Greenwald writes: "The continuously expanding Surveillance State in the United States is easily one of the most consequential and under-discussed political developments. And few are doing more to ensure it continues than top-level Obama national security officials."
President Barack Obama delivers remarks during a rally in Largo, Maryland, 03/15/12. (photo: Getty Images)
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What a sham this is to our constitution and to the oath of office these elected representatives swore to uphold . . . .
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Obama cannot be trusted at his word. It's as simple that.
The only conclusion one can rationally make is that he is the consummate politician who has said and done all to placate his opposition and gain re-election. He did promise to be a one term president if that was what it took to make change. Guess not!
Obama's true agenda appears to be more to the right than centrist or left of center. I believe that Obama's actions is what he really is and not to just simply placate his opposition.
Walt, that is exactly what I meant, that what happened in 2010 was Obama's betrayal of his voting base as well as those people outside of his voting base, the so-called independents, who believed in him & his (unfortunately false) promises.
What I disagree with is that his betrayal was primarily based on attempting to placate his opposition, the Republican Party & their voting base in an attempt to win over some of that base. If that is what he tried to do, then he was an idiot and a fool.
What I contend is that Obama, in the end, turned out to be a DINO, a Democrat In Name Only, & that his actions, his decisions, have been based on his true ideology, that he's not that much different than that of Bush or Cheney.
I condemn the Democratic leaders in Congress, people like Nancy Pelosi of the House & Harry Reid of the Senate, & all of the other Congressional Democratic Lemmings who followed him off of the proverbial cliff rather than trying to talk some sense into him, for what good it would have done, in order to avoid the disaster that took place in November of 2010, and the disaster that might take place come this November.
- A vote for the lesser of 2 evils is still a vote for evil. Remember when your parents told you "two wrongs don't make one right?" It's pretty much the same concept.
- If you believe this kind of govt is evil, then you have a moral obligation to support someone else.
- If you're OK with rationalizing away your rights because you think we'll lose less with obama then the mittster, then don't bitch when you don't have anymore rights at all.
As bad as the Dems have become since the Bush admin, they'll always be the lesser of 2 evils when compared to what the Republican Party has become & is presently offering us, guaranteed more unending war at the expense of the most vulnerable of us in this country, the poor, the starving, & the sick, & a greater disparagement between the rich & the poor, not to mention more racist policies & further destruction of separation of church & state, as well as further destruction to our environment.
I happen to be of the Jewish faith, & I firmly & strongly believe in separation of church & state where no one religion in this country can dictate their rules or laws upon all other religious faiths in this country.
Separation of church & state is one of the most important tenets in our Bill of Rights. Our Bill of Rights allows us to worship our religious beliefs in our own way, but it also strictly prohibits our govt from establishing rules & laws and policies based on any one religion to be dictated upon all others as a Repub admin will force upon us.
Stop voting for evil, even the lesser. The lesser evil must be accountable for its evil and be shown that its actions are not acceptable. I joined the "Blue Republicans" this year in voting for Ron Paul in the primary, hoping that if enough Paul supporters reach the Republican convention they can spoil Willard Romney's coronation party. Dr. Paul is the only major party candidate willing to speak the truth about the failure of our government to protect the Bill of Rights and the failure of military interventionism as a means to promote a safer and healthier world.
As much as I would have like to see Cynthia McKinney win the presidency in the 2008 presidential election, I knew that she had a snowball's chance in hell of winning, and I couldn't tolerate a McCain/Palin administration, not after 8 years of Bush/Cheney. My choice, as was the choice of many others, was to vote for Cynthia McKinney and split the Democratic vote as Ralph Nader did in 2000 and possibly give the win to John McCain, or to bite the bullet and vote for Obama.
It was an extremely difficult choice to make because, in our electoral system, a vote for a 3rd party candidate can only spoil the win for either the Republican Party or the Democratic Party, but not both.
I like Ron Paul, but I find one critical fault in him. He is ready and willing to dismantle completely all of the entitlements that many Americans critically depend on for their very survival.
Allow me to tell you the facts of life, what the real world is like. First of all, unless we can immediately & instantaneously change the electoral college system (ECS) to distribute the votes proportionally in all states of the union rather than have an all or nothing system as we do now, or get rid of the ECS altogether & allow a direct simple majority vote by the American public nationwide to choose the winner of the presidential race, we will forever be stuck with our 2-party system.
But, even before reforming the ECS, or ridding ourselves of it altogether, we will first have to repeal HAVA, the Help America Vote Act, passed by the Bush admin with the (unfortunate) support of the (foolish and idiotic) Dems which now legally requires & forces all 50 states to use unverifiable and, in many cases, fraudulent & corrupt paperless e-voting machines which are programmed by corporations that have their own personal agenda.
The Dems, after the 2008 presidential election, had their chance to either reform or eliminate the ECS & to repeal HAVA & require the use of paper ballots counted by human eyes & hands, but they failed to do so.
So, I ask you again, what do you suggest we do to resolve the crisis, legally that is? I'm open for suggestions. I'm a realist!
Hooray for Glenn Greenwald and his unfailing willingness to critique Mr. Obama openly and honestly!
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