11-05-2012, 05:43 PM
mick e wrote:
The point that mick e has made is that Obama had an opportunity to make things right and restore the system of governance that existed before W Bush. Because he chose to go the other way, he has ruined the system that was put in place by the founders.
This may sound like hyperbole to you, but since he failed to act in the ways he stated he would leading up to the 2008 election, any hope of restoring the constitutional protections that we had enjoyed for most of our lives is lost. The genie cannot and won't be put back in the bottle at this point.
This means more tracking and surveillance, less freedom to travel - even within the country's borders. The systematic domination and suppression by the government over it's people is well underway.
Obama could have outlawed all domestic spying programs and arrested and tried the Bush Administration for their blatant flouting of constitutional law. He could have made statements condemning these programs and anything like it that intrudes on individual rights. He could have been a hero to the nation, but instead he decided to be its undertaker.
I could not have said it better myself,
then there those who do not give a rat's ass about this "freedom and liberty" thing....