Wednesday, March 25, 2009

A Voice of Reason

3 comments:

history145 said...

Hey Heath,

I started my own blog and all and I was wondering something...how do you post youtube videos?

history145 said...

never mind, I figured it out...

Brannon Hancock said...

Having lived in the UK during the last 4 of Tony Blair's 10 years as Prime Minister, I have to wonder the same thing about this polemic that I wonder when the American Right levels similar criticisms against President Obama: Is it really fair to hang this on the "new guy"? It's not like this global recession happened overnight. I had a friend in Scotland who was in banking who was warning me in 2006 about the impending downturn in the US housing market, and the impact it would have on the UK as well. I just have trouble buying that our economic maladies can be blamed on Obama, or Brown for that matter, despite his slightly longer tenure.

On the other hand, it's pretty cool to see a politician mouthing-off to the "Big Dog" like that...at least they do it to each other's faces.