delusional thinking

"somehow we need to get back to the president we thought we elected in 2008."
bill mckibben. senior fellow at the post carbon institute.

bill's a pretty smart guy, which shows that intelligence is no proof against crack-brained thinking...doesn't anyone remember that obamaland was a senator ( from illinois , no less, remember the blago business?) , no matter for how short a time, and that he is ivy league educated...a complete insider...nothing remotely populist about this guy...he is as nearly "for the street" as pelosi is...bill...he was never on your side...he pretended to be...he is a fucking politician for christ's sake...drill it into your skull...these people do not represent you they represent wealth and privilege....the democratic forms are just a rationalization for holding power...just like "the vanguard of the revolution" or "lenin's heirs", that "we the people" stuff is just for the proles consumption...real power lies elsewhere and isn't really worried about your concerns...you're on your own...get a grip

the psychosis on wall street continues along with the utter disconnect witht he reality of people's everyday lives...they were all bummed out friday because there were no new net jobs created in august...what a shocker!! maybe these geeks should actually go to work for a living rather than designing elaborate ponzi schemes...some road construction on a georgia chain gang for iinstance...earlier in the week they were all happy because retail sales had shown some moxie in august...haven't these clowns ever heard of "back to school"? there are necessities involved in sending children off to be indoctrinated into the wonders of the consumerist utopia...part of which is generating expectations of new stuff when late summer rolls around...they will never move past avarice into any sort of understanding...manhattan is an island off the coast of the u s...disconnect it politically...exile all investment bankers, stock brokers, hedge fund operators, stock jobbers, day traders, and the rest of the foot soldiers of the economic apparatus there and let rising sea levels do their work...then, perhaps, we can work on supporting one another rather than them.