Here's the problem with Van Jones' Titanic Captain Obama metaphor - the rich still get the lifeboats

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Former White House green jobs "czar" Van Jones told progressive activists and bloggers yesterday at NetRoots 10 that, rather than bash President Obama for not changing the country as fast as they'd thought, they should maintain hope and help him with his agenda.

"I can't stand it. President Obama volunteered to be the captain of the Titanic after it hit the iceberg," Jones said at Netroots Nation while being interviewed by journalist Ari Melber of The Nation.

Well that's a nice metaphor, but think about it for a moment in the context of the Wall Street recovery and what continues to be the longest and deepest period of long-term joblessness, foreclosures, and structural decline in most small business sectors since the Great Depression.

Under "volunteer Titanic Captain" Obama, the rich are still getting all the lifeboats. Meanwhile, the 3rd Class passengers in steerage, and much of the Middle-Class on the 2nd class decks, are just as doomed as they were under White Star Line Capt. Bush.

Before the cheer-leading section makes metaphors into history lessons, they should consider what actually happened. A lot of people drowned unnecessarily because of bad decisions, both before and after that Iceberg loomed up in the mists.