Comments on: Lessig on Obama http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/doc/2008/02/06/lessig-on-obama/ Same old blog, brand new place Sun, 29 Nov 2009 22:17:54 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Doc Searls http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/doc/2008/02/06/lessig-on-obama/comment-page-1/#comment-25647 Doc Searls Wed, 06 Feb 2008 22:47:43 +0000 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/doc/2008/02/06/obama-nation/#comment-25647 Mike, agreed. Hard to talk sweet platitudes about America the Whatever and deal with the fact that we're in too many handbaskets to list in a paragraph. Mike, agreed.

Hard to talk sweet platitudes about America the Whatever and deal with the fact that we’re in too many handbaskets to list in a paragraph.

]]> By: Alison http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/doc/2008/02/06/lessig-on-obama/comment-page-1/#comment-25643 Alison Wed, 06 Feb 2008 22:27:29 +0000 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/doc/2008/02/06/obama-nation/#comment-25643 Thanks for providing the text link, some of us aren't able to watch videos unless they are subtitled. :) Thanks for providing the text link, some of us aren’t able to watch videos unless they are subtitled. :)

]]> By: Mike Warot http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/doc/2008/02/06/lessig-on-obama/comment-page-1/#comment-25635 Mike Warot Wed, 06 Feb 2008 20:50:02 +0000 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/doc/2008/02/06/obama-nation/#comment-25635 I wish this had been out earlier... but yes... it's a very powerful message. I believe Larry is right about Obama's character vs Hillary... but I think that anyone who doesn't focus on the elephant in the room isn't going to matter.. What elephant? - The physical economy. We don't make things in this country any more. We outsourced our manufacturing because it seemed to be the smart thing to do at the time, thanks to cheap oil and an overvalued dollar. We built suburbs that extend more than an hours drive away from Chicago, for example. It's all unsustainable, and reality is about to slam us in the face. Gasoline is going to hit $10 per gallon... everyone knows it's a fact... the only debate is about when. Then some day it's going to be $20/gallon... then $100/gallon... and up and up. How? Inflation... the most insidious tax of them all. We have a currency that is backed only by faith in the US Government... have you seen their poll numbers lately? It's a huge mess... and universal health care isn't a practical option if we have 50% or worse unemployment. Whoever gets the job in 2009 has to mend a broken country. I hope whoever gets it, is up to the task. May God forgive America. --Mike-- I wish this had been out earlier… but yes… it’s a very powerful message.

I believe Larry is right about Obama’s character vs Hillary… but I think that anyone who doesn’t focus on the elephant in the room isn’t going to matter..

What elephant? – The physical economy.

We don’t make things in this country any more. We outsourced our manufacturing because it seemed to be the smart thing to do at the time, thanks to cheap oil and an overvalued dollar. We built suburbs that extend more than an hours drive away from Chicago, for example. It’s all unsustainable, and reality is about to slam us in the face.

Gasoline is going to hit $10 per gallon… everyone knows it’s a fact… the only debate is about when. Then some day it’s going to be $20/gallon… then $100/gallon… and up and up.

How? Inflation… the most insidious tax of them all. We have a currency that is backed only by faith in the US Government… have you seen their poll numbers lately?

It’s a huge mess… and universal health care isn’t a practical option if we have 50% or worse unemployment.

Whoever gets the job in 2009 has to mend a broken country. I hope whoever gets it, is up to the task.

May God forgive America.

–Mike–

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