Things that would be actual signs of
economic recovery would be new job creation, new areas of
business development or development of new products, preferably
exportable ones. For example, if we had developed a useable
hydrogen fuel cell that we were ready to put into production,
that would lead to job growth and a chance for the economy to
grow.
But none of that existed in this
‘incredible’ third quarter of 2003.
What we saw this quarter was the
outflowing of cash from our nation’s coffers. You see, when
President Bush decided to create the biggest deficits in our
nation’s history, the money was going to go somewhere.
So, there it went. No, not to sound
investment. No, not to anything that will lead to long-term
growth.
Quite simply, the rush of growth we
saw in the third quarter of 2003 was exactly like the rush of
water you see when you flush a toilet. Wow, all sorts of water
comes rushing into the tank, but in reality it is only a sign
that the water tank has been emptied and soon all the water –
both that which had been in the tank and what little water sat
in the bowl - will be gone in a blurring whoosh...
(The recovery) was just an illusion,
and what will be left once that one exciting report is past is
just an empty tank – the empty national coffers.
Um. With regard to America's
current situation: ditto. One trillion we don't have -
that we have to borrow or print up - handed to banks that looted
America. About another trillion we don't have put out as
'stimulus.' Yes, it will create a temporary boost, helping,
in the very short-term, to temporarily level things off.
But, for the long-term, 1) it doesn't address any of the
issues actually affecting the economy, such as downsizing,
outsourcing, free trade, etc., and so does nothing toward
pulling the nation out of its downturn, and, 2) actually,
obviously, makes the nation's situation far, far worse, as the
already massive debt exponentially increases. This is not
called fixing things; it's called finishing America off.
COLIN POWELL AND THE GOP
The Powell Movement, as I will call
it, is the single most important development in America in our
generation.
To understand that, let me report the
news 6 to 8 years from now: The nation has forgotten about
the specifics of the Bush days. The economy has been abysmal
for years. Barack Obama never made the clear case that it
was conservatism that brought America down. The far right
that installed George W. Bush not only hasn't suffered from this
economic downturn at all, they are showing profits beyond anything
ever experienced, as gas prices still sit more than triple what
they were in 2000, as the two wars that support Haliburton and KBR,
etc. continue on with full funding; the complete domination of the
media by this element has not been diminished, but expanded:
Rush Limbaugh hasn't lost his job for being wrong and dishonest
constantly, he has just been given a $400 million contract; Fox
News didn't go off the air, its owner, Rupert Murdoch, has since
bought the Wall Street Journal, putting the most powerful business
publication in America in the hands of lying right-wing
propagandists; ABC News has shifted toward being Fox's twin,
finally free of Peter Jennings' resistance to what he lamented as
bullying by the right. (see
Sept. 2003 article)
In short,
THE MOST SUCCESSFUL ADMINISTRATION IN HISTORY -
If You Think the Bush Administration Has Been A Failure - And If
You Think They're About To Lose Power - You Are Not Paying
Attention.
Along
comes what should be a wet dream for the GOP. A black man
who could be President. A man who could bridge the gap
between the GOP's far-right isolation and the moderates who have
fled the party. An African American man who is well-spoken,
well-respected, and, unlike Barack Obama, highly accomplished and
deeply informed. The GOP should be begging Colin Powell to
play a more prominent role.
Instead, they are treating him as, well, a racist southerner would
treat a black man. Or as an offensive, small-tent GOP party
would treat anyone even slightly to the left of Hitler. The
GOP claims they don't believe Powell even belongs in the party.
Palin and Gingrich are what they offer.
If
good Moderate Independents are to put their time and energy
anywhere in the political world right now, it should be to rally
around Powell and form a solid core of Powell Republicans - and to
urge him toward a presidential run in 2012. Powell is indeed
the only hope for the nation to not be thrown back to the mercy of
the Bush/Limbaugh right a handful of years from now; and this
time, the Bushies won't get it wrong. Leveraging the
extended despair they will ride to power on, they will finish off
American Democracy this time.
I
know, "What is he talking about?" "That all sounds a bit
extreme." So did talking about economic collapse in 2003.
I'll just say I am still running the same economic articles I ran
back then, and they are as accurate and dead on now as they were
then. In fact, as loyal M/I readers know, M/I frequently
reports the news months to years before the rest of the media
catches up with it.
FUN WITH SARAH SICKO
Why
are people shocked by her resignation? Put it all together
and it is very simple.
Sarah
Palin ran for office to get revenge against her brother-in-law.
Before running for office, Todd Palin had called 14 times to try
lodge complaints against him to try and cost him his job.
Fourteen. One of her first actions in office was to help get him
removed. This is what "troopergate" was all about.
The
Letterman episode exposes how sick the Palin family is. He
made a joke; she had no capacity to let it go; in fact, she grew
more and more psychotic each day, firmly stating to the nation
that she believed Letterman was a child molester-type. She
wouldn't back off when asked if that was extreme.
This
is a vicious, vindictive sicko. Of course she left office -
she never had any real reason to be there besides getting her
brother-in-law fired. The VP-run thing extended her time a
bit, but really, she was done. And if you heard her say why
she is leaving office early,
she said there were adults who insulted her new baby.
Leaving the office of Governor because someone insults your baby.
Vicious. She is punishing the state. She needs
revenge.
All I
can say is, 1) when I am Governor of California, I will not
whine and run from a single day of the job, and, 2) just for
fun, join the almost 100,000 people who enjoyed this article
during the last election cycle:
John Ashton Touches The Third Rail: Anyone Who Claims Palin Is
Ready To Be President Is A Fucking Moron
THE REAL REASON NEWSPAPERS ARE GOING OUT OF BUSINESS
It's
not the 'net. The net should have helped them make even more
profit, as they could get far wider readership and cut
printing/delivery costs.
Newspapers are going out of business because, well, they suck.
In
the run-up to Iraq, which paper gave actual news rather than just
echoing the President's spin? Which paper reported anything
useful about the economy over the past decade? Every single
TV analyst should be fired for never being right about anything.
And every newspaper should, frankly, shut down, for sucking.
I don't read the paper, not because the internet now exists - I
don't read newspapers because they suck. They don't report
actual news. They simply echo corporate PR nonsense.
How long did they think they could go on with printing untrue,
irrelevant nonsense and stay in business?
Answer: until some competition, in the form of the ability
to publish on the 'net, arrived. It's not the 'nets
existence that is dooming newspapers. It's just like someone
who's stayed in a crappy relationship for years because there were
no other prospects in town, and suddenly there's a convention of
hotties rolling through. Hmm, stay with the always drunk,
broke, smelly, mean idiot, who never has anything
interesting/useful to say? Or find someone who having a
conversation with is, say, a useful thing?
How
many billions of dollars went into reporting not a single useful
or accurate thing about the economy this past decade? We
should have put that toward solar power maybe.
Why
the F would I buy your paper - so you can continue to lie to me
and tell me that economic recovery is about to happen when that is
in no way the case? So you can treat Sarah Palin as if she
is or ever could be a legitimate candidate for President? So
you can keep making front page stories about what Dick "Darth"
Cheney has to say?
Um,
thanks, but not worth even the piddly 25 cents. Go broke.
Heck, the Cubs have been waiting to get the damned Tribune off
their backs for a century so maybe they can finally be free to win
a Series. Let the Cubbies go. Die. Good
riddance. We hate you, stupid butt-kiss, always wrong, never
useful newspapers.
EDITOR'S NOTE: Newspapers do a fine job of reporting
high school football scores.
Oh,
and just to point out: As newspapers have readers fleeing,
M/I continues to get new subscribers e-mails asking for more
articles, even when nothing has been posted for months.
That's what happens I guess when your articles are actually useful
and on-the-mark. Thank you loyal readers and new friends,
all e-mails are read and appreciated.
Ok,
I've failed. I tried to fit all the news into one article
and it can't be done. I haven't even gotten to how Health
Care Reform has, once again, become, "Let's talk about health
insurance and how much money we can spend." I can't get that
discussion in here. And Iran - need a separate article to
point out that they are the Bush/Limbaugh right's best buddies.
Yes, that is real. Just remember Reagan's inauguration/the
theatrically timed release of the hostages, aka Iran-Contra.
Pay attention people. Iran's antics, and their relationship
with the Bush right - well, need another article for that.
And I
haven't even gotten to the real issues yet: TV Addiction.
Yes, there's an article about this permanently on M/I's main page.
I am not joking. That is the core of all of our problems,
including the coming tsunami resulting from the obesity epidemic -
one of the things that must be the real focus of Health Care
Reform.
I'll
have to write more. But there you are for now. Read
it. Share it with others. I'm busy prepping for law
school and beginning movement toward my run for office.
Articles will come as I can do them.
