Occupy the DOE
This week will see the inauguration of Barack Obama with a lot of corporate fanfare, flags, teary-eyed patriots, and probably an assortment of the usual gun nuts (pro and con), teabaggers, Truthers and true dissenters. Oh, and there’s a lot to dissent about! Free Manning, hands off the Internet, pass Aaron’s Law, close Gitmo and other black sites, stop murdering innocent people with drones, etc.
But what will unfortunately be most inaugurated is not just a person, but an ideal. One that says Wall Street rules while Main Street drools. The characters may have changed but like a well orchestrated play running year after year, the story stays the same. Geitner is out, Lew is in. Petraeus and Panetta out, Brenner and Hagel likely to be in (respectively). Same with the exits of Clinton, Solis, Salazar, Jackson, etc. Wall Street has their chairs waiting for them. Different faces, same shit to follow.
One cabinet secretary who’d like to stay, Arne Duncan of Education, wouldn’t be missed if he did leave. There are many other basketball buddies that the President can choose for that post. No experience needed, but past failures are helpful.
On April 4-7, during Spring Break for many across the country, real democracy comes back to DC with the 2nd
But what will unfortunately be most inaugurated is not just a person, but an ideal. One that says Wall Street rules while Main Street drools. The characters may have changed but like a well orchestrated play running year after year, the story stays the same. Geitner is out, Lew is in. Petraeus and Panetta out, Brenner and Hagel likely to be in (respectively). Same with the exits of Clinton, Solis, Salazar, Jackson, etc. Wall Street has their chairs waiting for them. Different faces, same shit to follow.
One cabinet secretary who’d like to stay, Arne Duncan of Education, wouldn’t be missed if he did leave. There are many other basketball buddies that the President can choose for that post. No experience needed, but past failures are helpful.
On April 4-7, during Spring Break for many across the country, real democracy comes back to DC with the 2nd