Let me see: it looks like it will be Hillary for Secretary of State, and the New York Federal Reserve president for Treasury Secretary. So, when does Obama’s promised “change” kick in? It sounds like the kind of “change” contained in the old joke, wherein the commanding officer of a military unit was told, by a subordinate, that his men had not had a change of underwear for months. The officer responded: “that’s no problem: Smith you change underwear with Jones, Johnson you change underwear with Walker, Thompson you change underwear with Adams,” etc.
We may soon discover the intended meaning of Obama’s other electioneering phrase: “Hope.” It should be recalled that “Hope” was the word inscribed on Rhode Island’s revolutionary war flag. Nor should it be forgotten that, following the ratification of the U.S. Constitution – with Rhode Island refusing to ratify – that state was threatened with invasion and blockades unless it immediately ratified. Those who naively looked for meaningful “change” in this new administration may soon discover – like the earlier Rhode Islanders – that “Hope” stands for nothing more than an intensified “Homage to the Omnipotent Political Establishment.”
