Friday, April 3, 2009

POMP AND BULLSHIT IN EUROLAND

YOU HAVE TO WONDER HOW MUCH OBAMA'S "INSPIRATION" IS WORTH...REALLY.

OBAMA IS NOT THE SHARPEST KNIFE IN THE DRAWER ON ECONOMICS...AND PARTICULARLY IN THIS CRISIS...WHICH IS UNPRECEDENTED.

OBAMA IS MORE A SYMBOL OF A NEW BEGINNING... SOMETHING NEW?...OK... FINE BUT WHAT?

OR IS HE JUST A 300 WATT GRIN ON A LONG POLE...?

JUST A CELEB...LIGHTING UP THE ROOM WITH HIS TOOTHSOME SMILE...BUT WITH NOTHING REALLY SIGNIFICANT AND SERIOUS TO SAY...?

WILL THAT BE GOOD ENOUGH...?

OR DO WE JUST PRAY THAT THE KEYNESIAN DOGMA WORKS THIS TIME...YET AGAIN?

WILL OBAMA HAVE TO BRING SOME NEW TABLETS DOWN FROM THE MOUNTAIN TOP...TO MATCH HIS MEDIA HYPE?

CAN OUR ECONOMIC TOXICS BE EXORCISED SIMPLY BY GRINNING AT THEM...?