why does java suck?

I've noticed in the short time I've been reading this board that there's a lot of java bashing, so I was wondering why people actually think it is so bad. I'm no java fan, but I've used it for some stuff before and it didn't seem terrible to me. An argument used to be that it runs slow as a guro-fied loli, but they've improved a lot in that aspect.

Please give good reasons, rather than stuff like "it's for certified professional consultants" or whatever you guys say.

Okay, before we go too off-track: Java is reviled by some programmers for:

1) Lack of pointers and direct programmer-memory interaction
2) Slowness, caused by:
2a) Overly specialized object hierarchy
2b) Overly complicated implementation
2c) Compiling and interpreting conversion
[Slowness by the GC is a new one.  Never heard someone bring up that before.]
3) Extensive but convoluted GUI set-up
4) Limited class inheritance rules (extend 1 class, implement X interfaces)

Other points in this article remain contestable, but these are the basics.

One thing I don't recall us bringing up is a question of precedence: is there a language that does satisfactory OOP?