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Hypocrisy, thy name is Progressive

christopher — Wed, 08 Feb 2012 23:40:52 +0000

BY GLENN GREENWALD

During the Bush years, Guantanamo was the core symbol of right-wing radicalism and what was back then referred to as the “assault on American values and the shredding of our Constitution”: so much so then when Barack Obama ran for President, he featured these issues not as a secondary but as a central plank in his campaign. But now that there is a Democrat in office presiding over Guantanamo and these other polices — rather than a big, bad, scary Republican — all of that has changed, as a new Washington Post/ABC News poll today demonstrates:

The sharpest edges of President Obama’s counterterrorism policy, including the use of drone aircraft to kill suspected terrorists abroad and keeping open the military prison at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, have broad public support, including from the left wing of the Democratic Party.

A new Washington Post-ABC News poll shows that Obama, who campaigned on a pledge to close the brig at Guantanamo Bay and to change national security policies he criticized as inconsistent with U.S. law and values, has little to fear politically for failing to live up to all of those promises.

The survey shows that 70 percent of respondents approve of Obama’s decision to keep open the prison at Guantanamo Bay. . . . The poll shows that 53 percent of self-identified liberal Democrats — and 67 percent of moderate or conservative Democrats — support keeping Guantanamo Bay open, even though it emerged as a symbol of the post-Sept. 11 national security policies of George W. Bush, which many liberals bitterly opposed.

What If?…

christopher — Tue, 10 Jan 2012 04:44:48 +0000

It is not “What If?” It is what is. GEt a clue. Stop supporting Democrats or Republicans.

YOU are the problem.

Banker Making More Under Obama

christopher — Tue, 08 Nov 2011 19:13:22 +0000

The Marxists are fully implementing the 5th Plank of the Communist Manifesto with a Fascist Twist.

WOW!

christopher — Sun, 16 Oct 2011 19:43:29 +0000

Republicans and Democrats working together to enslave Americans!

Best Bumper Sticker

christopher — Thu, 13 Oct 2011 02:57:01 +0000

I saw this one yesterday. I am still laughing at the perfection and truthfulness of this two liner:

Democrats Love Big Government
Republicans Hate Liberty

Harry Reid Uses “Nuclear Option”! Liberty Protecting Filibuster Rules May Be Dead

christopher — Sat, 08 Oct 2011 03:03:51 +0000

Reid uses the ‘nuclear option’ in the Senate, setting stage for more partisan confrontation

To avoid a vote on President Obama’s jobs bill Thursday night, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid invoked a procedural motion that could change the way the Senate operates for years to come. It may not sound sexy, but the gist of last night’s high-parliamentary drama was this: The majority party in the Senate now may have a new power to cut off motions to suspend the rules.

For several days, Senate Republican leaders have pushed for a vote on the American Jobs Act. Their thinking in forcing a vote is simple, and quite political: They know Democrats have not yet whipped together enough votes for it to pass, so the exercise is more about embarrassing the Democratic majority than anything else.

Obama: A disaster for civil liberties

christopher — Fri, 30 Sep 2011 04:45:40 +0000

He may prove the most disastrous president in our history in terms of civil liberties.

By Jonathan Turley

With the 2012 presidential election before us, the country is again caught up in debating national security issues, our ongoing wars and the threat of terrorism. There is one related subject, however, that is rarely mentioned: civil liberties.

Protecting individual rights and liberties — apart from the right to be tax-free — seems barely relevant to candidates or voters. One man is primarily responsible for the disappearance of civil liberties from the national debate, and he is Barack Obama. While many are reluctant to admit it, Obama has proved a disaster not just for specific civil liberties but the civil liberties cause in the United States.

Civil libertarians have long had a dysfunctional relationship with the Democratic Party, which treats them as a captive voting bloc with nowhere else to turn in elections. Not even this history, however, prepared civil libertarians for Obama. After the George W. Bush years, they were ready to fight to regain ground lost after Sept. 11. Historically, this country has tended to correct periods of heightened police powers with a pendulum swing back toward greater individual rights. Many were questioning the extreme measures taken by the Bush administration, especially after the disclosure of abuses and illegalities. Candidate Obama capitalized on this swing and portrayed himself as the champion of civil liberties.

New Order Same as the Old Order

christopher — Sun, 11 Sep 2011 19:23:19 +0000

What some are calling a “New Order” follows the oldest order known. It is not unlike the practice o the powerful beast devouring its helpless prey. It is an order whose motives are prompted by envy, hatred and malice. It is an order that takes from man his freedom and makes it impossible for the individual, however righteous, trustworthy, talented, ambitious or competent, to work effectively, to rise and to make his contribution to the good of mankind by rendering the highest human service of which he is capable. This so-called new order is distinctly, yes, violently against the progress and welfare of the masses of the people. It would destroy the very foundations of free government. This plan displaces the rule of moral principle with that of selfishness, force and greed.

Richard R. Lyman
October 1941

This New Order is Socialism and Social Security and Income Taxes are its children!

Choices. Do you really have any?

christopher — Tue, 17 May 2011 16:29:10 +0000

Illinois Counties Have More Registered Voters Than Residents, According To Report

christopher — Fri, 22 Apr 2011 04:08:05 +0000

An analysis of census figures and voter registration numbers in Illinois reveals a baffling conundrum: fourteen of the state’s 102 counties have more registered voters than voting-age residents.

Rock Island County is the largest county with such a discrepancy: its elections website lists 125,875 registered voters, while the latest census figures list only 114,359 residents 18 years of age or older. That’s a difference of 11,516 people.