Obama’s Cheney Dilemma

America seems to be trodding the same road as Ancient Rome but without the genius of a Caesar to keep everything in train. Its very frustrating to see us making the same mistakes, offering up the same excuses and ending up in the same hole. Despite numerous safeguards we allowed the bankers to run us into a financial quagmire, the housing industry has collapsed like a house of cards because we insisted on lending money to people who couldn't pay it back. Now nobody will venture money on a new car or stocks and I don't blame them. All those smart people ruined us so we'll just keep our money in our pants and spend only what we need. I'd like to know who profited from all this. I bet Dick Cheney knows but he'll never tell. But I do know that someone will tell and then God help them.

Questioin: What is the difference between Bush/Cheney administation vs. the Obama administration?
Answer: Arrogance

Cheney is not a man to accept the fact that America voted a black man as a President.
Cheney's already eroded respect from his peers only made it worse by comments like this. He will go down in the history as most disrespected vice president. There are many things that I would like to vent my anger, but I will not let myself go down to his level.

A proud American/Korean. From Foothill Ranch,CA

he is a very good gentellman he is able to mentioned that post i requist to him to controll whole world terrorism

jomokenyata: Sí, puede a Dios lo bendice que y le da la capacidad de bendecir este país.

Your cover story article, "Obama's Cheney Dilemma" is typical of the Newseek style of pre-digested tidbits. It seems to be much less informative than it is condensed and less objective than it is opinionated. For example, what is the risk to our national security by letting an, as yet, innocent man out of prison to rejoin his family and society? Do the authors really believe that the same methods our government information agencies use to spy on their own citizens are somehow inadequate to spy on a potential enemy? This is the very kind of thinking reminiscent of Sen. Joe McCarthy's witch hunt that was so avidly taken up by the national press during that dark era in our American history. Should the Newsweek editorial staff take credit for the author's thinly disguised attempt to turn their backs on the public need for credible information and in its place provide the rhetoric that feeds insecurity and public paranoia? The public does not even know the content of the transcript of the informant's supposed confession that was used against this as yet, innocent man. For the well being of our most cherished national belief in a free America, we can only hope that Newsweek's time honored reliance upon sophomoric rhetoric, a style of writing better described as that of an ill-prepared high school debate team, continues to underestimate the intelligence and curiosities of the majority of the American citizenry. In spite of the 9/11 inept failures of the Bush-Cheney regime to keep us secure from foreign invasion and their abject internal invasion into our own private lives, we can still privately reflect as independently and freely as the people of the former USSR did during their darkest hours. We have known for some time now, that in the midst of the propoganda machines of their time, they could still tell the difference between plausible truth and utter nonsense. So, lets pick up the pace Newsweek. It's "glastnost" ...haven't you heard?

slac: I heard the same thing at post-election rallies. I also hope the best for Obama and the new administration. Obama is being handed a recession just like GW Bush was handed a recession in 2001. I'm curious to see if Obama can get nearly four years of steady growth like Bush did. It's too bad the lending markets have created this crisis. buena suerte y que le vaya bien.

moscabo: Unfortunately, it is folks like you that see the country in these terms of one side versus the other. Come on with your "Clinton and the terrorists: 1, Republicans: 0." The present is a gift so live in it. Well will folks realize that we are all Americans, and we are all in this together. I just hope the state of the union improves from where it currently is at and people get over their simpleminded divisiveness.

@davidlcjr: While you might be making a valid point it's difficult to take what you're saying seriously since you obviously don't know how to proofread what you've written and don't have a clue about grammar or how to use a dictionary.

Also, speaking as one of many who have actually served in the military, I would have to say that 80% of points you raise are formed on hearsay and questionable sources. If you make a point fine, substantiate it, as a colleague of mine told me once "make any point you want, just show me the footnote."

These opinions are right on. America is still a fabulous Country to live in; I would not want my children to grow up anywhere else. I hope Obama listens to the exiting cabinet and makes his own decisions based on the feedback and his campaign promises. I think this presidency will be more in the middle than any of the last 16 years.

lookaround: thanks for your concern. I'll get a good night's sleep and get plenty of Vitamin C.

Just remember one thing from our Constitution....it is "We the people". How many times have any of you who sit there on your keyboards called your elected officials ("We the people") to place a complaint. You sit here posting notes to Newsweek, thinking they read it?? Don't think so. You don't like things that are being done, then contact those who were elected. Come on folks, let us not be divided by this...............because......it is"We the People"! If you don't like what is happening let them know. I did not vote for President-elect Obama, but I wish him well, because he is soon to be my President, and if he does well ,we as "Americans" will do well. Let us all look to the future, instead of living in the past. And let us all ("We the People") keep all of them in check all the way. From the Congress, House, Senate, and President. We all have that right to state our opinions. Because we are Americans, and we are the People. But let us not be divided.
egb

staggard: You comment is interesting. I was surprised by how conservatively balanced the article was. They held all of their punches. Are you sure you are referring to the same article as everyone else here? When I first started reading, I had to check back at the top, because it sounded like George Will!

jomokenyata: sorry for the repost....your comments were some I have seen repeated after a Obama rally and they were really serious about everything being fixed for them and life would be all taken care of. I think a lot of people are going to have a rude awakening when Obama doesn't fix it all. We have years of mistakes...includine all administrations Bush, Clinton and Bush Sr. that can take credit for the mess we are in. It isn't always one group, it is years worth of lack of action and care. I personally wouldn't want the job Obama is walking into...best of luck to him and sifting out this mess.

Sorry never have seen that movie,just giving my opinion and stating from what I feel and know. We need to stop the corruption instead of sitting on our ass and listen to what our television tells us, which is also government ran. Every American knows that our government is corrupt and I mean our whole government from state government to federal and all we do is sit back and tell each other that we know this but there is nothing we can do about and I l be damn if there isnt. We can stop the corruption anytime we feel like it but we dont. Thats why our government only want 2 catergory of people the rich and then the poor, which of course there would be the majority of poor. the reason for the poor and no middle class is that the poor will do nothing but go to work and say or do nothing because all they can do is do that and shut up because they have to struggle enough as it is to support their family so dont have time to do anything else. The middle class speaks out a little more and of course the rich say nothin because the government is there for them in tax breaks and evrything else in life and of course their not going to speak out and ruin any of that for them. JUST EVERYBODY WAKE UP AND GET TOGETHER AND STOP THE INSANITY OUR GOVERNMENT GIVES US!!!!!!