Comments on: Deserve http://cogscanthink.blogsome.com/2009/01/20/deserve/ I'm feeling pretty good about myself right about now. Sat, 11 Feb 2012 23:56:04 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=1.5.1-alpha by: yelamdenu http://cogscanthink.blogsome.com/2009/01/20/deserve/#comment-3372 Thu, 29 Jan 2009 17:49:20 +0000 http://cogscanthink.blogsome.com/2009/01/20/deserve/#comment-3372 I also think there's a lot of room for scepticism. Wall Street did not support Obama with so much cash without a reason. Obama paid them back, supporting the "bailout" (read: the cash for trash). He appointed an Israel-firster hardliner (Emanuel) as chief of staff of the White House, Hawkish Hillary as Secr. of State. He appointed Yeltsin era Wallstreet kleptocrats (Geithner, Summers, et al.) in his economic team. But who knows if we'll be in for some surprises. I also think there’s a lot of room for scepticism.
Wall Street did not support Obama with so much cash without a reason.
Obama paid them back, supporting the “bailout” (read: the cash for trash).
He appointed an Israel-firster hardliner (Emanuel) as chief of staff of the White House, Hawkish Hillary as Secr. of State. He appointed Yeltsin era Wallstreet kleptocrats (Geithner, Summers, et al.) in his economic team.
But who knows if we’ll be in for some surprises.

]]> by: l3v1 http://cogscanthink.blogsome.com/2009/01/20/deserve/#comment-3360 Wed, 21 Jan 2009 09:38:20 +0000 http://cogscanthink.blogsome.com/2009/01/20/deserve/#comment-3360 About the inauguration's tv coverage, I'd say it was a bit too much, but understandable, since the US's influence is not confined to US territories. "one common goal, one vision, one future" No thank you. Complete blending is not a silver bullet. There is value (and a great one) in diversity, and while yes, it takes much more effort to navigate a ship with more navigators sometimes pointing to different directions, I still believe it is worth the effort. We just need to find the proper balance, which we unfortunately have not yet been able to accomplish, but I still have some hope left. "we Europeans are craving for a strong figure as well, that we also want politicians with the ability to unite us, instead of dividing us" We had our fair share of strong figures, and I'm still too cautious. As of what politicians do, I always felt some European nations (mine included) just don't feel the strength to stand up when their elected politicians are not doing what or how they've promised. But we should, these guys' "powers" are not god-given or inherited, it's something we have lended them for a limited period of time, and they should again and again be made aware of that. About the inauguration’s tv coverage, I’d say it was a bit too much, but understandable, since the US’s influence is not confined to US territories.

“one common goal, one vision, one future”

No thank you. Complete blending is not a silver bullet. There is value (and a great one) in diversity, and while yes, it takes much more effort to navigate a ship with more navigators sometimes pointing to different directions, I still believe it is worth the effort. We just need to find the proper balance, which we unfortunately have not yet been able to accomplish, but I still have some hope left.

“we Europeans are craving for a strong figure as well, that we also want politicians with the ability to unite us, instead of dividing us”

We had our fair share of strong figures, and I’m still too cautious. As of what politicians do, I always felt some European nations (mine included) just don’t feel the strength to stand up when their elected politicians are not doing what or how they’ve promised. But we should, these guys’ “powers” are not god-given or inherited, it’s something we have lended them for a limited period of time, and they should again and again be made aware of that.

]]> by: memsom http://cogscanthink.blogsome.com/2009/01/20/deserve/#comment-3359 Tue, 20 Jan 2009 22:45:18 +0000 http://cogscanthink.blogsome.com/2009/01/20/deserve/#comment-3359 The coverage verges on hysteria. It's all hyperbole till he comes good on his promise though. The coverage verges on hysteria. It’s all hyperbole till he comes good on his promise though.

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