As I've said before, I am a Chris Hedges groupie. Below is the beginning of his recent article posted at truthdig.com. He does seem to be taking our national situation to a dire destination but not an impossible one.
Chris Hedges' Columns
Stop Begging Obama to Be Obama and Get Mad
Posted on Sep 14, 2009
By Chris Hedges
The right-wing accusations against Barack Obama are true. He is a socialist, although he practices socialism for corporations. He is squandering the country’s future with deficits that can never be repaid. He has retained and even bolstered our surveillance state to spy on Americans. He is forcing us to buy into a health care system that will enrich corporations and expand the abuse of our for-profit medical care. He will not stanch unemployment. He will not end our wars. He will not rebuild the nation. He is a tool of the corporate state.
To read the entire article, go to
Source: http://www.truthdig.com/report/item/20090914_stop_begging_obama_to_be_obama_and_get_mad/
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