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jakeXT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-25-09 02:10 PM Original message |
Obama will bypass Congress to detain suspects indefinitely |
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Q3JR4 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-25-09 02:21 PM Response to Original message |
1. And you're surprised about this....why? |
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FiveGoodMen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-25-09 02:36 PM Response to Original message |
2. He does not get my vote again. |
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frog92969 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-25-09 02:50 PM Response to Reply #2 |
3. +1 |
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frebrd (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-25-09 02:52 PM Response to Reply #2 |
4. I don't think he'll get mine again, either........ |
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T Wolf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-25-09 03:14 PM Response to Original message |
5. IF he would use the powers obtained by * for "good" (from my point of view) reasons, I could |
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lysosome (205 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-25-09 03:22 PM Response to Original message |
6. If he just lets the powers the previous president had go... |
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FiveGoodMen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-25-09 03:38 PM Response to Reply #6 |
7. Nonsense |
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lysosome (205 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-25-09 04:01 PM Response to Reply #7 |
9. Really? Look at Carter. He gave up the powers Nixon had and Bush just took them back. |
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FiveGoodMen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-25-09 04:03 PM Response to Reply #9 |
10. 29-dimensional chess again? |
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lysosome (205 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-25-09 04:12 PM Response to Reply #10 |
11. Current guy would be better than the last, at least. |
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FiveGoodMen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-25-09 04:13 PM Response to Reply #11 |
13. Better than the last guy isn't 1% good enough. |
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lysosome (205 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-25-09 04:27 PM Response to Reply #13 |
16. Judge him on the way out. Not prior to the first year. |
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FiveGoodMen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-25-09 04:28 PM Response to Reply #16 |
17. When you're pulling in the wrong direction, time is not the issue. |
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ShortnFiery (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-25-09 03:51 PM Response to Original message |
8. Democratic Kick |
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alarimer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-25-09 04:13 PM Response to Original message |
12. Some "change" |
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Demeter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-25-09 04:25 PM Response to Original message |
14. Wrong Way Obama! Turn Back, Barack! |
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FiveGoodMen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-25-09 04:26 PM Response to Reply #14 |
15. Change you can be sure is for the worse. |
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Skittles (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-25-09 07:35 PM Response to Original message |
18. disgusting |
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Seldona (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-25-09 09:02 PM Response to Original message |
19. Will the other branches of government do anything to assure |
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bertman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-25-09 11:38 PM Response to Original message |
20. I agree with Seldona. This is not just about what Obama is doing, but about what the |
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jakeXT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-26-09 03:39 AM Response to Reply #20 |
21. Why extend the 911 emergency powers? |
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bertman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-26-09 10:09 AM Response to Reply #21 |
22. As I said, there are a lot of things that I am not happy with. |
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IndianaGreen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-26-09 12:29 PM Response to Reply #20 |
25. Our Founding Fathers were well aware of a threat a powerful sovereign posed to the people |
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bertman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-26-09 01:57 PM Response to Reply #25 |
27. Agreed. No one has articulated this as well as David Swanson does in his "Daybreak". |
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Vidar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-26-09 12:17 PM Response to Original message |
23. Freedom we can believe in. |
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IndianaGreen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-26-09 12:27 PM Response to Reply #23 |
24. Instead of 'Change We Can Believe In', we are getting a thousand year Reich |
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winyanstaz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-26-09 01:33 PM Response to Original message |
26. Can someone tell me exactly what Obama has done.... |
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chimpymustgo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-27-09 12:39 PM Response to Reply #26 |
30. He's given some lovely speeches. |
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IndianaGreen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-27-09 12:56 PM Response to Reply #30 |
31. We must separate Mr. Obama's words from the deeds of Obama Administration |
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chimpymustgo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-27-09 02:08 PM Response to Reply #31 |
32. That was, indeed, my point. |
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winyanstaz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-27-09 03:17 PM Response to Reply #30 |
33. yes he is very good at that... |
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QC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-27-09 05:46 PM Response to Reply #30 |
36. He got a real cute puppy, too. And he looks nice with his shirt off. |
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jakeXT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-27-09 04:25 AM Response to Original message |
28. Mr. Obama Punts . . . |
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debbierlus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-27-09 09:26 AM Response to Original message |
29. How very George Bush of him.... |
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Lydia Leftcoast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-27-09 03:22 PM Response to Original message |
34. If Castro or Chavez did this, the U.S. media would be screaming with one voice |
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depakid (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-27-09 03:24 PM Response to Original message |
35. So much for the "constitutional scholar" business |
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PurityOfEssence (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-27-09 10:16 PM Response to Reply #35 |
37. Expertise doesn't guarantee respect: look at how he plays fast and loose with religion |
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