http://p-m-w.com/blog/2009/11/16/where-have-all-the-leaders-gone/ Research, Marketing, and Branding Tue, 22 Dec 2009 14:43:53 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 http://p-m-w.com/blog/2009/11/16/where-have-all-the-leaders-gone/comment-page-1/#comment-276 richard sands Tue, 17 Nov 2009 23:57:29 +0000 http://p-m-w.com/blog/?p=183#comment-276 Lee makes some great points! There is much to be disgusted about right now, from the out of control ways of Wall Street, to the disgraceful gambling actions of big banks using the American people as their backstop, jobs sent overseas, two wars without end, an underclass of people without enough to eat, etc. Throw the bums out, indeed. However, it should also be noted that for much of the last decade the same people who RIGHT NOW are saying "throw the bums out" were the EXACT SAME people cheerleading tax cuts for the wealthiest few without paying for them, cheerleading the rising debt ("deficits don't matter" vp cheney famously uttered), not paying for the wars we were fighting, or the prescription benefits for seniors, and much of the other things that are irritating the "throw the bums out" crowd today. Leads you to think all their anger is really more about politics. When it was "their side" doing the bad deeds, they were mum. Now there is what i like to call "the outrage of the day"—Obama bowed to a foreign leader. Obama wants death panels. Obama won't call the shooter at Ft. Hood a Muslim terrorist, etc, etc. Something different every day. So even when there is the strong leadership that lee i. asks for, 40% of the political class wants nothing more than to bring him and his administration down—from day one—without any constructive new ideas, save for "we need tax cuts and less regulations"... all that said, i agree. let's go out and get something CONSTRUCTIVE done and start turning things around. Lee makes some great points! There is much to be disgusted about right now, from the out of control ways of Wall Street, to the disgraceful gambling actions of big banks using the American people as their backstop, jobs sent overseas, two wars without end, an underclass of people without enough to eat, etc. Throw the bums out, indeed. However, it should also be noted that for much of the last decade the same people who RIGHT NOW are saying “throw the bums out” were the EXACT SAME people cheerleading tax cuts for the wealthiest few without paying for them, cheerleading the rising debt (“deficits don’t matter” vp cheney famously uttered), not paying for the wars we were fighting, or the prescription benefits for seniors, and much of the other things that are irritating the “throw the bums out” crowd today. Leads you to think all their anger is really more about politics. When it was “their side” doing the bad deeds, they were mum. Now there is what i like to call “the outrage of the day”—Obama bowed to a foreign leader. Obama wants death panels. Obama won’t call the shooter at Ft. Hood a Muslim terrorist, etc, etc. Something different every day. So even when there is the strong leadership that lee i. asks for, 40% of the political class wants nothing more than to bring him and his administration down—from day one—without any constructive new ideas, save for “we need tax cuts and less regulations”…
all that said, i agree. let’s go out and get something CONSTRUCTIVE done and start turning things around.

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