horse of george

"... yes, I say Obama is anti-business... I mean, forget the fact that everything in his past suggests that is so or likely to be so... but ever since he took office the populist line from the administration has been the financial crisis is Wall Street's fault, bankers are evil, big business is all about greed feeding on the backs of poor workers... populist drivel... the fact is the crisis is a dog with three heads... banks took on way too much risk, gov't and the Fed actively encouraged this behavior and consumers - again, with Washington's blessing - excited by a mindless enthusiasm gladly lemminged forward and leapt to their credit engorged deaths... in short, we all jumped into this bed together and consequently we all got fucked... now, it would be nice if the president could distance himself from ideological pandering for a time and talk about what has happened in honest terms and thereby possibly restore some confidence to the marketplace... but of course these people are all about ideology, they don't believe in the marketplace, they believe in government and the enlightened guidance of an intellectual elite leading the oppressed towards the reformed beauty of an ideal future and the effulgence of a self serving glory that they can forever bask in, breathlessly congratulating themselves on their shared wonderfulness, like pretty girls all giddy in the court of the King..."