Hail Caesar 44

On Sunday the NY Times wondered if we were quagmired in Afghanistan . Gee, ya think? The last time Afghanistan was invaded by a foreign power, the Soviet Union, the war lasted ten years. It was during this time that the ever helpful CIA financed and trained Osama Bin Laden to counter Soviet aggression. Ha ha.
If the Soviets couldn't subdue the country in ten years, what makes the rocket scientists at the Pentagon think they can do better? They have forgotten Viet Nam already? No lessons learned from history? You can invade a country, even take it over, but you cannot win in the long run.
If Canada and Mexico joined forces and took over America would we aqueous, or would we wage guerrilla war forever?
In Afghanistan you can occupy the city's, but the country side is another story. The mountains, caves, and rugged terrain make it easy for rebels to fight and hide. And Opium, a crop grown there for thousands of years, will always provide financing. But if you read between the lines of the Times story you hear the stirrings of a new plan of action. Here is Colin Powell "Afghanistan, on the other hand, is still basically a tribal society, a lot of corruption; drugs are going to destroy that country if something isn't done about it."
For an influential black man to worry that drugs are going to destroy another country is precious, isn't it? But catch the undertone there that something needs to be done.
And in the same article Madame Hillary says, Afghanistan is a "narco-state". That's also fresh, but again, the beating of the drums has begun.
And if the 'surge' worked so well in Iraq, then 30,000, 60,000, or maybe 100,000 more American boys and girls will surly do the trick in Afghanistan. Here we go again, get Lyndon Johnson and Dick Nixon on the phone.
For the war boys, pulling troops out of Iraq isn't so hard to bare, because they get to move them some where else on the game board.
And because of the rescission, military enlistment is way up. A silver lining if there ever was one.
We like to think that the President of the United States calls the shots but it's not really true. If it were true why would a smart, nice man like Obama, let a vampire like Bob Gates stay in charge of the war department? If the President truly cared about humanity why would he allow America to bankrupt itself playing Empire?
We want to think we are a Christian nation, but we are the modern Roman Empire. It must make god sick to his stomach to hear W say he is a Christian. He was a Caesar, and Caesar's don't turn the other cheek. And I have news for ya-all, Obama is Caesar the 44th.

Corporate Party Rule

Funny, I thought I voted for Barack Obama. So how did I end up with Bill Clinton? According to Ralph Nader, thirty one out of forty seven people that he has named so far for transition have ties to the Clinton Administration. So much for change. The media are falling all over themselves saying that this is a good and necessary thing. It's amazing how they scratch each others backs. And it turns out that far from raising the lions share of his campaign contributions from the little guy, the vast amount came from fat cats. Employees of Goldman Sachs gave more to Obama than workers of any other employer, imagine that. Doesn't anyone in America find it peculiar that so many ex Goldman Sachs bankers hold such exalted positions not just in America, but in the world? Josh Bolten runs the White House, Henry Paulson runs treasury, Robert Ruben, Obama's chief financial adviser, ran Clinton's Treasury. The bailout fund is being run by Neel Kashkari, and the World Bank is run by Robert Zoellick. All these men are former Sachs bankers. I am not saying that this is a conspiracy. It is however, business as usual.

Todays Paper

On the front page of today's NY Times the boy president looks like he is waiting to hold hands with the other boy's.
The juicy story today however is " Obama Donors Aren’t Rushing to Aid Clinton". The article explains that the Clinton's are $21 million in debt and anxious to have Obama help retire the debt. The problem is that about half of that money is owed to Mark Penn for his work dishing Sen Obama.
Here's a typical donors response “Why would I help pay off debts that Hillary amassed simply to keep damaging Senator Obama?”
Apparently the Clinton's support of Obama hinges on getting the Senators help in erasing their debt. Oh really? The article goes on to say, "Clinton donors say it is an open question whether the Clinton's believe they should play hardball — signaling that they will not rally enthusiastically behind Mr. Obama unless he does more on the debt situation — or appear agreeable with the expectation that the money will ultimately come through".
I guess nobody has called Bill to inform him he is no longer the head of the Democratic party.
He is thinking of playing hardball? With the next President of the United States? If their not careful, they could find themselves in the position they put Jimmy Carter in, unwanted. But what goes around comes around, I guess.
Hardball or softball? How about Fuzzball? The idea is if Hill can't be President and Bill can't sleep in the White House again than they are going to commit political suicide? Bill you can't tell me you don't want to sit on the Supreme Court. That would boost your Arkansas low self esteem wouldn't it? Maybe it's time for the 42nd president to grow up. Besides Barack and Michelle have written you checks for the $2,300 maximum. Come on Bill, time to move on.
Another story highlights McCain's newest ad.
It basically says while the Hippies were celebrating the "Summer Of Love" McCain was doing his patriotic duty in Vietnam. Hello, earth to Sen. McCain, the vast majority of voters today were draft dodging hippies back then! Little John, your not trying to lose, are you?

Hope Springs Audaciously

Today's NY Times has an opinion piece by Thomas Schaller about The hopelessness of Senator Barack winning in the south. He says " Even if unprecedented numbers of black voters turn out to vote for him, the white vote will serve as a formidable counterbalance. Mr. Obama should not hope to capture states in the country’s most racially polarized region". Barack should not hope? I guess he doesn't know that Obama's biography was called The Audacity of Hope. Schaller states that even if 95 percent of the blacks vote for the Senator he will need to capture more whites than Kerry did.
95 percent? First of, it's going to be more like 99, or even 100 percent. Even Colin Powell is going to come out for him.
And second Sen Barack is going to win much more of the white vote than John Kerry. Was Kerry perceived as a rock star the way Obama is? No!
Did Kerry raise more money than any candidate in the history of America? No! Did Kerry bring in more young people to register for the first time? You get my point. Recent poll's show McCain and Obama neck in neck. I just don't see it. In CA Sen B. is 18 points ahead of the little POW. That, I think, is a correct poll. And a true predictor of what is to come in the fall.
Obama is making inroads everywhere. He is going to capture a significant portion of the Evangelicals. The first time a Democrat has done that since Jimmy Carter.

The reason Evangelicals and former Republican Secretary of State are deserting the party is over their shock and horror at what the boy President and his devious VP have done to America, and it's reputation in the world.
In the nineteen sixties Lyndon Johnson pushed civil rights down the throat of the south. Afterword Johnson said, "well we've just lost the south for a long time to come". That's not a direct quote, it's from memory. And of coarse, he was right. Ever since, for the Dem's to win, they have had to run a Southerner.
However now there is a new alignment coming. The Republicans are losing people by the droves.
The Spanish population for one, who once flirted with Spanish speaking Republicans like FL Governor Jeb Bush are horrified at the fence around America that politicians are promising to build. They are going to vote for Barack Obama, especially when his VP turns out to be the popular Gov. of New Mexico, Bill Richardson. You heard it hear first!

History

This has been an historical primary campaign. Who could have predicted that Barack Obama would take the nomination from the former first lady?
What has been most interesting is how much excitement Barack generates. He is more like a rock star than a politician. That's why he is often compared to the Kennedy's, both Jack and Bobby. Women faint at his gatherings. And as he generates excitement, he stimulates people to get involved. His ability to bring in cash contributions at the grass roots level is astounding. His appeal has brought in many young, college-age voters participating in the democratic process for the first time.

This has been a heated campaign. The rivalry with Senator Clinton has been intense and sometimes nasty. But after the convention, after Hillary and Barack have hugged and kissed, the Dem's will solidly unite behind their candidate.
And if you think Senator Obama has generated excitement so far, well, you ain't seen nothing yet.
This is going to be the election that the Democrat's have been waiting for. Democrats running for office are going to do very well on his coat tails.

I love all this talk of a close race. Of John McCain being a strong candidate. Bullshit! My mother could beat McCain this year. Barack isn't just going to win, he is going to beat McCain senseless. This election is going to be a Democratic landslide of historical proportions.

Go Barack!

Barack Obama, the next president of the United States. Basically I was right that Obama would sew this up before the convention. I was only off on the timing by a few weeks.

Can you believe the way the Clinton's are sucking up for the VP slot? Forgetaboutit!
It's going to Bill Richardson. I'm sure that Hillary supporters will be happy with a Obama/Richardson ticket. Hillary can now go on to become a great US senator. And her husband, the former President, can continue his legendary philandering.

FirstFamily

Don't it make you proud?
Hey, I jumped the gun just a little on my last post, however everyone but Bill and Hillary knows it's over. It has been a very interesting primary, but now on to the main event. The Republicans, as always, are going to run a dirty, lowlife campaign.
They are going to low ball Obama, he's a Muslim, a nigger, a rapist, whatever. It ain't going to work for them this time. The Obama's will be moving into the White House in January.
Photo-Doug Mills/N.Y.Times

Obama Rocks!