The Financial Crisis-A Video Worth Watching

I have come across this video (copy link below into your address bar). I certainly have read a lot of stuff that agrees and confirm the contents of this video so I strongly recommend it to anybody whom is interested in the reasons behind the global financial crisis and the reasons behind it. Having said that, I am not saying that everything in the video is absolutely true but it certainly makes a lot of sense. One last advice, this is kinda heavy material so make sure that you have two hours of free time to watch and also try to keep an open mind as some of the concepts and issues presented are certainly challenging, Enjoy!

http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=7065205277695921912&ei=JN0gSceQPKeKqQPS6r2xBw&q=zeitgeist+addendum&hl=en

Obama

So, as I was hoping, Obama is now the president elect! I tried to get excited but couldn't! why? you'll need to read my previous blog. I got excited for a little while watching people, ordinary Americans, crying of joy when they heard the news of Obama's win. I also felt sorry for Obama because at this time of economical uncertainty all over the world and especially in the US, Obama, I believe, is being looked at as the savior, the hero who will save the day and save all the ordinary and poor Americans. They are doing so cause they want to hold on to something, anything, anybody and a man as charismatic and intelligent as Obama is certainly a great choice if not the only choice.

I hope the American people wise up a bit and be more realistic of what Obama can achieve. Yes, he seems to be a decent man, certainly smart and charismatic and, in hindsight, examining the way he ran his presidential campaign makes me confident that he knows what he is doing.

So let me do some forecasting here, Obama, pumped up with patriotism as all good old Americans usually do, will be looking at one thing and one thing only, SERVING AMERICAN INTERESTS ALL OVER THE WORLD! and what does that mean, the world will have to pay for that! and believe me, there are many ways in which the world will pay to bail the US out of the hole that the good old boys in the US government and corporate America have dug for themselves and for the rest of the world first!

I don't want to sound negative about the "voice for change" that everybody is hearing these days but let's not forget that most of us spend too much time on the last twenty-four hours and too little on the last six thousand years! don't you think so?

Obama or McCain?

From an Iraqi point of view, I really don't think it would make a lot of difference if Obama or McCain became the new president. One thing I learned from my observation, reading and living at close proximity to the US is that foreign policy is something that does not change with the change of a president. No matter what you've been told, IT DOES NOT MATTER! Obama may be more cautious in the way he speaks but the American policies in Iraq and the Middle East won't change because it goes beyond whom is the president. It's corporate America! these guys are the ones who run America! may be you have not noticed, but it is not a US government, it is the US "administration" like the Bush "Administration", right! does that tells you something? may be we should do some more homework here!

So Obama or McCain, it does not really matter folks. Take it from me, any potential changes that we may see in the near future in Iraq are already underway. The only difference is that they will be made public after the elections so whoever is going to be the president can claim it is "change" that both nominees claim so don't get excited cause it is all a game. I will talk about why it is a game in my next blog.