by theyoungturks, Thu Sep 08, 2011 at 08:56:32 AM EDT
The ACLU just issued the report 'A Call to Courage: Reclaiming Our Liberties Ten Years After 9/11' which exposes the Obama Administration for not prosecuting any Bush Administration crimes and in many cases (outside of torture and extraordinary rendition) continuing or expanding Bush policies.
It might seem hyperbolic or facetious that a left-leaning blogger would argue that Obama and the Democrats are less trustworthy than Bush and the Republicans. I am not claiming that Bush or Republicans make better, more desirable leaders than Obama or the Dems. What I am arguing is that Republicans can generally be trusted more than Democrats to do what they say they are going to do. In a nutshell, the reason is... READ ON.
No silly. Not the one where he warned the British that the Americans were coming. The one where he warned Americans that the American Brownshirts were coming:
The interview concluded with Olbermann quipping: "I'll see you at Gitmo."
This is where we are, folks. America is dead. The grand experiment is over, for the moment. It's going to take a Democratic Congress and a Democratic president to rescind this law.
So, hunker down and vote and wait.
Oh, look! There's our neighbor, Paul Revere. He's riding through the neighborhood.
What's that he's shouting?
"The brown shirts are coming! The brown shirts are coming!"
Silly Paul. The brown shirts are already here.
Read more about October 17, 2006, The Reverse of July 4th, 1776 on the other side of the metaphysical jump.
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