It’s Not Going to Be OK

TruthDig by Chris Hedges | Feb. 2, 2009 (Opinion)

The daily bleeding of thousands of jobs will soon turn our economic crisis into a political crisis. The street protests, strikes and riots that have rattled France, Turkey, Greece, Ukraine, Russia, Latvia, Lithuania, Bulgaria and Iceland will descend on us. It is only a matter of time. And not much time. When things start to go sour, when Barack Obama is exposed as a mortal waving a sword at a tidal wave, the United States could plunge into a long period ... Full Story »

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Subjects: U.S., Politics, Business, Media, Education
Topics: U.S. Economy, Money and Politics, Obama Administration, Mainstream Media, Campaign Finance
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 by Dwight Rousu - Feb. 4, 2009

Hedges provides a scenario that is definitely not the rosy positive spin that the current economic problems are cyclical and that Obama will save us. He channels others that fear the rise of a totalitarian right in America unless there is structural change, as opposed to atmospherics. This is good reading for an expanded view.

I think Hedges presents a real threat here. The questions are whether we can change in good directions fast enough to restore our society.

“My greatest fear is that the Obama administration will achieve relatively little in terms of structural change,” he added. “They may at best keep the system going. ... More »

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