Who, with a brain, does not look upon one's bank as a whorehouse? On Jan 26, 3:51 am, "\"Lone Wolf\"" <[email protected]> wrote: > People are so eager to rid the world of the Bush administration that > they have lost all sense of reality. I could not find a single word of > rational analysis within the mainstream press. The whole thing belies > the complete lack of theoretical analysis within popular commentary. > > Reading the transcript of Obama’s inaugural speech was like reading a > J.R.R. Tolkien history of US foreign policy, as if they are hobbits > battling the forces of Sauron. Ironically racism underscores the > entire thing—the millions slaughtered by the US during the ‘Cold War’ > can be conveniently left unmentioned, because they are essentially > treated as untermenschen within political discourse. > > My neighbor across the street tried to begin a conversation with me > with the words “Poor Obama.” Poor Obama? He wanted that job as I > recall. Next thing you know, these idiots will be trying to make us > sing “Kum Ba Yah” every morning. > > There appears to be two dominant religions in the US, Christianity and > Americanism—belief in the latter requires a fairytale view of American > history, and its holy texts are updated each year by Hollywood. > > Obama and his administration are real enemies of the working class— > there will be a lot of very disappointed people this year. > > Fact versus fiction > > • The wealthiest 10% of the world’s population accounted for 59% of > total private consumption > > • The wealthiest 20% of the world’s population accounted for 76.6% of > total private consumption > > • The poorest fifth of the world’s population accounted for just 1.5% > of total private consumption > > • The poorest 10% of the world’s population accounted for just 0.5% of > total private consumption > > • At least 80% of humanity lives on less than $10 a day > > • The poorest 40 percent of the world’s population accounts for 5 > percent of global income. > > • The richest 20 percent accounts for three-quarters of world income > > • The wealthiest nation on Earth (the USA) has the widest gap between > rich and poor of any industrialized nation. The bottom 40% of the > population share just 0.2%, while 65 million Americans live on $7 a > day or less. > > • In 2005, the world’s billionaires, about 500 people (approx > 0.000008% of the world’s population) were worth $3.5 trillion (over 7% > of world GDP) > > • In 2004 the total wealth of the richest 8.3 million people increased > by 8.2% to $30.8 trillion, giving them control of nearly one quarter > of the world’s financial assets. In other words about 0.13% of the > world’s population controlled 25% of the world’s assets > > • From 1960 to 1997 the average income of the wealthiest 20% of the > population in the developed countries went from 30 times that of the > median income to 74 times median income > > An analysis of long-term trends showing the distance between the > richest and poorest countries > > • 3 to 1 in 1820 > • 11 to 1 in 1913 > • 35 to 1 in 1950 > • 44 to 1 in 1973 > • 72 to 1 in 1992 > > 12% of the world’s population use 85% of the world’s water > > One quarter of the world’s people live without electricity > > Half the world’s children live in poverty > > Approximately half the world’s population live in cities—in 2005 one > in three were living in slums > > In 2003 10.8 million children died before the age of five due to > poverty related causes > > "Striking it Richer: The Evolution of Top Incomes in the United > States" Democrats and Republicans shovel trillions into the pockets of > the super > rich.http://www.econ.berkeley.edu/~saez/saez-UStopincomes-2006prel.pdf > > Facts and figures are one thing. The social impact is far worse. The > health and education system do not function at all, then there is the > garbage that is fobbed off as entertainment, and disorientation and > dysfunction of a society that measures success by status and wealth. > Mental illness, poverty and violent crime are on the rise. The US has > the highest incarceration rate in the world, 1 in every 100 people are > in jail. 90% are there because of poverty related offences. In other > words the system impoverishes you and then jails you for being poor, > while the ruling classes change the law or ignore it. Bush and his > cabinet are murderers that are going to get off scot free thanks to > the system and Obama. > > And Americans think casting a vote means something. How bloody stupid. > The whole world has to wait and see what Obama will do. I can’t > believe it. He should do as he is instructed by the people and stop > the war, trial administration war criminals, stop giving trillions to > the banks and reclaim the trillions the crooked bankers have pocketed > to help rebuild the infrastructure and social services. He has no such > intentions. He is a multi-millionaire bankrolled by multi > billionaires. > > Obama proclaimed, “As president, I will make the fight against Al > Qaeda and the Taliban the top priority that it should be. > > Obama stressed that the lesson of the Iraq debacle was the necessity > to prepare for new US wars. “We must use this moment both to rebuild > our military and to prepare it for the missions of the future,” he > stressed. “We must retain the capacity to swiftly defeat any > conventional threat to our country and our vital interests. But we > must also become better prepared to put boots on the ground in order > to take on foes that fight asymmetrical and highly adaptive campaigns > on a global scale.” > While Obama’s “left” apologists will no doubt excuse the blatant > militarism and warmongering the reality is that Obama is spelling out > what can be expected from the incoming Democratic administration in > 2009. > > Its policies will be determined not by the hollow campaign rhetoric > about “change” that has been Obama’s specialty, but rather by the > deepening economic and social crisis of American capitalism and the > determination of the American ruling elite to continue using military > force as a means of offsetting its economic decline. > > On Jan 26, 3:45 am, wncs <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > The market is set to react in a negative way to fourth quarter reports > > from companies. Just wanted to clarify that Obama was not the > > president during Q4 2008, for those who plan to blame him for what > > will likely happen to the market this > > week.http://money.cnn.com/2009/01/25/markets/sunday_weekahead/index.htm?po...- > > Hide quoted text - > > - Show quoted text - --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ Thanks for being part of "PoliticalForum" at Google Groups. For options & help see http://groups.google.com/group/PoliticalForum
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