Monsters on Maple Street... (repeat the 30's)

"The monsters are on Wall Street, where state pension funds were sunk into toxic sub-prime mortgage-backed securities. The monsters are on K Street, where lobbyists are fighting financial industry oversight. The monsters are the politicians (and financiers) who are using Wisconsin's deficit as a pretext to demonize public employees and bust their unions."

But of course these guys are going to see it another way... to them they are the 'saviors' that brought us back from the brink. That we rely so heavily on speculation is important to them, but for entirely opposite reasoning. It's their function and purpose to maximize profits, what happens otherwise is of little concern to them, and therein lies the real problem for the world.

To tackle the enormous issues before us, we need individuals today to rise above and separate themselves from that kind of misplaced motivation. This is why Obama believers are so disappointed. Even those of us who had not voted for him had hoped he was going to truly do what he was prophesying, and make a difference. The continuation and strengthening of the oligarchy leaves us all bewildered and in dire need of a kind of leadership at opposite odds with those now holding all the power, to whom he continually keeps bowing.

And we have less and less time left to have this all accomplished. Much more valuable than all the money that has been stolen, it is the most precious commodity that is continually being taken from us. Given enough time we could have eventually 'got things right,' but we are being brought to a place where that option is disappearing rapidly.
Every day we loose more control over what quite soon is going to engulf us all.

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Note:
And if we are to follow the historical pattern, we are going to be in for another large drop... to date our economic crisis has matched the 30's in scary fashion... many believe what is very soon to come will no doubt be the same...

The Monsters on Maple Street