...I would have to somehow continue to harbor a delusional hope that this administration would in some way be meaningfully different from the last. And I don't think I do, anymore. Still in Iraq, more troops to Afghanistan, tax money to failing corporations, Patriot Act reaffirmed/expanded, Gitmo still open, extraordinary rendition and torture continues, secret internet trade [ACTA] negotiations, DEA still busting medical marijuana in the increasingly failing "War on [some] Drug [users], civil liberties still denied to all citizens... I don't even know that I'm on board with the health care reform, but even the one thing his base wanted was a public option and they've all but abandoned that. Bah. Humbug. The only thing that can be said is that McCain/Palin still would have been worse.
SAME we can believe in - Boing Boing:
"The Obama administration has granted Defense Secty. Robert Gates new powers to block the release of 21 color photos showing prisoners in Afghanistan and Iraq being abused by Americans. The ACLU sued for release of the images. Federal courts previously rejected attempts to keep them secret. ACLU: "No democracy has ever been made stronger by suppressing information about its own misconduct.""
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