Our Labor Day message We have chosen to mark this day since the beginning of this blog. It seems a cruel irony that now, after enduring eight years of Bush, this would be a year in which the prospects for the working man seem the darkest. We dislike most politicians but thought that Obama might offer some relief to common folk. The Obama administration has, instead, squandered the opportunities they have had to bring meaningful change to the lives of those that had counted on this new wave washing over them.

Obama was saddled from the start with the detritus of Bush's bad ways. Republicans blamed an unsympathetic media for declaring a recession even as it grew to staggering proportions. Our national policies were now driven by fear and hate.

Obama's promises for actions to separate ourselves from these past indiscretions have fallen far short of that goal.  ¶ 9/07/2009 07:05:00 AM