Obama brought in Romneycare. He did not fight for single payer (a more liberal policy).

Obama extended tax cuts for the rich with little fight. A real lefty would have ended them.

Obama upped drone attacks and assassination without trial (a more conservative option).

Obama did not prosecute the wrongs of Wall Street which is unbelievable to the left.

Basically to those on the left Obama has been a major disappointment (myself included) because he has been far far too centrist.

RWD, on it again.

From here on out, I can officially tell all of my left and neocon right friends they can stuff it when they see the results of where we are headed. For whatever reason, they just cannot read the writing on the wall.

All of those who deny what the NDAA, HR347, whichever number (lost count) the National Defense Resources Preparedness was, and those yet to come are doing so at their own (potential) peril. It must those “7 Stages of Grief.”

Race baiting abounds and discourse a plenty, Greece/Spain here we come. It didn’t matter which of these 2 shells (or shills, or puppets) got into the Oval Office.

No need to say “I told you so,” it was too obvious before and it is even more obvious now.

As my mom used to say, “you made your bed, now you can sleep in it.” Unfortunately, we are all stuck in it.

They think that because it is true.

And Japan will be first to experience the consequences of this dynamic when China decides that those stupid, irrelevent Senduku islands are indeed theirs.

Our President will likely renege on the treaty that “forces” us to come to Japan’s aid, or, we will begin moving ships from Hormuz, and will come to Japan’s aid 20 days later….

The US election is irrelevent – is ANYONE paying attention to China? Their entire leadership transition plan has been scrapped, and the hard-liners and the military are taking the politburo by internal force…. and anti-Japanese sentiment in China has risen to the point of German animosity toward Jews circa 1939…

Now you’ve spoiled it for me, Rick. After reading that, I don’t think I can ever vote for a Democrat again.

Jill, given your life experiences, and what you know of history, if you had to bet the farm on someone acting altruistically or selfishly when believing they are unobserved, which way would you bet? I’ve seen enough to know that I really wish I could bet one way but know that I must bet the other. That’s what Rick’s reference above considers and why it’s true.

Start with Mann’s Felix Krull, Confidence Man, TER, and you’ll find that Magic Mountain goes down much easier. Also, to whet your appetite for the latter, read the astounding chapter “Excursus on the Sense of Time,” an excerpt from which I publish here every now and again.

In the course of this interview, Greg (Hunter) mentioned to me that the cost of Katrina had been around $100B. I agreed with him that, if that was indeed the case, the cost of Sandy would go much higher. I still think so, but I would not have emphasized the $150B-$250B range in the headline.

VegasBob,
I too have given thought to running away, but most every country has their wealthy already fleeing.
The wealthy Chinese are fleeing China as soon as they can, the French are fleeing France, the Irish are fleeing Ireland, the Spanish are fleeing Spain, the Mexicans are fleeing Mexico. The Australians and New Zealanders don’t seem to be fleeing but they are complaining.
South and Central America are still unstable as ever as far as I can tell.
The rich Chinese head for the USA, Canada, and Australia from what I have read.
I have never been to Miami but it seems the wealthy from South America are buying up property there.
So, most of the places I have considered fleeing to have their wealthy fleeing to the US or some other country.
By process of elimination the countries where no one seems to be complaining or fleeing are Canada and Switzerland.
Both are too cold for my Connecticut fleeing tastes.
And the wealthy Canadians all have winter retreats in Florida.
Seasonal fleeing!
I will probably leave the Los Angeles area eventually and head for N. San Diego county. Once you get north of Oxnard, you get into heavy rains in the winter. So it’s local southern fleeing for me. Rain and overcast was another reason I fled Connecticut. Nice weather is at the top of my list.
I’ve been to Hawaii where the weather is even nicer, but out there everything has to be shipped over and you are at the mercy of inflating prices.
Plenty of people in Hawaii complaining about that.
Everyone’s complaining, everyone’s fleeing from someplace.
And all their paths seem to be crossing each others!
So there you have it!

Fifty bucks a week? Are you being serious Buster? That pretty much makes Spain a third world country if you are being honest with your post. How is that even possible in a European country with all the same regulatory mechanisms and costs that exist in most other Western nations. I would be very interested in seeing a follow up post from you describing the low cost of living in a bit more detail. I mean, we all know that country is on the ropes but have wages crashed to the extent you can live there more cheaply than Mexico?????

Hi JJ, been reading about and pondering this “rich people fleeing their country” theme. I conclude it doesn’t tell us anything meaningful. Most new rich people from anywhere would naturally want to expand their life outside their own country. My conclusion, simple and so what?

My case: Yes I’m living overseas in China for 13 years, nice local life, and yes I’m extra pissed off at the many problems I see in America which I left and yes I hope to own a small home in China, in America and in Italy someday. And yes, if the right reasonable opportunity came to me to move back to America I would not hesitate to do so. So, that’s it. We all need to take off the filters and see that every country has its good and bad and that being a global citizen is in fact a very smart strategy to get the best and avoid the worst of each….rich people can do that more easily… Cheers, Mario