1: Barack Obama

On August 8, 1853, New York Daily Tribune carried an article by Karl Marx, which ends with the following remark; "When a great social revolution shall have mastered the results of the bourgeois epoch, the market of the world and the modern powers of production, and subjected them to COMMON CONTROL OF THE MOST ADVANCED PEOPLES, then only will human progress cease to resemble that hideous, pagan idol, who would not drink nectar but from the skulls of the slain."

The picture you have attached for the great leader of Iran, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, is a wrong one.

Of course Bush is disconnected from the country's problems; he is a millionaire several times over and can't relate to foreclosures, credit issues, job loss and zero healthcare. He is set for life and if we are not careful we will be looking at taking care of his brother for life, too. Unfortunately we americans sat back for eight years, in our collective comfort zones,cashing our "stimulus checks" and totally ignored the state of our country until it was too late and now it is these same americans who will have to suffer in this present crisis.

"George Washington, Abraham Lincoln and Franklin Roosevelt" ??? I just turned to my son not two minutes ago and said 'I wish Obama the best, but If I have to look at him looking off in the distance in one more photo op or hear the word 'distraction" i may have to throw up. What is it that Mr. Obama has done that warrants comparisons with these other great men. I am not going to shower him accolades until he shows me something and so far he has not shown us anything of lasting substance. Good luck Mr. Obama, I hope the press still loves you in two years.

How in the world can a socialist save capitalism? If I can avoid it, I have no intention of buying anything other than absolute necessities for the next four years, and nothing more. Obama/Biden and their extreme liberal friends in Congress will likely tax all of us into abject poverty, so why spend a dime on anything unless I absolutely must?

How can a Socialist save Captialism?

is capitalism worth saving along with any other ISMS?

But, Obama does not want to save Capitalism! He seems to want to have the Government provide a dirigiste system which picks winners and losers, and to extend and expand government controls into every detail of the economy. He has said he will use the authority given to regulate the CO2 emissions, and thereby energy use, to bankrupt coal producers and electrical utilities that use coal.

This power, to regulate the emissions of CO2 emissions, means the government can indeed destroy whole industries, control the profitability of companies, and pick winners and losers. In addition, it seems he wants his first act to sign into law a financial rescue package which gives him the funds to be able to ignore future Congressional hearings and proceed to do exactly what he wants to do in terms of hiring millions of new government employees, setting up his civilian force equal in size to the Defense Department, and buying into corporations under his own authority. He has also said he wants to control salaries of executives, and to use the tax code to ensure ???fairness.??? He is saying he will re-distribute wealth and ???spread it around.??? So, those who produce wealth with their efforts, will not be able to keep their earnings and capital gains, instead, they will be forced to share it with others ??? even more than it is now.

In addition, he has said he will appoint Supreme Court and other Justices who will not necessarily follow the law or the Constitution, but, instead will favor the disadvantaged, the minorities, and others against the moneyed interests of corporations.

So, it seems neither companies nor individuals can have confidence that their efforts and investments can actually provide a return if Government controls profits, and redistributes income. And, further, it seems we will lose the protection of the law as well. So, how can anyone plan for the future, how can new factories be built, how can people be hired if there is no confidence that the investments can return a profit?

since they put a bust of the ceaser on the power list
i do not think i want to compare obama to the preatorian guard of the roman empire OR VICE VERSA
HE IS ONE OF THE PEOPLE

DEMOCRATIC CORLEONE CRIME FAMILY AND THE REPUBLICAN SOPRANO CRIME FAMILY PART 1

lawrencehoule@yahoo.com

On January 20th the Republican Soprano crime family will surrender power to the Democratic Corleone Crime Family. Barack Obama will become the new Godfather of Godfathers - the New Don of All Dons.

The corruption and criminality of Wall Street and Congress during the past 8 years that allowed the stealing of thirty billion and the imperiling of 60 trillion worth of assets will
be eclipsed by the total control of power by the Democratic Corleone Crime Family.

An orgy of money will be thrown against the wall.

15 billion auto bailout will become 150 billion

20 billion in earmark spending will become 1 trillion

No stone will be left unturned in the creation of the promised 2.5 million new jobs no matter what the cost. Under Communism, the Communists had a saying: ???We pretend to work and the government pretends to pay us.??? In the new socialist, capitalist order to be implemented by the Corleone???s the saying will be - We pretend to work and the government will pay us.??? Of course, all the hard working bitter people desperately clinging to their bibles and guns will be taxed into the ground as their patriotic, socialist duty.

The Democratic Corleone Crime Family will take a cut of 10% minimum i.e. $100 billion skimmed off the top to be spread among their families, relatives, lawyer friends and loyal supporters.

For the next 4 years expect the deficit to be 1/1.5 trillion/year.

As in all crime families, construction projects will become a mainstay of this political criminal enterprise - infrastructure projects were hundreds of billions virtually untraceable, unaccountable funds will be poured. The sheer volume of the activity will ensure that these projects will escape scrutiny.

We are assuming, of course, that capitalism is worth saving.

Big assumption. From where I sit, it doesn't work, and hasn't worked, for a long time. Why try so hard to save it?

And to state that the US is still the most important country in the world is the epitome of arrogance. What we are is the most consumptive country, and therefore the most influential in the world - very different than important. Ask the rest of the world, however, if they think our influence is a good or a bad one, and many Americans would be surprised by the answer.

America was an experiment in democracy, an attempt to cobble together 13 territories based on dubious boundaries for protection and survival, but at it's inception, it was an agrarian society, based more on the barter system and land ownership than on a hard currency basis. Capitalism came later.

We can forgo capitalism (an economic system) and still remain a democracy (a political system). The two do not have to be joined at the hip.

The real measure of Barack Obama as a president will be whether or not he can save democracy. Capitalism is optional.

he deserves to head the elite list as he is the senator turned president -just like the equivalent of a pretorian converted to proletarian -hurray for the president elect