"One Crying in the Wilderness"
I successfully watched live the 2009 Inauguration Day's broadcasting from Washington D.C.
People prevailed from the Capitol all over the 2km-long Mall and even around the Lincoln Memorial without conceding a bit little of space for children, if any, to race round in make-shift blocks only consisting of reportedly 2 million quarter-frozen audiences, which actually bewildered Mrs. Barbara Bush or only her since she has the toughest spirit among those there.
The most impressive person was the mother of Mrs. Michelle Obama who walked down to the balcony like a queen supervising her granddaughters from behind.
Of course, Mrs. Hillary Clinton never looked abashed at all, which was very unique but also American.
Then, I turned off the TV after 2:40 a.m., Japan Time, somehow being satisfied, since we were in and around Tokyo where neither icy currents nor storms are prevailing now.
SECTION I: Mr. Osama bin Laden's Tape on Jan. 14, 2009
It is very interesting that I myself missed his tape, since I have not seen CNN these months for some contractual restriction with a cable TV company.
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January 14, 2009
Bin Laden message: Stop 'aggression' against Gaza
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CNN could not independently confirm the authenticity of the message, but the speaker's voice was similar to other recordings that bin Laden has made.
While not naming President-elect Barack Obama, bin Laden refers to the future of the United States in the face of the current global economic crisis.
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The last time bin Laden released an audio message was in mid-May, timed to coincide with Israel's 60th anniversary. That message urged his followers to liberate Palestine.
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President Bush, whose term ends next week, told CNN's Larry King on Tuesday that he remains optimistic that bin Laden would be found.
Asked by King, "Are we ever going to find bin Laden?" Bush replied: "Yes, of course, absolutely. We've got a lot of people out there looking for him, a lot of assets. You can't run forever."
http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/01/14/binladen.message/
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Technically, I don’t think that Mr. Osama bin Laden has been confirmed as alive.
He is also a big asset for Islamic insurgents. He must continue to be alive. Voices can be engineered and presented as genuine if simply simulating Mr. bin Laden’s.
And, those tapes having been issued without an impact enough to startle the world any more cannot be a proof of anything about his religious, political, and military capability, in my view.
Mr. Osama bin Laden looked like a man of the past all through the process of the 2008 Presidential Election.
SECTION II: The 2008 Presidential Election Reviewed
Let’s review the Voter demographics based on exit polls taken on November 4:
(Click to enlarge.)http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/U.S._presidential_election,_2008
It is a less-than-8% spread of voters that decided the case.
(Click to enlarge.)In summary, independent, moderate, "white," and more traditional religious people decided the case for the 2008 Presidential Election.
But, are they rich or poor?
(Click to enlarge.)It is now apparent that those whose family income is $30,000 or less are overwhelmingly supporting Mr. Barack Obama.
Those whose family income is $50,000 or less are clearly supporting Mr. Barack Obama.
The truth is that poor "whites," accounting for just 4% of all the voters, decided the case for the 2008 Presidential Election.
But, who made them poor?
SECTION III: FRB
Former Federal Reserve Chairman Mr. Alan Greenspan virtually admitted the limit of capacity of FRB for regulating the trillion-dollar business.
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April 8, 2008, 5:29 pm
Recession Is Here, Greenspan Says
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"I have said to many questions of this nature that I have no regrets on any of the Federal Reserve policies that we initiated back then because I think they were very professionally done…"
He told CNBC that the Fed couldn’t have averted the housing crisis and subsequent seizing up of credit markets. He blamed the crisis on "egregious lending practices" in the subprime mortgage market. Real problems began to emerge when subprime mortgages were securitized and sold to investors seeking higher and higher yields with little regard for risk, he added. Greenspan also said the housing bubble would’ve occurred even without exotic loans such as adjustable-rate mortgages.
The non-financial sector of the U.S. economy remains in "extraordinarily good shape," Greenspan said, although he acknowledged that corporate revenues are shrinking as demand comes under pressure from the ongoing credit crisis.
As for the financial sector, "it’s fairly obvious that for the first time in my memory, we have both the banking system and the securities markets in trouble."
Markets are now demanding ever-increasing amounts of capital from all financial institutions — banks, hedge funds and investment banks, Greenspan said. “I think when we come out of this, the markets will demand a much higher ratio of economic capital and lower leverage,” he added. Regulatory requirements on capital will also likely see significant revision, he also said. – Charlene Lee
http://blogs.wsj.com/economics/2008/04/08/recession-is-here-greenspan-says/?mod=WSJBlog ------------------------------------------
It is apparent what America needed and still needs is a better Chairman of FRB.
Or, those poor "whites" who have elected the new U.S. President absolutely need an FRB-version of President Mr. Barack Obama.
In conclusion, the political base of President Mr. Barack Obama is not so overpowering as with the influence of those poor "whites" on FRB.
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One impressive figure there in front of the balcony of the Capitol was former State Secretary Mr. Colin Powell being seated among honorable guests.
Though a Japanese TV station did not show his expression, Mr. Powell might have been the very one who should have been on the very platform with President Mr. George W. Bush and Vice President Mr. Dick Cheney as the 44th President of the United States of America.
(Oh, Mlles., it was a good job, since it was around 2 a.m. in Japan.
http://www.geocities.com/midicentral2000/beatles/_050888/Revolution.mid
Source: http://www.geocities.com/midicentral2000/beatles/PM2.html)
Joh 1:21 And they asked him, What then? Art thou Elias? And he saith, I am not. Art thou that prophet? And he answered, No.
Joh 1:22 Then said they unto him, Who art thou? that we may give an answer to them that sent us. What sayest thou of thyself?
Joh 1:23 He said, I am the voice of one crying in the wilderness, Make straight the way of the Lord, as said the prophet Esaias.