". . . The President's inflammatory rhetoric, unenforceable threats, and strategic inconsistency have made a bad situation even worse, weakened America and our allies, and emboldened North Korea. America and the world will be far better off if President Trump starts behaving less like Kim Jong Un and develops a real strategy for addressing this growing crisis. . . The world long ago grew accustomed to the belligerent behavior of North Korea's Kim family, so more of their same aggression is hardly a shock. . ."
(from The Nation, Ryan Devereaux, September 29, 2010. . . )
". . . As a candidate, Barack Obama opposed the Bush administration’s embrace of the state secrets privilege as tactic for deflecting litigation as part of his argument for greater transparency in Washington. He maintained the position, at least rhetorically, following his election. In a memo discussing the Freedom of Information Act in February 2009 the president wrote, “A democracy requires accountability, and accountability requires transparency.”
In an 18-month review of President Obama’s record on human rights, national security and civil liberties entitled “TheNewNormal,” Jaffer and Wizner praise the early accomplishments of the administration—including its release of crucial information regarding the Bush administration’s torture regime—but they also warn of a potential pitfall on the horizon. “There is a very real danger that the Obama administration will enshrine permanently within the law policies and practices that were widely considered extreme and unlawful during the Bush administration. There is a real danger, in other words, that the Obama administration will preside over the creation of a ‘new normal.’”
The Obama administration has invoked the state secrets privilege for the second time in less than a month—most recently in an effort to shut down discussion on the targeted killing of a US civilian who has not been charged of any crime—the new normal may have just arrived. . . "
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. . . Rick Santorum is obviously unqualified, and his entire campaign is based upon inflammatory rhetoric, fundamentalist religion, and theatrics. . .
Just witness just some of the gems uttered by the Republican candidate:
“. . . I think the Democrats are actually worried he [Obama] may go to
Indonesia and bow to more Muslims. . . ”
". . . Many of the Christian faith have said, well, that’s OK; contraception
is OK. It’s not OK. It’s a license to do things in a sexual realm that
is counter to how things are supposed to be. . . ”
" . . . “That’s not to pick on homosexuality. It’s not, you know, man on child,
man on dog, or whatever the case may be. . . "
". . . A few days ago, GOP Presidential candidate Rick Santorum put his foot
in his mouth by saying “I don’t want to make
black people’s lives better by giving them somebody else’s money". . . “I looked at that, and I didn't say that. If you look at it, what I
started to say is a word and then sort of changed and it sort of - blah
- came out. And people said I said ‘black.’ I didn't," . . . “And I can tell you, I don't use - I don't - first off, I don't use
the term ‘black’ very often. I use the term ‘African-American’ more than
I use ‘black' ... I think sometimes you want to give someone the
benefit of the doubt if it's a little bit of a blurred word. . . "
. . .BUT, upon hearing yesterday's news, I suddenly viewed Rick Santorum as . . . well, as a human being. . .
". . . GOP presidential candidate Rick Santorum’s campaign
says his hospitalized daughter is recovering and could be released
soon. Santorum spokesman Hogan Gidley said Monday that
3-year-old Bella could be released from a northern Virginia hospital by
the end of the day. She was hospitalized Friday. Her father did not
campaign Monday so he could be with his daughter, who suffers from a
rare genetic condition. Bella was hospitalized earlier this year with
pneumonia. Her father faces an uphill battle against front-runner Mitt
Romney in the race for the Republican presidential nomination. Santorum
often says Bella wasn’t expected to live beyond her first birthday. . . "
I can't say "I'll pray for her" because since I don't believe petitioning an invisible, omniscient, theistic and invasive being accomplishes anything (one of many areas where I disagree with Santorum). But, I can say with all honesty and sincerity with regard to Bella, I hope all goes well.
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(from truthout.com) Karl Rove Flips Out at Protesters: "Who Gave You the Right to Occupy America?" Wednesday 16 November 2011 by: Zaid Jilani, ThinkProgress | Report
Last night, former Bush official Karl Rove appeared at Johns Hopkins University to speak as a part of the annual Milton S. Eisenhower Symposium. Rove soon discovered that he wasn’t going to deliver his right-wing rhetoric unopposed, as a cry of “Mic Check!” rang out among the audience.
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“Karl Rove is the architect of Occupy Iraq, the architect of Occupy Afghanistan!” yelled the demonstrators. Occupy Baltimore had infiltrated the crowd and began chanting against Rove. “Who gave you the right to occupy America?” asked Rove to the protesters, apparently unaware of the Bill of Rights. As they repeated their slogan, “We are the 99 percent!” Rove petulantly responded, “No you’re not!” He snidely added, “You wanna keep jumping up and yelling that you’re the 99 percent? How presumptuous and arrogant can you think (you) are!”
Get with the program, Karl. You’ve been talking to polite (warranted?) audiences for too long. These people aren’t gonna listen to you drool for an hour or more and wait in line to ask you a question. Do you really expect that, Karl? Who is the BUFFOON here?
Note: And nobody got hurt.
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