The press and many of the politically-savvy aren't really aware, I don't think, of the depth of the effects the past 8 years have had on them. They've all been directed for so long to focus on the bottom line that that's all they can still see. Anything short of the "most effective" (ie, "most profitable") is scorned and poo-poo'ed. Hence today's media wringing of hands over Obama's.... make that President Obama's first-day decrees. They were:
-Strict new limitations on political lobbying.
-Salary caps on White House aides.
-Mandatory consultation with the US Attorney General and White House council before the president can withhold information from the public.
-The revocation of President Bush's Executive Privilege act.
-Restrengthening of the Freedom of Information Act.
-Planned closing of Guantanamo Bay prison camp.
None of the usual quagmire of the economy or the middle east... the "important" issues, according to the media. They've lost perspective of what "important" is.
Meanwhile, I couldn't be more pleased.
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