Reply #14: You can think what you like, long as you understand he is the usual president.

[JackRiddler]

Sure. We're all happy about the Supreme Court appointments not being another pair of Scalias, and not having the war with Iran that McCain was itching for. (We got Libya and escalations in Yemen and Afghanistan.) We're all happy about ending DADT.

But what's with the biggest questions of all?

Military industrial complex, more than half the discretionary budget to Pentagon & Co., empire, wars, secret government or "deep state" -- untouched. More than half of the term has seen the Pentagon under a Bush appointee.

Banksterism -- bailed out and made more powerful than ever. Banksters and corporate chiefs serve in the key economic posts.

War on Drugs -- forever! Fuck Mexico.

"War on Terrorism" -- renamed.

Credible response to the greatest crises facing humanity, a destructive economic system and the constant attack on our species' own ecological viability -- none.

The Bush roll-back of constitutional government and civil liberties -- consolidated.

The ruling class kabuki about "entitlements" being the real cause of the fiscal crisis -- continues.

"No Child Left Behind," education "reform" -- renamed and made worse.

Helping the poor, or even mentioning anyone people worse off than the "middle class"? Ha.

Show some solidarity with Latin America's historic emergence out of imperialism? Ha, Hugo Chavez is still Public Enemy No. 1.

Business as usual. Who among the past presidents would have been different on these big matters?

Do you have a favorite Roman emperor?