I've taken a long hiatus from writing due to an unusually busy schedule. First there was my two-month sojourn in France (Antibes, Paris), which I will be writing about soon. Then the winter holidays.
The question I'm most frequently asked is about President Obama. What do I think so far?
Let me start by saying that I was on the Cote d'Azur on November 4, 2008. There was dancing in the streets when Obama was declared the winner. For the first time in recent history, it was no longer staggeringly embarrassing to be an American. Yay us!
But what do I think of Obama now that I'm back in the U.S.? Well, I don't really believe that anyone can be elected president of the U.S. without being in the back pocket of the true powers that be--the global group of billionaires that are running everything. But, at least Obama is super fun to look at and listen to. Plus, I'm still enamored of him from his senatorial days when he voted against sending troops to Iraq.
But, some of his cabinet appointees leave me perplexed. A tax evader to run the Treasury? Isn't that kinda like appointing a quack as Surgeon General?
I'm no fan of taxes, but... given Geithner and Daschle the message I'm taking away from this administration so far is: don't bother paying incomes taxes until you're nominated for a high post in a presidential cabinet.
This just really underscores that's only poor hapless schmucks who pay taxes in the U.S.
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