Pretty much everything related to corporate control of the regulatory and trade policies of the U.S. government... ?
Secretary of Defense?
Secretary of Interior?
Secretary of Energy? Home of "clean coal" propaganda efforts and nuclear weapons contracting. Gives lip service to "clean energy" by which they mean nuclear and coal.
Secretary of Agriculture? Works closely with trade and commerce to open foreign markets in Asia and Africa and Central America to U.S. exports.
Here are the rest. You'll get a much better idea of what Obama's policies will really be by looking at his choice of appointments to these posts, then you will by listening to any speech:
Secretary of Commerce.
Chairman of Federal Reserve.
Secretary of Housing and Human Development
Secretary of Homeland Security
Secretary of Health and Human Services (FDA)
EPA Administrator
Secretary of Labor
Secretary of Education
Secretary of Veteran's Affairs
National Intelligence Director
US Trade Representative
Director of National Drug Policy
Office of Management and Budget
For example, this was a record year for U.S. overseas weapons sales. Will that continue under an Obama Administration? Will our foreign policy continue to rotate around efforts to gain access to oil reserves? Will we see more undemocratic trade agreements like NAFTA? Will Obama pursue a NAFTA with Colombia, say? Will the FDA head be an ex-pharmaceutical CEO?
Nobody knows much about any of this, because our godawful media didn't cover the core issues very well during this election. Everyone knows about Bill Ayers, but no one has any idea who Obama will pick as Secretary of Energy. If he picks a corporate insider linked to the fossil fuel or nuclear industry, then that will mean one thing. If he doesn't - say he picks the head of the National Renewable Energy Laboratory instead - then that will mean something else.
Wait and see... ?
2 comments:
This was the year the majority of Americans realized their government had been lying to them, took another sleeping pill, and went back to bed.
This was the year the Company decided that after all, there was about 50 years of fossil fuels left, and still a lot of money to be made from the goose that laid the golden eggs.
The result of that poll at DU on the outlook for the "economy" in 2009 was interesting, eh Chlams? 60% of the deluded Donkeys and otherwise-optimistic Obamabots say it's going to be like 1929 or worse.
Gee, I thought Barockstar Obamiracle was our savior!
Notice, as to your last two sentences in this entry of a month ago... whom did Obamiracle choose for Secretary of Energy?
Nuke power, baby. Nuke power.
So much change, my teeth hurt!
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