Separating fact from bullshit.

Give Barack Obama credit. For twisting arms. For getting British Petroleum (BP) to deny their shareholders of the usual annual dividends. And instead diverting $20 billion into clean-up of its oil spill and for economic relief for businesses and property owners along the Gulf of Mexico coast. Obama is using the strong arm of government to rein in the faulty and foolhardy practices of private business. That's good for Obama. But it's also good for America. Private business has operated for too long in their little fiefdoms. Doing as they damn well please. With little, or no regulation. I'm beginning to think that Obama knows what he's doing. Making government effective and efficient. Moreso than private business. Some of the big corporations are badly run. Far worse than government. But the businesses would like we Americans to think that government is inefficient, and the private sector is the model of efficiency. Of course, that's bullshit. And we'd know it. If only we opened our minds and our eyes. And listened more closely to Obama. --Jim Broede