Yes We Can! Yes We Can, Can...

Yesterday, in Colorado, Obama spoke about the differences between McCain and himself regarding financial institutions and regulation. Obama is for regulation and McCain is against it. For the last 7 years, Bush has been about deregulation too...and now we are seeing where that has led us.

Here's a speech from Obama speaking about McCain and he makes this point among others,

If you want to understand the difference between how Senator McCain and I would govern as President, you can start by taking a look at how we've responded to this crisis. Because Senator McCain's approach was the same as the Bush Administration's: support ideological policies that made the crisis more likely; do nothing as the crisis hits; and then scramble as the whole thing collapses. My approach has been to try to prevent this turmoil. In February of 2006, I introduced legislation to stop mortgage transactions that promoted fraud, risk or abuse. A year later, before the crisis hit, I warned Secretary Paulson and Chairman Bernanke about the risks of mounting foreclosures and urged them to bring together all the stakeholders to find solutions to the subprime mortgage meltdown. Senator McCain did nothing.

Obama continues,

His outrage at Wall Street would be more convincing if he wasn't offering them more tax cuts.

I think that's an excellent point. If you're against something, you don't give to it, do you? Also, isn't it important that we have a president who understands economics and how these forces effect Americans?



And now for something completely different...

Remember the Pointer Sisters? I used to see them on The Carol Burnett Show and the Sonny and Cher show. Good times... No, not the show, I'm just commenting on the experience. You know what I'm saying.

Any way, the Pointer Sisters sing this,

Yes We Can, Can

Now's the time for all good men
to get together with one another.
We got to iron out our problems
and iron out our quarrels
and try to live as brothers.
And try to find a piece of land
without stepping on one another.
And do respect the women of the world.
Remember you all have mothers.
We got to make this land a better land
than the world in which we live.
And we got to help each man be a better man
with the kindness that we give.
I know we can make it.
I know darn well we can work it out.
Oh yes we can, I know we can can
Yes we can can, why can't we?
If we wanna get together we can work it out.

And we gotta take care of all the children,
the little children of the world.
'cause they're our strongest hope for the future,
the little bitty boys and girls.

We got to make this land a better land
than the world in which we live.
And we got to help each man be a better man
with the kindness that we give.
I know we can make it.
I know darn well we can work it out.
Oh yes we can, I know we can can
yes we can can, why can't we?
If we wanna, yes we can can.

Also, an excellent point. Let's just all try, OK? Let's try to behave decently to one another. Let's try to be kind. Let's be honest in all of our dealings. Come on!

I know darn well we can work it out. If we wanna, yes we can can.