$(document).ready( function () { talk_rendercallback({"enabled":"0","islive":"0","eid":5580,"total":"3","discussion":[{"nm":"Diane DeHardt","rs":"0","ms":"Some entity is certainly influencing Obama. The fact that Geithner and Summers are his advisors is very telling.  If not money influence, then what?  Skeletons in the closet? Remember the Democrats had access to all those FBI files under Clinton and with spurrous political attacks on their opposition, we have every reason to believe they are using the information against their enemies.  \n\nBad as this is, I\'m even more upset that he completely capitulated on the public option regarding health care reform.  Without it isn\'t reform, it is coerced insurance and pharmaceutical corporate welfare.  Correct me if I am wrong, but I don\'t believe any successful health care plan in the world cut large corporations into the pie.  With public option, I believe the system might have gradually shifted to single payer, as it \nshould be.\n\nThese are frightening times.  I\'m old enough that my most productive years are behind me, but I fear for the young people of the country.  They are going to be handed a brutal economic system which no amount of hard work is going to fix.","pt":"Feb 21, 2010 12:09"},{"nm":"Deana Wright","rs":"0","ms":"I watched PBS Frontline with disbelief that the current President would now turn around and get into bed with the same men that managed to cause the world\'s financial disaster.  Have we not learned from these terrible mistakes????  The public needs to INSIST that new government regulations be put into place asap in 2010.  No doubt Ms. Brooksley Born feels the same way.  In fact it might be a smart move to hand over this task to her - hopefully the world will listen to her warnings this time before it is too late for another financial crash !\n ","pt":"Feb 18, 2010 00:58"},{"nm":"Joyce Kohn","rs":"0","ms":"It\'s disheartening and tragic that both Ms. Born and Mr. Stieglitz -- a Nobel Prize Economist -- were both shunted aside by government officials so short-term profits could continue -- damn the country and the future of the world economic conditions as long as they are stuffing their pockets -- and they\'re still in power.  Rome fell -- so will we, I\'m afraid.  Morals and ethics are out the window as long as big money is being made by the few insiders who are in a position to save the economy of the world but won\'t while they\'re getting so rich themselves.  Why didn\'t Obama realize this and prevent it???  I don\'t think he\'s in it for the money.","pt":"Feb 17, 2010 09:51"}]}); });