At what point in our nation’s history did the “truth” become irrelevant to political machines and elected officials?

Why did “truth” become irrelevant to politicial machines and elected officials?

Has our nation surrendered itself to believing that we are subsisting in some infinite state of powerlessness and hopelessness and that we’ve somehow lost our priviledge of choice?

All I would like to see is that somebody flip off the light switch as we exit the Great Hall of the Republic that stores the founding principles and values once treasured by all Americans.

Carl Nemo **==

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“It’s a crisis that’s been years in the making – the result of greed and irresponsibility that stretched from Wall Street to Washington. And the truth is, it will take more than a few days to repair the damage. Yesterday, the Fed took another unprecedented step to cut rates together with nations around the world, and those nations will soon be gathering in Washington to deal with this crisis. The next President will have to manage this recovery. The question is, will that President be looking out for you?

But I also said at the time that this should not be a vehicle to reward banks and lending institutions that recklessly wrote bad loans. It should not be a bailout for the high-rolling real estate speculators who took those loans to make a quick buck.

We have to act to fix our broken economy and restore the credit markets. But taxpayers shouldn’t be asked to pick up the tab for the very folks who helped create this crisis” – Barack Obama, October 9, 2008

“Many of you have been disappointed by politics and politicians more times than you can count. You’ve seen promises broken and good ideas drown in the sea of influence, and point-scoring, and petty bickering that has consumed Washington. And you’ve been told over and over and over again to be cynical, and doubtful, and even fearful about the possibility that things can ever be different.” – Barack Obama, May 20, 2008

I still find it hard to believe so many millions fell for this crap.

It seems prevarication is part and parcel to modern day presidencies. We must assume they are lying 24/7, expect nothing from them, and prepare for the worst outcomes in the months and years to come.

We’re going down and hard with the likes of the Bush’s, Clinton and now Obama at the helm. : |

Carl Nemo **==

“We can’t keep mortgaging our children’s future on a mountain of debt. We can’t keep driving a wider and wider gap between the few who are rich and the rest who struggle to keep pace. It’s time to turn the page.” – Barack Obama, February 12, 2008

“In two days, you can turn the page on policies that have put the greed and irresponsibility of Wall Street before the hard work and sacrifice of folks on Main Street.

In two days, you can choose policies that invest in our middle-class, create new jobs, and grow this economy so that everyone has a chance to succeed; from the CEO to the secretary and the janitor; from the factory owner to the men and women who work on its floor.

In two days, you can put an end to the politics that would divide a nation just to win an election; that tries to pit region against region, city against town, Republican against Democrat; that asks us to fear at a time when we need hope.

In two days, at this defining moment in history, you can give this country the change we need.” – Barack Obama, November 2, 2008

We can talk about what happened for a few days in 2005. And we should. We can talk about levees that couldn’t hold; about a FEMA that seemed not just incompetent, but paralyzed and powerless; about a President who only saw the people from the window of an airplane. We can talk about a trust that was broken – the promise that our government will be prepared, will protect us, and will respond in a catastrophe.

But we also know the broken promises did not start when a storm hit, and they did not end there.

When President Bush came down to Jackson Square two weeks after the storm, the setting was spectacular and his promises soaring: “We will do what it takes,” he said. “We will stay as long as it takes, to help citizens rebuild their communities and their lives.” But over two years later, those words have been caught in a tangle of half-measures, half-hearted leadership, and red tape. – Barack Obama, February 7, 2008

Had enough already?