Okay, so Obama wins. The cabinet picks always reveal what is to come.

Hillary Clinton as the Secretary of State is not a wise choice because there is the large danger she will always have her own agenda and not follow the President’s wishes. Who knows what  secret things she will be up to? Especially due to the past connections of her husband and his administration…who knows what objectives she will working on without anyone’s knowing, including the President.

During the Watergate trial, she was on the prosecution team and the head of the team refused to give her a letter of recommendation — something he refused only 3 times in his life. Why? He said she didn’t follow orders at times and followed her own agenda, sometimes performing acts that were on the cusp of illegality and would certainly get her disbarred as he recalls it. This is on the record, go check. Remember, this is ALL before she became famous… and remember that personalities rarely change.

Next under the Clinton regime she created her OWN health care plan without consulting anyone, always thinking that she’s smarter and following her own plan. Her OWN plan. Then she becomes a Presidential candidate — she wants the top job, she wants to be the boss. Can such a person listen to someone else? It remains to be seen. With such past cases, how can you expect anyone to follow your orders? The risks are too high.  We shall see, we shall see.

It’s take about 2 years before the truth of what I say becomes apparent….someone with their own agenda because of the makeup of their personalityand because of past connections presenting opportunities that they have a hard time saying “no” to. I’m not saying it will definitely happen and I have nothing against Hillary, but am saying it is a risk. I would not put myself in such a position. A very unwise decision from these standpoints.

As to the White House Chief of Staff, once again we have a dual citizen. Now THINK. We have a rule that the President MUST be nation born, for very good reasons – no divided loyalties. We also have a rule that he must be 35 years old to help insure maturity. Makes sense, doesn’t it?

Anyone who understands potential conflicts of interests, which happen more often than not, understands what’s inherently possible when a Dual Citizen reaches a position of power in the government. Sorry, but it should just be outlawed for similar principles. Plain and simple, no matter who it is. That’s why we establish these rules in the first place, because they embody wisdom and prevent the veering into error.

Error that never happens and is never seen is wisdom accomplished. Perhaps Obama was afraid for his life, and through this appointment tried to prove to others that he was not going to be overly helpful to Islamic causes. In any case, it’s not a man of gumption who does this or a man with clear thinking again. And if you say the Chief of Staff “was the best man for the job,” I refer to the wisdom principle once again. I don’t care if the person is a dual citizen of Canada or Britain or anywhere else. The principles I’ve outlined should guide government policy.

As to some of the other picks, some good, some “nothing special.” The problem with Obama is that he has no political capital. He has no one who owes him favors, and that makes it difficult to get things done, so he needs old insiders otherwise the threat is he’d accomplish nothing. The question is what baggae they bring, and what are the real level of their skills as to the RIGHT POLICY. Now the time in the nation should focus on the right policy, not how to administrate well.

You will always know what will happen in an administration by the selection of the cabinet members, and also by the nickname of the president before office. McCain was known as “McNasty” all his life, and that would clearly have shown through in the end. Now we have a presentable great speaker whose polish reminds me of Will Smith. But whether that turns into the wise policies we need and hope for, that remains to be seen.

Oh and by the way….do you remember when oil prices dropped from $140 to $80 almost overnight BEFORE there was any drop in demand? Do you know why? Because most of the fluff was speculation — hedge funds, investment banks, etc. bought massive amounts of oil contracts and had to liquidate because of the declining stock market and bad CMOs (mortgage investmeents). So the demand dried up from these non-users, and the price went down. Just as some wise people said, the extra fluff was all due to speculation, not real industrial demand.  In fact, the MAJORITY of the price is now CLEARLY seen to have been due to speculation sine nearly every hedge fund and brokerage was in on this. The fact that oil is now $50 should give you pause to think –  some of that low price IS due to lower demand but nearly $100 worth? The big boys had to sell anything and everything liquid because they needed cash, and thus that speculative froth went away.

This should give you cause to ponder what to do next time. I discuss some things in my book on Kuan Tzu, which is the  sage MOST appropriate for our times – the first master of Keynesian and Monetary stimulas in history.  Not Lao Tzu, Chuang Tzu, Sun Tzu and so forth. A strong economy is not built on financial services or export trade flows, for they put it at risk over time. It’s strong because it builds up its own internal market that cannot be exported away. This is something to think about.