I was never entirely sold on Obama, who seemed capable of giving good speeches but a little slippery on policy detail, but the Administration's response to the NSA stuff is, well, astounding. But at least we all know who to blame: George W Bush, whose tentacles of evil power are capable of extending forward five years after he left office. A diabolical genius, indeed, just as he's always been portrayed.
Either that, or a lot of people need to be rethinking their willingness to trust in the goodness of the people they elect.
Or, hey, third option: maybe civil liberties are less important than universal health care. Which is... a view, I guess, but probably not one that should be called 'liberal.'
"Thou shalt not extinguish thine anger, but shall master it,
that thy conscience may not be blunted by adjustment
to wrong causes."
-The Dutch Ten Commandments to Foil the Nazis
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