“Only now, at the end, do you understand”

I was reminded recently of the words of the evil emperor to Luke Skywalker in “Star Wars: Return of the Jedi”.

It only took me four years to understand. When we were told that Barak Obama was qualified to be President because he had been a “Community Organizer”, I think I was not alone when I said, “Community Orga – – what?”  It was a term most of us had never heard of.  However, now I understand.

Thanks to “Occupy Wall Street” and its many imitators across the country, we have seen what a C0mmunity Organizer does.  Despite desperate claims by left-leaning politicians and the press, the “Occupy” movement is obviously “organized” and not a spontaneous, grass-roots movement.  Proof of that has been abundant in the interviews of random “Occupiers” conducted by members of the press.  There has been a remarkable lack of unanimity of stated purpose.

In fact, for several weeks it was impossible to determine from the statements of the “Occupiers” themselves what exactly they were protesting. One example was found by John Stossel, late of ABC, now working for Fox Business.  “Since the recession started” quoth the Einstein in the pup tent, “the banks are not regulated AT ALL.”

A-HEM.  Could ignorance be more complete?  Has he never heard of Dodd-Frank, just the most recent stricture placed on the Banking industry by Congress?  Has he never heard of  the Federal Reserve, the Senate Banking Committee, the Senate Committee on Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs, the House Committee on Financial Services, the House Financial Crisis Inquiry Committee, the House Standing Committee on Banking and Insurance, and similar committees in the legislatures of each of the 50 states?

Perhaps he hasn’t heard of the Commerce Department, the FEC, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, the Federal Accounting Standards Advisory Board. the Federal Financial Institutions Examinations Council, the National Commission on Fiscal Responsibility and Reform, Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac, HUD, and of course, the IRS.

Sorry but I was worn out by the time I got to the “I’s”.  I feel sure there are more government agencies that regulate banking in the rest of the alphabet.

But to the anonymous “Occupier”, the banks are presently not regulated “at all.”

Poor ignorant dupe. Actually I’m not talking about him.  I’m talking about me, but even more, about all the people who voted for Barak Obama because of his vast experience as a “Community Organizer”.