Chance the Gardner: are we in that movie?

If you have not heard of the film or the book, "Being There," you need to see the film for the best commentary on the current political babble about the late economy of the United States. The plot goes something like this: an idiot becomes candidate for Presdient of the United States when people mistake his gardening advise as metaphors for insights about the economy.

So, when I heard the green shoots metaphor used in the financial press, I looked for the nearest pop corn stand. Is it possible that noboby in the administration had any down time between elementary school and their government service to watch one of the best movies on the illusions of power and the making of power through illusions? These folks need to let out more often.

A week of breathtaking analysis of Al Franken's ability to be boring like his Senate colleagues has shown that Al can look catatonic as the rest of the Senate members. We wee i enlightened by the headlines about Franken's seriousness. Jesus Christ, any idiot can be a Senator, look at Coburn or Sessions or Ensign. But, the country has lost a great humorist...not a very good trade at all.

The press is beginning to see Obama's move to the right as his strategic mistake....of course, there were people who said all along that he was not a liberal activist...nobody listened. Now, Obama sees that he is losing his supporters over the health care sell out, Gitmo and Afghanistan. The Democrats don't have to worry about the Republicans; the REPS will self destruct....But, there is no there there. The Democrats have refused to truly define themselves as an activist people's party. Too bad, they are going to lose the good will of many of the good, naive people who put Obama into the White House.

The Washington Post has a front line report front Afghanistan today that was brilliant and frightening. read it and as Country Joe once said, "We got to get out of that place, if it's the last thing we ever do." Anne Scott Tyson wrote a scary, brilliant piece. It sounded like Halberstram channeling his thoughts about Vietnam 40 plus years ago. And so it goes. Or, that the way it is.

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