Sunday, June 14, 2009
Can I ever get caught up?
So much has happened since April of '06 that I can't even recall all that should be piled up here to be the supporting basis for what is to follow and besides, it would bore unnecessarily. So I'll just attempt a brief sketch.
First, two comments:
1) We were (and still are) relieved beyond words that Bushco started no new wars, nor did W impose martial law in order to keep himself in power beyond the end of his second term;
2) we were guardedly optimistic that Pres. Obama would wield the newly-recovered Democrats' double-edged majority-axe in Congress to restore the US to a nation of law...I say "guardedly" optimistic because we were suspicious of Obama from the git-go.
Turns out our suspicions are not only confirmed (by our new president's persistent misbehavior) but we are deeply chagrined to find that the reality is far worse than our greatest fears had ever conceived, even in our most cynical of moments.
To use the broadest brush available, here goes:
B.O. has fouled himself (and continues to) by spiking his administration, cabinet and "executive appointments" with conservatives, Blue-dogs and out-right, in-your-face Republicans. Sick.
At virtually every turn, B.O. ignores his oath of office by failing to support and defend the Constitution of the United States of America; nor does he enforce its laws...only selectively does he do so.
Most grievously, B.O. has assumed for himself the Bushco mantle of unchecked secrecy and unlawful powers--in particular, he now holds certain individuals above the law, i.e. his blantent determination to block investigations into manifold crimes which were clearly [not arguably] committed by the previous administration; furthermore, to have stated w/o any qualifiers whatsoever than no one from the previous administration will ever be prosecuted by his DoJ for crimes committed while they were in office. THIS IS IN DIRECT CONTRADICTION TO HIS OATH OF OFFICE!
Meanwhile, B.O. wants to close Gitmo while keeping open other "black" prisons in Iraq and Afghanistan where there is no rule of law, no accountability. B.O. continues with "extreme rendition", disappearing people, unwarranted wiretaps and worst of all, he maintains for himself the unconstitutional power to suspend the right of habeas corpus at his will and on his word alone.
Another reeking, un-emptied basket of WH bushit is B.O.'s continuation of the Bushco DoJ policy of selectively targeting anyone who does not toe the conservative line while giving free passes to those who do. Two prominent names come to mind to illustrate this: Don Seigleman, and that congressman from Alaska, What's his name? It'll come to me...and I may have to correct the "Seigleman" name, as my mind is badly muddled this morning.
The list goes on and on and on, but we've put in enough already to provide the gist of why we now believe that the Obama presidency will deliver the final blow which will utterly destroy the our Constitution by coninuing the Bushco legacy of seeding the Supreme and Federal courst and his DoJ with neocons and holding certain people above the law while selectively targeting others.
This president is guitly of war crimes (after the fact) by letting known perp's off and he is currently committing them himself, as outlined above.
There is remedy available, but our Congress is just as corrupt as this president(not) is.
And this is just the beginning (of the end).
First, two comments:
1) We were (and still are) relieved beyond words that Bushco started no new wars, nor did W impose martial law in order to keep himself in power beyond the end of his second term;
2) we were guardedly optimistic that Pres. Obama would wield the newly-recovered Democrats' double-edged majority-axe in Congress to restore the US to a nation of law...I say "guardedly" optimistic because we were suspicious of Obama from the git-go.
Turns out our suspicions are not only confirmed (by our new president's persistent misbehavior) but we are deeply chagrined to find that the reality is far worse than our greatest fears had ever conceived, even in our most cynical of moments.
To use the broadest brush available, here goes:
B.O. has fouled himself (and continues to) by spiking his administration, cabinet and "executive appointments" with conservatives, Blue-dogs and out-right, in-your-face Republicans. Sick.
At virtually every turn, B.O. ignores his oath of office by failing to support and defend the Constitution of the United States of America; nor does he enforce its laws...only selectively does he do so.
Most grievously, B.O. has assumed for himself the Bushco mantle of unchecked secrecy and unlawful powers--in particular, he now holds certain individuals above the law, i.e. his blantent determination to block investigations into manifold crimes which were clearly [not arguably] committed by the previous administration; furthermore, to have stated w/o any qualifiers whatsoever than no one from the previous administration will ever be prosecuted by his DoJ for crimes committed while they were in office. THIS IS IN DIRECT CONTRADICTION TO HIS OATH OF OFFICE!
Meanwhile, B.O. wants to close Gitmo while keeping open other "black" prisons in Iraq and Afghanistan where there is no rule of law, no accountability. B.O. continues with "extreme rendition", disappearing people, unwarranted wiretaps and worst of all, he maintains for himself the unconstitutional power to suspend the right of habeas corpus at his will and on his word alone.
Another reeking, un-emptied basket of WH bushit is B.O.'s continuation of the Bushco DoJ policy of selectively targeting anyone who does not toe the conservative line while giving free passes to those who do. Two prominent names come to mind to illustrate this: Don Seigleman, and that congressman from Alaska, What's his name? It'll come to me...and I may have to correct the "Seigleman" name, as my mind is badly muddled this morning.
The list goes on and on and on, but we've put in enough already to provide the gist of why we now believe that the Obama presidency will deliver the final blow which will utterly destroy the our Constitution by coninuing the Bushco legacy of seeding the Supreme and Federal courst and his DoJ with neocons and holding certain people above the law while selectively targeting others.
This president is guitly of war crimes (after the fact) by letting known perp's off and he is currently committing them himself, as outlined above.
There is remedy available, but our Congress is just as corrupt as this president(not) is.
And this is just the beginning (of the end).
# posted by call me crazy @ 1:27 AM 
