Comments on: Wanted: Pro-NAFTA Minority for Cabinet Post http://www.fair.org/blog/2008/12/29/wanted-pro-nafta-minority-for-cabinet-post/ The national media watch group Sat, 21 Nov 2009 21:32:10 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.2 hourly 1 By: Ecumenik http://www.fair.org/blog/2008/12/29/wanted-pro-nafta-minority-for-cabinet-post/comment-page-1/#comment-1034 Ecumenik Tue, 30 Dec 2008 23:25:09 +0000 http://www.fair.org/blog/?p=4311#comment-1034 Most of the people who call in on our local community radio, "KMUD" (Humboldt County, CA) have expressed disappointment in Obama's appointments. I can only hope that he is "playing it safe, for now." otherwise it is just another 'Bait-n-Switch' like Bill Clinton's "progressive agenda." Most of the people who call in on our local community radio, "KMUD" (Humboldt County, CA) have expressed disappointment in Obama's appointments. I can only hope that he is "playing it safe, for now." otherwise it is just another 'Bait-n-Switch' like Bill Clinton's "progressive agenda."

]]> By: Doug Latimer http://www.fair.org/blog/2008/12/29/wanted-pro-nafta-minority-for-cabinet-post/comment-page-1/#comment-1013 Doug Latimer Mon, 29 Dec 2008 14:55:23 +0000 http://www.fair.org/blog/?p=4311#comment-1013 It would seem that the only identity Obama gives a fig about is that which embraces the system that gives us war, hunger and oppression ... with a few tweaks to prevent it from collapsing in on itself. His job is to fix the engine, not replace it with one that will hum along tuned to the Universal Declaration of Human Rights ... or the frickin' Constitution of these here United States, for that matter. And that is, of course, what the corpress expects of him. It's change they can believe in ... and try their damnedest to delude us into supporting, as well. It would seem that the only identity Obama gives a fig about is that which embraces the system that gives us war, hunger and oppression … with a few tweaks to prevent it from collapsing in on itself.

His job is to fix the engine, not replace it with one that will hum along tuned to the Universal Declaration of Human Rights … or the frickin' Constitution of these here United States, for that matter.

And that is, of course, what the corpress expects of him. It's change they can believe in … and try their damnedest to delude us into supporting, as well.

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