Does it seem like....

I'm repeating myself to you? Cos it sure does to me. Two of the flavours of the month, Obama and the fact we are plunging toward our doom (the recession), combined begin the whole business!! But that may have something to do with the fact I'm living an EST lifestyle (I can't believe someone else's America trip played havoc on MY body!) and the yanks, whose media outlets are my main reference points, have this whole isolationist thing going on. Cos they've never tried that before.

Anyways, Obama's gonna keep on pumping the cash into the economy so as to cntinue the attempt to rebuild it - which takes time peeps! - and may extend the bailout to $1 trillion. People freakout when bailouts are introduced because it means their taxes are going into steadily failing industries. But, the only way for us to fully recover from a recession like this is to try to kick start the flow of money in the economy. And guess what: that means giving more money to the weaker parts of it. Or at least, as you can see from this article about car bailouts, this is the opinion of Barack Obama (and myself obv.). So it's your choice: your taxes go towards bailouts, resulting in the steady repair of the economy, or your taxes go towards the benefits for those left unemployed by failing industries, while we sit and pray that one of the few rich people left will be willing to begin investing. The recession does = tough shiz. But let's face it, thanks to the predominance of psychoanalysis over the last few years, in which most of us were told we had some sort of issue relating to stress (like DUH), we all know about compromise. And compromise we most definitely need.

Onto more unsettling, and domesticated news (oh yes I have dug it out). People are finally beginning to consider the topic of compensation in relation to the troubles and conflict in Northern Ireland. Over 3,000 people died over the course of the troubles and all left behind family who are obviously left with the dreadful aftermath a death leaves. However, in the case of this particular conflict it's impossible to place the blame on either side, and very hard to address the weight a death carries. On this theme the group attempting to deal with the aftermath of the problems, The Consultative Group on the Past, have come up with a £12,000 payment plan for victim's families. All is well and good thus far. The issue, though, is that the sum of money will cover any victim: whether a militant, civilian or military personnel. Obviously, many families of the victims believe that the militants, responsible for the deaths, families should not be compensated in the same way or to the same degree as themselves. It seems that, unfortunately, the legacy of the troubles still lies deep within the nation.

On a lighter note, the government is still playing the blame game. Reign 'em in Gordy!