EMPTY GESTURES, much symbolism and eloquent rhetoric with a larding of promises on stem cells, the environment, a new attitude toward America's allies, and similar moves has given hope to those who expected real change to materialize at some point in Obama's administration, but, this is noteworthy, as the weeks become months, nothing that would signify a significant departure from business as usual is discernible in Obama's appointments or policy choices. Already, segments of what might judiciously be classified as left-liberals (i.e., Rachel Maddow, Naomi Klein) are increasingly impatient with Obama's timidity and, brilliant speechifying aside, with his apparent lack of moral fiber. In the article below, Mike Whitney, building on the late Harold Pinter's Nobel Prize speech denouncing America's hypocrisies, asks the question we all want answered at this point: Who is Obama, and whom does he really serve?
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