The last few days have seen abuses of the worst kind
emerge from the Obama Administration. I have seen all sorts of people rise to
the defense of the administration, mostly claiming that the Bush regime did far
worse during their terms in power. The truth is this, just because the GOP
pulled this kind of behavior in the past, it doesn't justify what the present administration
has done.
This kind of behavior is just plain wrong. What
really bothers me is what the PTB did to the Occupy movement. If there are
so-called "Progressives" that wish to defend Obama and his cronies, they might
just wish to take a minute to reflect on how they crushed the most promising
populist movement in the 21st Century.
Wire-tapping the phone lines of reporters and
reading their e-mails is just about the worst violation of the 1 st
Amendment that I can think of. The scandal involving the AP warrants a special
investigator. It is my opinion that all who were involved should be heavily
censured and I wouldn't discourage criminal proceedings against these people.
The IRS scandal involving the Tea-Party groups also
warrants a special prosecutor. The point I'm making is this; either we have a
free society or we don't. We can't have wrongdoers investigating wrongdoers. I
could have understood it if the IRS was investigating all of the groups that
claimed not to be political organizations but "social welfare" organizations.
Yet no "Progressive" PAC's were looked at.
As far as Benghazi goes, we should have been
prepared. It was foolish of us to believe that the people there would forgive
us for interfering in their internal affairs by bombing the country back to the
middle ages. This is the definition of hubris.
Watching the government trying to squirm out of the
trap it has dug for itself amuses me. I have no illusions when it comes to the
Democrats. I remember LBJ and the Southern Democrats. I also remember all of
the grand promises Obama made when he first ran for office.
This is a good time to take the power of the Federal
government down a notch. People like Bernie Sanders and Elizabeth Warren should
take the lead and introduce legislation to stop the "witch hunts" that the
Federal government unleashes. Instead of defending the Democrats, the people
that desire a just system of government should join in with those calling for
investigations. We might just find out that if we call out injustice when we
see it, no matter which party does it, those in power might just think twice
before doing it again.
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