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Bush III: Obama’s deteriorating legacy

Posted on 2013.08.29 by winterSmith 2 comments

Way back in March of 2008, as the campaign was running in high gear, I made clear that while I wasn’t in love with the Democratic frontrunners, the emerging alternative was worse: John McCain represented the third Bush presidency. I was undoubtedly right. But… You knew there was a “but” coming, didn’t you? Obama prepares for possible action against Syria

Legal, but not constitutional: how the government is weasel wording the public about Edward Snowden and the NSA

Posted on 2013.06.11 by winterSmith 18 comments

The Edward Snowden/NSA/PRISM uproar continues, and in the argument over whether or not he’s a Real American Patriot or your basic criminal vigilante the whole fucking point is getting lost. In fact, that argument is precisely the one that the Obama administration and the GOP’s security-state architects want us waging because it distracts us from the actual issue we need