174: Hurray For Hank Greenberg

My hat is off to Hank Greenberg for having the guts and courage to force Paulson, Geithner, and Bernanke into a public forum to answer for their combined actions from 2007 onwards.  Hank may or may not win his lawsuit, and Larry, Moe and Curly (Hank Paulson, Ben, and Timmy) may or may not have properly or correctly gambled with the entire US Treasury and US economy, but at least the Three Stooges will have to appear in front of the public and answer the questions they evaded since their reckless actions.

The Stooges always justify their self-serving actions by saying that without their combined acts we would have had another Great Depression.  I doubt this very much.  But how could one ever know?  The Stooges acted before they needed to.  They panicked.  But what the hell, it wasn't their money.

173: Presidents In My Lifetime

The presidents in my lifetime are: Truman, Ike, Kennedy, Johnson, Nixon, Ford, Carter, Reagan, Bush the Elder, Clinton, Bush the Younger, BO.  The first four I was too young to judge personally, although I have studied them all through biographies.  The last nine I have personally observed in adulthood, and also studied through books.  In my view only two of them were excellent presidents - Truman and Reagan.  Bush the Elder, Ford and Ike all meant well, and rank in the above average range.  Carter, Clinton, Bush the Younger, and BO were (in order) psychological, societal, intellectual, and pathological disasters.  Johnson wanted to be great, but was too damn resentful.  Nixon was, and remains, a true enigma.

When I examine the leaders chosen in our democracy, I wonder if we might not be better off with a little less of it.

172: BO Embarrassed

It really seems as though BO is embarrassed to be an American. Or even ashamed. After all he has received from this great country, that's pitiful.

170: Duh! Blacks Support BO

A Washington post reporter informs us that BO is still supported by most blacks. Thank God for the Washington Post

171: Obama Supporters

It's an astounding testament to the political and economic ignorance of the American electorate that only now, six years into the Obama debacle, are the BO fans starting to see him for what he is- a man with almost no executive skills or experience, and totally over matched by his global peers.

169: Kareem

I have recently read several very thoughtful, cogent, and insightful articles by Kareem Abdul-Jabar. I wish he had been our first black president.

168: laziness

I feel like I've accomplished very little the last few weeks. Am I just getting old, or depressed or what?