the obama deception dvd out now

[El Nino]

Taken from a site that I just passed by....

To commemorate the 4th of July, here is another update on some of the many ways Obama has proven continuous with Bush:

Civil Liberties

* The Obama Administration drafted plans to reassert presidential authority to incarcerate terrorism suspects indefinitely.
* Not only that, but Obama's Department of Defense is claiming the president has the power to detain people indefinitely even after they have been acquitted at their trial, rendering due process a joke.
* Obama's Department of Justice sided with the Bush Administration and successfully argued before the Supreme Court that convicted criminals have no constitutional right to access evidence for DNA analysis.

Foreign Policy

* While Bush claimed "Mission Accomplished", Obama touts Iraqi "National Sovereignty Day" - despite the "withdrawal" that continues to station U.S. troops in U.S. military bases just outside Iraqi cities.
* The Obama White House has reportedly threatened anti-war freshmen House Reps who planned to vote against another $106 billion war spending supplemental (which then passed).
* Obama is still using robots to bomb people in Afghanistan and Pakistan, and seems to be as fluid as Bush regarding the reasons for going to war in Afghanistan in the first place.

Environment

* Obama is making no move to stop Mountaintop Coal Mining but merely promising more bureaucratic oversight of the destruction of Appalachian mountains, forests and streams.
* White House has reportedly used aggressive tactics to flip House Reps who opposed the Waxman-Markey cabon cap bill on environmental grounds.

Transparency

* Obama follows Bush in blocking journalists and watchdog groups from access to White House visitor logs.

Sense of Humor

* G.W. Bush liked to make fun of women he executed, and Obama thinks it is funny to make cheap jokes about Uighurs who, though they had been cleared of any wrongdoing, spent 7 years in Guantanamo and may never see their families again.

Gay Rights

* Obama's Department of Justice filed a legal brief in defense of the Defense of Marriage Act, which defines marriage as between a man and a woman - despite his campaign promises to repeal it. In the brief, gay marriage is compared to incest and to marrying children and also claimed that banning gay marriage is good for the Federal Budget. (But Obama is not exactly like Bush on this point, since after being criticized he talked to reps from the LGBT community and smiled at them and made more promises.)

[techi]

Taken from a site that I just passed by....

To commemorate the 4th of July, here is another update on some of the many ways Obama has proven continuous with Bush:

In Obama's defense, he's a champ at giving speechs. Bush was horrible at giving speechs. In fact, you could probably be scrolling the exact same words as Bush on the teleprompter and Obama would still leave people with a greater sense of comfort.

Truth be told, most US Presidents only manage to push thru a couple big things. The overall policy rarely shifts more that 5%.

Obama's been dealt a bum hand on just about everything and hasn't exactly surrounded himself with a great cast of characters. I think he's in for a rough ride.

Imo Obama should change direction on healthcare and go balls out for single payer. The plan that Obama currently has on the table gives the Republicans as much as they could hope for and they still aren't gonna vote for it. Meanwhile the compromises in the plan are undercutting support in his Democrat base.