Looking at Noam Chomsky article on Obama...

... as I am just getting started back to the blogging effort:

• I googled old fave Uncle Noam and found this recent article: http://www.chomsky.info/articles/20081125.htm
  Check it out.
• I also checked out the change.gov site and the new white house site. I have to say, I did feel a great deal of idealistic hope and optimism with Bary's amazing rise and victory but now that he's in and he's doing what he can I wonder: "Sure, he's better that Sonnie Dubya but is that going to be enough. We need real national health care, a real redistribution of wealth, real education- not reform but real education of our young, period. And the minutia of what gets talked about- blogs and mainstream- tends to be about anything that can be turned into a 'gotcha' moment. Anyway..."
• And as for National health insurance there is always good old and ignored HR 676. http://www.hr676.org/ . This is one of the issues that an Obama styled genuine new progressive left movement ought to be out on the streets canvassing and rallying support for full time non stop. The hunger for real change will not be satisfied just by the election of one hero- even if he lives up to even base line realistic expectations. One of my gut level fears is that the biggest impact that Obama's election will really have is that it will be a great individual career achievement for him but the NeoCon NutJobs will have just as much sway four years from now that they had four years ago.