Galloway on Obama
Who stole our change?
Who hijacked a popular uprising that was going to put a stop to business as usual in Washington, D.C.?
What happened to Barack Obama on his way to the White House? …
There was one thing Obama absolutely had to do, even before tackling an economic meltdown and the Wall Street and big bank rip-offs:
He had to reassure Americans that we all live under the rule of law; that no one by virtue of holding the highest offices in the land, or having the biggest bank account, is above the law.
It was incumbent on new President Obama to step back and let justice be done. Let the investigators do their job, Not only to let justice be done but let justice be seen to be done.
But no. He said he wanted to focus on the future, not revisit the past. He needed to get moving on stimulating a floundering economy. And he screwed that up, too, reaching out to the very pirates who had looted their stockholders, their own companies, their own country to find someone to appoint as Treasury Secretary, thus reassuring Wall Street that he wasn’t going to turn over any apple carts.
He declared that we, as a nation and people, would no longer torture our enemies and suspected enemies; would no longer lock them up and throw away the key; would no longer violate our own laws and those of the international conventions governing warfare.
But he trooped over to the Central Intelligence Agency headquarters to reassure those who had “only followed orders” when they tortured and abused helpless prisoners that they would never face justice. Nor would those who gave those illegal orders.
Go read the rest, and try to tell me Galloway’s wrong.
And people wonder why I get angry, and have no tolerance for politicians.
And people wonder why I’m cynical and have no faith in America.
We’re led by feckless liars who are more concerned with perpetuating their own careers than with doing the right thing for their constituents.
That’s just a fact. When was the last time you saw a politicians take a real risk on something that pissed off the big-money guys? Even in health care reform, single payer was taken off the table before it was even on the table to begin with, and even as we speak, it’s taking massive citizen action to get our representatives to represent, you know, citizens instead of corporations.
This is not rocket science. Unfortunately, your representative thinks you’re an idiot.
