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"Wall Street grows weaker as the myths underlying its power unravel. "

"You don't have to wait to use plain language in your dealings with consumers. You don't have to wait to put the 2009 bonuses of your senior executives up for a shareholder vote," Obama said. "You don't have to wait for a law to overhaul your pay system so that folks are rewarded for long-term performance instead of short-term gains."

"The baseness, hypocrisy and corruption of these twin political agencies of Wall Street and the ruling class cannot be expressed in words.

As of mid-August 2009, there were six (6) lobbyists per single (1) member of House and Senate (Bloomberg News). That's 6:1, folks. Just for healthcare reform. For financial industry reform, there are 2,400 lobbyists in play. The Chamber of Commerce spent $26.2 million--in the first 2 quarters (6 months) of 2009. Clearly, private industries and their foot soldiers on K Street/Capitol Hill influence/dictate American policymaking. No matter who's 'voted in,' it's the influence machine that rules Washington. Worse, there's a good chance that the Supreme Court will grant corporations (as 'fictive persons') to spend unlimited dollars in funding electoral campaigns. Is there hope that this country will be a democracy one day? Or is it doomed to become increasingly, irrevocably plutocratic?

President Obama is taking a sharp, populist tone with Wall Street and scolding the ways of Washington

The president has packed his economic team with Wall Street insiders intent on turning the bailout into an all-out giveaway

The president has packed his economic team with Wall Street insiders intent on turning the bailout into an all-out giveaway.

He overstates the case for his Wall Street reform bill...by a LONG shot.

Mr. Obama is doing what any good demagogue does: delivering his constituency to his campaign contributors on Wall Street.