face time and time again by those he courts.  Obama is not stupid, therefore he must be complicit in these neoliberal economic values.  He sees nothing wrong with the policies (deregulation of derivatives, etc) of Rubin's ilk - and he is not ignorant that they have caused the problems.

Hope was a platitude, Change was an illusion, the class war is still on full tilt, and the powerful people are on their own side.  Obama does not care about Progressive causes enough to make the needed changes, as evidenced by his treasury appointments.  If you think otherwise you are fooling yourself.  When Obama shouted: ENOUGH - I bet it made you feel good inside too.

In his own words "that was overheated campaign rhetoric"

We need to primary all these DINO fuckers out, or it will get very very ugly within the next 4 years.  I don't want the riots and revolution to come, but I can't wait to punch some rich bastard in the face and redistribute their obscene wealth when it does happen.

I hope I am wrong about Obama, but I have no confidence that he actually cares enough to fight the hard battles, if he even believes in the principles he was elected on at all.