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I voted for him. I still like him. And I’m very happy that he, Michelle, Malia, and Sasha, and Michelle’s mother, are now living in the White House, and that the Bush family has returned to Texas, from where they should never have left.

But under our new president weren’t things supposed to be different? These three headlines from today’s NYTimes are telling me what I don’t want to hear, that things really haven’t changed all that much.

Putting Stamp on Afghan War, Obama Will Send 17,000 Troops

GM Raises Loan Request by $12 Billion and Plans to Cut 47,000 Jobs While Chrysler Will Slash 3,000

Dow Plumbs the Depths of Last Fall

OK, it’s only a month since the inauguration, but for how long will it be that we have more war, more unemployment, more bailout money to the automobile companies, and more selling on Wall Street?

Yes, Barack, things will get worse (are getting worse) before they get better (when will they get better?). For now it appears that plus ça change, plus c’est la même chose.

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