…if only I had that power. Oh well.
The Obama administration supports extending three key provisions of the Patriot Act that are due to expire at the end of the year, the Justice Department told Congress in a letter made public Tuesday.
Wrong!
Bad!
No!
…ignoring me. Yep. Figures…well, my vote WAS meaningless, wasn’t it?
On the brighter side:
Operation Rescue says it’s broke, may shut down
Scott Roeder, 51, of Kansas City, Mo., faces charges of murder and aggravated assault in the slaying of Tiller as the Wichita abortion provider ushered at a Sunday morning church service.
Tiller’s killing has also been a public relations nightmare for the group — despite its public condemnation of the slaying — since the name and phone number of the group’s senior policy adviser was found in Roeder’s car when he was arrested. A television crew zoomed in on the scrawled note inside the car in images that made their way to the Internet.
…ALL TOGETHER NOW….”Awwwwwww!” 
“well, my vote WAS meaningless, wasn’t it?”
If you voted for Obama, I don’t know why you are surprised. He voted to renew the Patriot Act when he was in the Senate.
The whole “we’re broke” bs is a total publicity stunt. They’ve done this before. EVERYTHING Operation Rescue says should de facto assumed to be a lie.
It’s more a renewal of my year-old complaint that no matter who I voted for, any effect it’d have on the Patriot Act would be meaningless. Not surprised, just sorry to be reminded.
I wasn’t actually disappointed by Obama until I realized three months ago or so that I wasn’t even going to get the herring (or the hard-boiled egg, if you get your Jewish humor filtered through Terry Pratchett).
Not a matter whom you voted for, only if you voted for the two big parties. There is not a “Dime’s worth of Difference” between them. They are both for the expanding empire, stronger centralized power, and neither is for lower taxes, only who pays the taxes. The party can’t last forever though. The national debt grows, taxes go up and we become less free. Something’s gotta give…right?
Maybe not though, as long as the sheeple get digital TV, cheeseburgers and the puppet show, they won’t complain.
baaaa.
There’s this too: http://chris-floyd.com/component/content/article/1-latest-news/1841-blood-on-the-tracks-the-continuing-lessons-of-terror-and-tyranny.html