TigerHawk

So don't you forget (no way) your youth,
Who you are and where you stand in the Struggle.

'So Much Things to Say'

Bob Marley

TigerHawk's appalling statement.

The following is a summary of a heated exchange TigerHawk engaged with a respected and dear friend  Dr.Barney of the Burnin' bush and wife Lady Cher.

Dr.Barney : Tiger we are seeing the limits of the US Presidency.You forget Obama is just there 8 months, but 8 years of W and decades of powerful interests.He is a political genius and making chess moves we don't understand.

Tiger :Barney, I'm not naive, please don't insult my intelligence.What I'm saying is he's been to eager to appease the right wing and quick to abandon the democratic coalition , the bedrock of his campaign.At the core, I'm an FDR kind of progressive.He ain't give us no bones.

Dr.Barney : Give me an example...

Tiger : Look, when the criminals removed the duly elected President Zelaya of Honduras, the Obama Administration fumbled and stumbled about negotiations, while the OAS unequivocably condemned the assault on democracy in our Hemisphere...

Dr.Barney : I wasn't too pleased about that but you see what I mean, the President is not as strong as we think.

Tiger : W had no problem asserting his agenda internationally including wars....Even when not elected in 2000

Dr.Barney : Let's not forget the differences and not follow the 'hatred' being spouted by these extremists.He's better than W..

Tiger :Barney my real issue is Barack after the stimulus package passed for $787 billion, he squandered precious political and desperate financial capital when he and Geithner gave the banking sector over  $ 1 trillion. We know there is more needs for unemployment and the physical economy and another round of stimulus may be needed.Further, homeowners now after the banks enjoyed their TARP funds can't get rasonable re-financing and credit is tight.What was the point? Why is he currying Wall street?

Dr.Barney : OK Tiger, what you're saying there is no difference and you rather elect a Jeb Bush ?

Tiger : Right now, the way he is going at least we know a Bush agenda and can respect  the focus and consistency.Yes.

Dr.Barney : Tiger, you're had unrealistic expectations and you are now being unreasonable. I can't believe you said that.

Lady Cher : Tiger, I'm appalled.

Carving our Space

'The money changers have fled from their high seats in the temple of our civilization. We may now restore that temple to the ancient truths. The measure of the restoration lies in the extent to which we apply social values more noble than mere monetary profit.'

Franklin Delano Roosevelt

Inaugural Speech March 1933

"Should he(Obama) win the White House, and it's winnable, will he be  FDR who challenges Wall St's dominance or will he be as they say in Latin American political circles a violin: Placed by the Left but played by the Right??"

TigerHawk

September 15,2008

Our consistent and loyal readers of this blog recall we came to Barack Obama as a subject after the Denver Democratic Convention and before the mid-September 2008 Financial Crisis.They will also remember we stressed the idea of the Hero's journey as posited by American anthropologist Joseph Campbell.

The past 2 months have been most uncomfortable as we observe this early Obama Administration.We even suspended our Barack Chronicles, as we correctly anticipated a deluge of post-Inauguration hype and controversy coupled with  contradictory even counter-productive policy.We are now poised for the Congressional Health Reform debate and still Obama falls short of our FDR ideals.In fact the so full of high expectations Obama Presidency seems to be now more a 'violin'.

What happened? Future historians may dissect the path to this moment .We all know that Bill Clinton brilliantly practiced political 'Triangulation' whereby he out flanked the Republicans and then gave the grateful centrist Democrats a place on his bus to pass legislation.We suspect the genius Obama is practicing political 'Trigonometry' where the liberal Democratic agenda is devalued, the Blue Dog conservative Democrats are appeased, and the Republicans are invited to drive the bus.We are told it is bi-partisan.

We here at TigerHawk have conceded that Barack Obama and his guru team of Axelrod-Emanuel-Jarrett is beyond our intellectual and ideological compehension , and we hereby abandon attempts to read the US political tea leaves.We are not even holding our breath for a 'public option' in the signed Health bill, secretly hoping Obama pulls a W and inserts the needed public option after the contentious Conference Committee.That will salvage our hopes of his Presidency being redeemed of its populist and progressive impact.Instead we have committed to 'Carving out our space' as Obama does his sacred mathematics.We will still grant Critical support.Emphasis now on critical.We will not condemn and demonize him as the Fox news and US Right are doing calling him names like anti-Christ and Hitler.However as political sophisticates we will examine the essence of his programs and legislation on a case by case basis.From there we pursue happiness and liberty.There is much work to be done at home in US and abroad. Wall St's precipitated economic meltdown pushes higher unemployment as the Dow jones flirts with 10,000.We are of the Paul Krugman School of Economics which believe the $787 Billion stimulus was a good start but more is needed, and precious political and finance capital was squandered by investing $1 Trillion in the banking sector.These finance institutions now boast 3 rd quarter profits while Main At Americans still suffer economic anxiety and pain.We here at TigerHawk look to US and global democratic and popular groups who walk a bold and visionary path through and beyond the finance created economic downturn.

Sustainable is the Way

We are encouraged and excited by positive and disciplined Americans who tout an alternative vision to the Corporate path embrace by the Obama circle.We had hoped the Administration would have been in the forefront , alas was just a promise.We will note however the Obama Administration' strong re-affirmation under the new FCC Chairman of it policy of Network Neutrality.We thank them publicly, as we here at TigerHawk are beneficiaries of stable digital media creations and productions.We give credit and support where it is due as in this case.We are excited to share with our readers analysis and prescriptions of our global material condition.When we see the absurdities such as China buying land in Africa to feed Chinese and Africans starve, we remember we have no time to be distracted by the dictates of US corporate power agenda, and Obama 'Trigonometry'.Fellow Americans have heeded the clarion call for justice and sustainable economics.We are pleased to share the work of Yes! Magazine, devoted to such ideas.We expect to continue in this vain while we revive the Barack Chronicles to keep abreast of this Democratic Administration where so much high expectations once resided.

What the F...(WTF)??

We share the attitude of Oscar winner Tim Robbins of Culver City's Actors' Gang.When informed by sober and realistic accountants and staff that the economy signalled a demise of his theatre group, Robbins exclaimed WTF? Further our star of 'Shawshanks Redemption' and 'The Player' added

'...This is exactly the time, when things are falling apart,when the economy is bad, it's time to drop ticket prices,it's time to create free nights, it's time to figure out how to produce even though the economics says 'don't produce'......'

We here @ TigerHawk echo Robbins sentiments exactly.In fact in an additional L.A Times interview while acknowledging the ravages of what he termed  'the crap economy', our American hero invoked the name of Franklin Roosevelt's Federal Theatre Project (FTP) which not only gave employment to actors, directors, writers and other stage craft, but via vaudeville and such raised the spirits of millions of Depression-era Americans. We strongly believe this is the essential mission of our generation of artists, musicians,DJs, film-makers and company.Maybe somewhere out there a quintessential American production, concert or play will wake up the Franklin Delano Roosevelt asleep somewhere in Barack Obama's soul.

Ache',Paz Y Luz,

TigerHawk