[CitizensTruth] More questionable characters

[Robin Migalla]

Happy Sunday Everyone,

Here's a new site I've just been turned onto that seems like it might be 
another lightworker among us...

http://www.small-mart.org/

Michael Shuman's Blog
Ideas for Obamanomics: Post-Meltdown Thoughts (Part II)

Posted on November 25, 2008

Many of you were probably dancing in the streets on election night. I was - 
even though I identify myself as an independent. That the country will 
finally enjoy a leader who actually cares about ideas, who speaks 
grammatical English, who believes in science more than ideology, who 
doesn't see ecological or women's rights as liberal conspiracies, who 
exudes discipline, confidence, and charisma, who sincerely cares about the 
have-nots in society, and who won't always resort to war as the answer to 
every national security problem is a huge relief.

But beware. Or, more precisely, be wary. Two weeks before the election, a 
Sunday talk show featured a debate between representatives of each 
campaign: Senator Evan Bayh (D-Indiana) representing Barack Obama versus 
Senator John Kyl (R-Arizona) representing John McCain. When the debate 
turned to which candidate would improve the nation's economic 
competitiveness, the two senators agreed that the goal was to attract more 
global corporations and spent the rest of their time quibbling over the 
best means of doing so. The role of small business was relegated to Joe the 
Plumber.

Obama's Big Thinking
President-elect Obama has surrounded himself with the visionary captains of 
global capitalism - those who believe that "kinder, gentler" free trade and 
free finance, qualified with corporate responsibility, will save our 
fast-sinking economy. Obama's chief economic advisor during the campaign, 
Jason Furman, is best known for a paper arguing that Wal-Mart, because it 
provides cheap goods for all, is one of the most progressive corporations 
in America. Robert Reich made his career in a series of arguments in early 
issues of The American Prospect suggesting (against Laura Tyson, another 
Obama advisor) that ownership of business generally - let alone local 
ownership - no longer mattered. And as John McCain fairly observed, 
candidate Obama has surrounded himself with experts who made awful calls 
over the past decade about relaxing standards for low-income housing loans 
and deregulating Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, all of which contributed to 
the current financial mess.

What's most worrisome is that no one on the Obama A-Team understands that 
the key to revitalizing the economy and to fixing the financial crisis is 
nurturing and expanding locally owned business. But at the B- and C-Team 
levels there is enormous sympathy for the views of us locavores. So what 
should they be doing? (Full article http://www.small-mart.org/obamanomics)

Color me really grateful for the internet,
Robin