The key to the highway

[cutegual]

I was shocked when he picked Emnauel.  So i lost hope on Obama. he is nothing but White puppet!

Thx for the clip.

Poor ppl will still cry and go hungry as long as those ppl play their games.

[iTellYouNoLie]

when is the realnews gonna do a clip on our conquest of the silk road? I think that would help get people to wake up to the fact that obama will be really close to bush.

[truefakeness]

Welcome to Bush's third term!

[deewit]

I find it weird, how the improbable, if not impossible came about. I mean Obama's election! 1. Hillary could have been prettier. 2. Bush less stupid. 3. Neo cons less cocksure. 4. McCain remained maverick. 5. Economic meltdown delayed by a couple of months. 6. Obama's white grandmother timely death (White's got to know more about his past, after this.) 7. Had Obama not selected Biden as VP, as opposed to someone like Palin. 8. Obama's accent been different....

[plimbuff]

LOL, as long as we're listing hypotheticals,

#9: Obama didn't get caught "spanking it" in an adult theater.

But I guess we all learned that lesson from Pee Wee back in the day ;)

[noblanq]

This video hit the nail on the head.

Great commentary.

[random0815]

good comment, agree, though im less optimistic about obamas actual personal role, i think at best you will have another "90ies" - a period of perceived and partly real normalization, stability and prosperity, thats what the real rulers in the economy have authorized - now that the major war-cake is eaten once again a calm phase is more profitable

[mogilny89p]

This is going to end badly.

[crazygolfer333]

How so?

[kellin2]

get ready for the draft to be reinstated.  it'll be called national service

[spartan2600]

i love pepe!

[verminslayer]

CHANGE

We _eed

[moikl]

excellent, excellent :)

[PeterSodhi]

If you want to be truly indepedant stop asking for money.

[porie101]

how to stay afloat?

[ratonnewmex]

excellent comment!

[robtul12]

I regret that the American people insist upon restricting our democracy to a stringent two-party system and never support any third-party candidate that have their interests much more at heart. We should have voted for Ralph Nader -- the guy who agrees with us on ALL of the issues.

[skillzdatkillzy]

I agree with you robtul12 the third party candidate ALWAYS shares the right opinion on EVERY election. If we voted third party we would have a responsible government. What we have now is a president who we NEED TO QUESTION. EVERY PRESIDENT SHOULD BE QUESTIONED! Hopefully he gets the goals done that he promissed. (PS at least McCain and Palin did not win)

[robtul12]

I cannot agree with you more skillzdatkillzy. Since people are too ignorant to vote for a candidate that has their best interest in mind, we are forced to pick the lesser of two evils from the two party system. And the lesser of two evils in this case was Senator Obama -- hands down. You are also unequivocably correct in your assertion that every president should be questioned and have his feet held to the fire so that he does what he told the American people he would do. Question everything!

[bas058]

The question will be, what does Obama want more: true greatness, or short-term political power; and will he be intelligent enough to recognize the difference? I agree he is not an idealogue. He needs the rational people of the world to keep educating him on the fact that the US will NO LONGER be the ruling power on the planet. "American Leadership" from now on MUST be based on cooperation with everybody else. "The Monroe Doctrine is Dead." Absolutely. Sensible Americans of all stripes agree.

[isselman2000]

I hope Barack watches The Real News Network.

[MuslimGhost]

Nah he watches the Regal Jews Network. I hear they have great stock picks

[danoking69]

TRUTH!! SHARE!! EXPOSE!!

[666Qtip666]

yeah we need to listen to the Free State Project in New Hampshire. They know what America is all about.

[liamleahy]

this clown reporter made Amy Goodman seem charismatic and unbiased...god we need to do some work on media content discourse and increased production value.

[MuslimGhost]

By redistribution of wealth, he means take wealth from America and redistribute all of it to Israel. Thats what he truly believes in.. the neccessity of all Americans, rich and poor, black and white, to come together and worship their israeli masters.

[Staubdumm]

Why do you care? It's Allah's which allows the american government to send money to Israel. If you critize it, you are not believing and an infidel. How can you critize His will?

He controlls everything. He is our great leader. He even controls what colour your shit will be today.

Antisemites like you are even worse than militant zionists.

[MuslimGhost]

Because I live here and it is my DUTY to do EVERYTHING that I can to curb the evils of the society around me, or God's punishment will overtake this entire country and everyone who lives here, me included.. hence every believer has a personal stake in enjoining what is good and forbidding what is evil..Allah has commanded that. Try to avoid bringing your concept of fatalism into Islam, which strongly promotes the personal responsibility of each idividual to take action and make efforts.

[lordblazer]

You know you can just leave the US man. I did that XD

[argyle684]

You religious fundies crack me up.

[ratonnewmex]

got that right...some assholes tell me to leave. i shouldn't have to! i shouldn't have to!

[Irtidad]

I think you missed the irony of his comment.

[TimberGeek]

I think we need to cease the redistribution of wealth in this country... We could start by not propping up our bloated corporate masters with bailouts and let paradigm shift they've been fighting happen.

[chefrick03]

What, are you going to start taking bids from contractors to fix the pot-holes in front of your house?

Agreed on the "corporate masters" part, however.

[arijali]

excellent report - you're getting a $1000 donation from me just for this! keep up the great work, Real News!

[beerasaurus]

Um...yes?

[ejbh3160]

A Green New Deal NOW! (as promised by Nancy Pelosi on election night)Renewable energy will provide jobs for millions & tackle climate change at the same time.

Find 'alternative' solutions to the problem of 'drugs' from Afghanistan.

Out of Iraq NOW! No to a 'surge' in Afghanistan.

We NEED a Green New Deal now because the rhetoric of 'change' won't help end mankind's addiction to fosil fuels & all its attending ills.

[mom4education]

Hey, Barack!

Out of Iraq!

Love,

mom4education

Orange, California USA

[jmotz3]

thats not gonna happen.

Obama has the same foreign policy as George Bush. When you have the same foreign policy as Bush, more war is going to happen, no doubt.

Sorry mom4education

[auamoti]

!comment. Obama zombies aren't ready to listen to anything negative yet. it'll be difficult for them to free themselves from the 'crush'. hopefully not too many ppl need to die for this to happen.

[audadvnc]

Pepe Escobar's best entry to date. This posting has enough news for any three articles. Awesome reporting - keep up the great work.

[baidawi]

Agreed. Very concise