tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6679900905356691531.post4054703632327064766..comments2024-03-29T03:55:28.210-07:00Comments on ZZ's blog: Illusions Breed Disillusionmentzoltan zigedyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09376602245528691381noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6679900905356691531.post-32732384577456946362009-08-24T09:14:54.458-07:002009-08-24T09:14:54.458-07:00President Obama is who he says he is. His plan has...President Obama is who he says he is. His plan has long been to improve how the capitalist system functions so that it can do a better job of keeping the country capitalist.<br /><br />His proposal was to do a better job at this than his discredited predecessors did. Time will tell if he succeeds in this self-selected task. Being the first Black person elected president is a long-overdue rite of passage for the United States, but so far, most of the changes he's made since taking office have been cosmetic. Not bed in many cases, but fundamentally cosmetic.<br /><br />For example he is carrying out his campaign promises, such as to escalate the war in Afghanistan, and to maintain the US blockade of Cuba.<br /><br />By the way,thanks for the comments on Walter Lippmann, of all people. <br /><br />That's MY name, too. Unlike the one you're referring to, who was a prescient observer, but a committed supporter of the existing capitalist order of society, I'm alive and well and politically quite active. <br /><br />And I'm also very much on the political left, since I edited CubaNews, the online service focusing on Cuba.<br /><br />Learn more about who the OTHER Walter Lippmann actually was at this page devoted to the topic:<br /><br />About the OTHER Walter Lippmann:<br />http://www.walterlippmann.com/about-the-other-wl.htmlWalter Lippmannhttp://www.walterlippmann.comnoreply@blogger.com