Ebbie The most important thing at the moment, is the "crisis of Capitalism", which has already affected taxpayers and will soon impact on the real economy....the very poor...public services etc.

In my view, neither the election of Mr Obama nor Mr Jesus H Christ could have stopped it happening..

The financial and social mess that most of the world will soon be immersed in, is not a crisis of the George Bush administration, but a crisis of the Capitalist system; and one which was forseen by perceptive people decades ago.

To imagine that this situation can be reversed and that we can return to the boom years, by way of Mr Obama, his rag tag backstabbing administration, or a wing and a prayer, is naivety in the extreme......even if it was desirable!!
To return to the Status quo which produced this mess, would in fact be an abject failure to grasp the chance to change society in a MEANINGFUL way..........Ake