The Cement Life Raft - Prof. Elizabeth Warren briefs First Lady Clinton on Bankruptcy Bill

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19. I can relate. I felt the EXACT SAME WAY when I voted for Bill Clinton in 1992.

My liberal friends, both registered Democrats and Other, were quite excited to learn an anti-Vietnam guy was going to serve as President.

I, too, believed he would put the interests of ALL the nation ahead of that of the 1-percent. Same for President Obama when he took office. I had so hoped for change.

[font size="4"]I was wrong.[/font size]

As a forensic economist in the employ of the US Government, William K. Black helped send the S&L looters to jail in the late 80s and early 90's. In 2008, most of Iceland's banks collapsed and they called on Black to help prosecute 80 banksters.

One would think Black would be able to put a lot of Banksters behind bars. But, no dice. No Banksters are behind bars. As George W Bush said, "Commercial interests are very powerful interests," on Feb. 14, 2007 at a White House press conference in which he added, "Let me put it this way, ah, sometimes, ah, money trumps peace."

And then he giggled and not a single member of the callow, cowed and corrupt press corpse saw fit to ask a follow-up.

Gold Star mom Cindy Sheehan tried to bring it to our nation's attention back in 2007. I don't recall even one reporter from the national corporate owned news seeing it fit to comment. Certainly not many have commented on how three generations of Bush men -- Senator Prescott Sheldon Bush, President George Herbert Walker Bush and pretzeldent George Walker Bush all had their eyes on Iraq's oil.

I wish the Press had done its job. Those in authority would have to do their job. Millions might still be alive, the People might use the money spent on wars in better ways, and the Republic might see a return to Justice. To get that started requires jailing those who lied America into war, not making them into heroes cough Bush.

PS: President Bill Clinton could have prosecuted that lot's FATHER, the war criminal George Herbert Walker Bush, and his cronies who, like his Dim Son, also lied America into war in Iraq, but didn't. There was a lot more my friends and I were wrong about, too.