Our forefathers brought forth upon this continent a government of, by and for the people...they struggled and came up with a plan for the future of this nation that made us, eventually, the best and most prosperous of all.  With the philosophy of "greed is good," this country has been going to the dogs, literally.  Beginning with the savings and loan scandal, then the Enron affair, the looting of our treasury with a forklift tractor, the ruining of the 401K savings, the elimination of other retirement funds, the Bernie Madeoff debacle, and now the bank scandal, it seems that certain segments of our society profit by simply ripping off large amounts of money whenever they feel like it.  Others claim that deregulation and lack of oversight is what has allowed these things to happen. 

Barack's speech last night hit every nail right on the head.  And it does seem like regulations and oversight will come back, as it should, to safeguard the money involved.  The Republicans still have not come up with any kind of a plan to save us from disaster.  I guess they just have enough money now, that they don't have to care about the rest of us.  All they can talk about is more tax cuts for the wealthy, claiming that this will provide jobs, etc. for everyone.  When?  It hasn't happened in the past 8 years.  They are lying and crying.  Jindal, et al. keep insisting that self-regulation is the answer for business.  So all I can say is, just eat your peanut butter sandwich and shut up.