People of good intentions and progressive predilection are scratching their heads wondering just how President Barack Obama managed to turn himself into George W. Bush Lite with sugar-on-top just twelve weeks after that fateful walk down the US Capitol’s east stairway to the waiting helicopter. I’m hardly the first observer to note that Mr. Obama’s actions in the face of an epochal finance fiasco and economic collapse are a mere extension of the pre-January-20 policies, carried out by much the same cast of characters.
HOPE = TRUTH
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Kunstler just did not, did that, do that! I can’t believe your linking to someone like this.
Did you know that Wikipedia’s objective article states, “Kunstler, who has no formal training in the fields in which he prognosticates, made similar dire predictions for Y2K as he makes for peak oil.”
Sounds like he is just trying to scare the base away from their divine, infinite, and universally awesome Obama. Which side of the binary fence are you on? Us or theirs?
@The Partner: You’ve totally used “your” when you meant “you’re”.
I wasn’t reading Kunstler in 1999, so I’m not aware of his Y2K predictions. Lots of folks went crazy over that shit.
I have, however, read many other sources and thinkers regarding peak oil, as I’m sure Kunstler has, so while his exact dating may be off, his general premise (i.e., peak oil will happen/is happening and at some point in the relatively near future, shit will hit the fan) is right-on.
Quit being so snarky!
In order to exist on the Internets, one must possess a snark streak. It helps deal with everything you come across.
Snarky = Realist?