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I'm both entirely unsurprised and basically undisturbed by the fact that Obama's most significant appointments thus far are composed largely of standard Washington establishment figures and pro-Iraq-War hawks, and are devoid of people "on the Left". -- GG
Unsurprised, of course. Anyone who has been paying attention to the rise of Obama has no reason to be surprised at his deliberate and careful placing of establishment -- and in a sense, quite reactionary, though maybe not so much as the Busheviks -- figures throughout his transition and administration-to-be.
But "undisturbed?" Uh...
You should be disturbed; everyone should be. Instead, there's a sort of post-victory lassitude, as if everything is all right now, redemption is nigh. No. I think not.
Go visit with Chris Floyd for a while.
http://www.chris-floyd.com/
Plus ça change," indeed.
I think being highly disturbed, even somewhat agitated, is called for.
