President Obama is a very intelligent individual, that much is clear in how he's carried himself throughout the campaign and in his 2 months since being inaugurated. He inherited a dump, plain and simple, the economic conditions are not his fault, but a result of policies that have been spiraling around the toilet since the Regan era. Unregulated untethered capitalism run a muck, and now the parties over.
I am outraged, hearing these corporations give away bonuses and golden parachutes to the people who are responsible for the countries (and worlds) current economic predicament. I think the population has been taken for fools and have been for a very long time. There seems to be this ideology that Capitalism for the poor and Socialism for the rich. Imagine a game if you win you win big, but if you lose..nothing happens. I guess that's kind of like that cel-shaded Prince of persia game? (drum and symbol smash, ok bad joke)
I think the fact that the cost of everything has grown exponetially while wages have remained stagnant has contributed a larger role in this crisis than has been discussed. I don't agree with everything our President is doing (war in Afganistan for one) but he is in no way a moron, and not just because he's a harvard grad. It feels good to have a president who can speak coherently, again.
Bet between Slimbeast and Arius Dion about Wii sales 2009:
If the Wii sells less than 20 million in 2009 (as defined by VGC sales between week ending 3d Jan 2009 to week ending 4th Jan 2010) Slimebeast wins and get to control Arius Dion's sig for 1 month.
If the Wii sells more than 20 million in 2009 (as defined above) Arius Dion wins and gets to control Slimebeast's sig for 1 month.
