suckered

I wish I could take back the post I put up here yesterday, but it's way too late for that. It's a matter of record now that I got suckered into buying a used scapegoat, focused all my rage on a fake villain, and completely missed the boat.

Barack Obama and his evil mentor, Rahm Emmanuel, as they constructed their industry-friendly health-care "reform" scenario, needed someone willing to play the bad guy, someone who doesn't mind being vilified, cursed, and spat upon. Joe Lieberman is always more than willing to take on that task; he's useful if a bit over-used for such purposes.

And having read Glenn Greenwald's Salon column this morning, and having now been disabused of my naive and easily-manipulated indignation, I'm angrier than I was before.

The emasculated, industry-friendly "reform" bill we're getting is what this administration really wanted all along, despite what the president was telling us, according to Greenwald. As always, he documents and backs up all his arguments capably and thoroughly.

Greenwald is easily the best political commentator anywhere on the web today. He's a former prosecutor with a steel-trap mind, never takes the bait, and unerringly knows just where to dig to uncover the real story.

See also Jane Hamsher's column today at Politico for more on a realistic appraisal of the respective roles played by Obama, Harry Reid, and Lieberman in this tremendous bait-and-switch scam on the American people (that's us, folks), now a fait accompli.

Far from being a Bolshevik, President Change-No-Change is a thoroughgoing butt boy for the corporatocracy, and has never been anything else. He needs to keep big pharma and the insurance companies happy, so the Democratic Party will continue to enjoy the lion's share of their largesse rather than the Republicans.

I keep having to constantly re-learn what I already knew: Obama is the biggest phony to ever sit in the Oval Office. He's an even bigger phony than Reagan was. Remember him? Mr. Balanced Budget?

And I forgive Joe Lieberman. He just wants to be a big shot, and in the process of trying to fulfill his ego-driven fantasy only shows himself to be a big whore and a big mess. You have to feel sorry for the guy.

What we really need to do to get this country back on track is forget about waiting for government or any part of it to do the right thing, and take matters into our own hands, as people in Copenhagen are doing at this very minute.

It's time to raise some hell.