cobblehiller, thanks for the updates. All I can watch in my office is cnbc 🙁 The crowd is absolutely astonishing based on the cnn.com pics.
Montrose, your post is so moving and really gives those of us who weren’t born into the same prejudices as others incredible insight into what this means to those who were.
I get what Montrose wrote. I get what Bxgrl wrote, in terms of the historic importance to this nation of electing our first African-America president. As Bxgrl wrote, the event is a tribute to many people,some of which she lists: “Rosa Parks, Martin Luther King, Little Rock, Emmett Till, Medgar Evers, Malcolm X, Nat Turner, Dred Scott, the Underground railroad”.
Having said all that, I am still troubled by Obama himself, and this cult of personality he has built around himself. WHAT does the man stand for?? Believe me, I’ve listened to about 10 of his major speeches over the past 4 months, and I always come out of them asking myself: what is he proposing, other than the word “change”, which, as near as I can tell, he thinks is his ability to be pragmatic and see all sides in the situation.
As we speak, Congress is preparing a $850 BILLION dollar spending bill that will raise our national debt, in one act, by 10%. Where is the press on this? Who is examining the fine details of this bill, to make sure that our money is being well spent? I wish that someone would explain to me how expanding the number of Pell grants by something like $20 BILLION dollars will “stimulate” the economy? Where is Obama on all this? If the damn press would stop their Paris Hilton adulation of the guy, and be skeptical of him like they should be of all politicians, maybe we’d have a democracy in action.
Lest you think I am just some sourpuss, I call your attention to the fact that serious thinkers ranging from Paul Kennedy (a serious liberal) to Fauod Ajami have made the same points. I would advise everyone to read Kennedy’s piece in the Wall Street Journal of 3 days ago. He openly worries that Obama and the congress are rushing us into an economic debacle with this “stimulus” bill, and what is even more frightening to him is the fact that there is so little debate on the matter.
Unless I see Obama make moves to transfer his popularity into making the people take politics seriously, I will not be impressed by him. In my mind, so far all he is doing is standing on the shoulders of other people.
Jan. 20 (Bloomberg) — Fiat SpA, Italy’s largest carmaker, agreed to take a 35 percent stake in Chrysler LLC to gain a foothold in the world’s biggest auto market and give the U.S. company access to its small-car technology
The movie stars are arriving: Was that Alec Baldwin? Stephen Spielberg, John Cusack…
For all you schlubs at work…you can watch it live on-line…hope you brought your head sets.
Once again Montrose, you knock us out with your posts.
cobblehiller, thanks for the updates. All I can watch in my office is cnbc 🙁 The crowd is absolutely astonishing based on the cnn.com pics.
Montrose, your post is so moving and really gives those of us who weren’t born into the same prejudices as others incredible insight into what this means to those who were.
I’m right there with you MM. Thank you for this post.
[Darn it! I was trying not to cry yet!]
OK, so I’ll be the sourpuss in the group.
I get what Montrose wrote. I get what Bxgrl wrote, in terms of the historic importance to this nation of electing our first African-America president. As Bxgrl wrote, the event is a tribute to many people,some of which she lists: “Rosa Parks, Martin Luther King, Little Rock, Emmett Till, Medgar Evers, Malcolm X, Nat Turner, Dred Scott, the Underground railroad”.
Having said all that, I am still troubled by Obama himself, and this cult of personality he has built around himself. WHAT does the man stand for?? Believe me, I’ve listened to about 10 of his major speeches over the past 4 months, and I always come out of them asking myself: what is he proposing, other than the word “change”, which, as near as I can tell, he thinks is his ability to be pragmatic and see all sides in the situation.
As we speak, Congress is preparing a $850 BILLION dollar spending bill that will raise our national debt, in one act, by 10%. Where is the press on this? Who is examining the fine details of this bill, to make sure that our money is being well spent? I wish that someone would explain to me how expanding the number of Pell grants by something like $20 BILLION dollars will “stimulate” the economy? Where is Obama on all this? If the damn press would stop their Paris Hilton adulation of the guy, and be skeptical of him like they should be of all politicians, maybe we’d have a democracy in action.
Lest you think I am just some sourpuss, I call your attention to the fact that serious thinkers ranging from Paul Kennedy (a serious liberal) to Fauod Ajami have made the same points. I would advise everyone to read Kennedy’s piece in the Wall Street Journal of 3 days ago. He openly worries that Obama and the congress are rushing us into an economic debacle with this “stimulus” bill, and what is even more frightening to him is the fact that there is so little debate on the matter.
Unless I see Obama make moves to transfer his popularity into making the people take politics seriously, I will not be impressed by him. In my mind, so far all he is doing is standing on the shoulders of other people.
Excellent analysis What. Sorry, my mistake. Chrysler just “gave them” the 35% stake. Fool. No story to cut and paste?
Here Fool!
Fiat to Take 35% Chrysler Stake, Form Global Alliance (Update2)
http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601087&sid=afGwLZVmDEsA&refer=home
Jan. 20 (Bloomberg) — Fiat SpA, Italy’s largest carmaker, agreed to take a 35 percent stake in Chrysler LLC to gain a foothold in the world’s biggest auto market and give the U.S. company access to its small-car technology
Fool….
The What
Someday this war is gonna end…
er…blush, blush- I meant “inauguration”.
christopher- Sounds like you voted for McCain
bxgrl Do you think anything has changed? This blog is an example of Covert Race/Class warfare! Just Dusted-up in a Brownstone Blog, give me a break!
The What
Someday this war is gonna end..
Michelle Obama and Laura Bush just left the White House.
Biden and Cheney will drive over together – leaving now.
Then Obama and Bush will drive over together – leaving in a moment. Here they come down the hallway to the front door of the White House to leave.