Obama – some more business as usual..gross.
Obama is a corporate guy.
Period.
In these videos the assertion is that Obama is keeping Bush’s policies in regards to secrecy and executive power intact, simply to appease the U.S. intelligence community and keep them on his side, (?!?!? – What other side would they be on?), but I personally feel he doesn’t want to open the can of worms that Olbermann talks about at the start of the fist vid, which is to NOT discuss any arrangements that the U.S. government and a private company may have had in matters of National Security.
Then he goes on to actually EXPAND the Executive powers Bush claimed, on TOP of what Bush’s people did! And Obama’s background is in CONSTITUTIONAL LAW!!
It’s insane.
I would argue that not being open about this MASSIVELY illegal snooping on the American Public is WAYYYYY more threatening to our National Security than any disclosure would be, especially when you consider that very likely the most damaging thing likely to come up with the release of this info would be the amount of lying and the level of illegality that the government and ATT actually participated in.
Of course there could also be effects in other relationships that the government may have that would be exposed or jeopardized, Blackwater certainly comes to mind as one that might be interesting to get some hindsight into, and that’s something I’m SURE they don’t want to get into….the examination of private contractor’s roles in taking actions the government can’t or doesn’t want to do.
I STILL think that Obama is a HUGE positive change overall, but this thing is one of the worst areas of Bush’s reign, and further coverups and continuance of these policies has got to be stopped. The wound must be uncovered, cleaned, disinfected, and the offending parties held up to the light, not only to show that we as a country will NOT stand for such behavior under any circumstances, but also that the rule of law DOES apply to everyone, all the time. Otherwise laws are only for some people, some of the time, and that’s not the kind of system I want to live under…you?
Remember, you can support him and many or most of his policies, and STILL push back against this stuff, and you really HAVE to. He has taken Bush’s worst transgressions to a new level, it cannot be allowed.
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Ann Coulter…..Really? Ann fucking Coulter?!?!?!
OK.
If you listen to, agree with, quote from, or even watch on TV for more than 30 seconds this cloven-hooved, needs a sandwich toilet shark, then you can’t breathe the same air as me. You are excluded from conversations and are hereby sentenced to be a servant in Crawford TX for the rest of your days.
The listing of Ann Coulter’s lies is long and heinous, so I won’t go into them here when so many others have done such a great job of it, BUTT……I will give you Keith Olbermann’s always funny yet always sharp and relevant take on it.
I’m frankly stunned that anyone listens to or puts up with this person….and I got to thinking why anyone would….what I come up with is that she gives voice to a seething type of illogical, emotionally charged, and bone-deep hatred and bigotry that still exists in heaps and gobs in our country. The kind of people that agree with Ann Coulter kick the crap outta their dogs when Obama wins, or Franken wins, or a black family moves in down the street, or any number of things happen that fuels their impotent rages and prejudices, their fear and their ignorance, their cowardice and their hypocrisy. Or they want to have sex with her (AACCCKKKKK!!! PTOOEY PTOOEY!!).
That she gets air time to promote books, and is paid to speak anywhere other than SNL, is a shocking and total indictment of our media system and any pretense of “NEWS” and or “JOURNALISM”. If Ann Coulter has ever been on your tv show or appeared on your network, or if you refer her in any other way than with derision or contempt, then you don’t have a right to call yourself a NEWS network or a JOURNALIST. You are a carnival barker and you work at the big top, nothing more.
Infotainment indeed…..what’s entertaining about watching a shrill hysterical asshole raving lunacies at the top of her lungs while shouting down every voice of reason within 10 city blocks? If I wanted to see/hear that I can go down to Hollywood and follow the guy who has had a running violent disagreement with his hand at the top of his lungs for the last 30 years, at least he’s consistent, (and he’s probably right about all the injustices his hand has perpetrated on him, Coulter’s ravings have little or no basis in fact).
She’s an entertainment personality you jingo-junkies, nothing more. If you hear it like it’s your bible, you’re a sheep. Sheople…..(haven’t used that one for awhile, but always loved it).
Anyways, if you are one of those people, get away from me. You have a sickness of the mind that appears to be contagious and I want no part of it. I’ve seen “Invasion of the BodySnatchers” and “28 Weeks Later”, I know what’s wrong with you.
Get thee behind me Satan, for your breath is bad and I like to keep that kind of smell closer to my butt, where it belongs.