Obama Bombs Yemen Hours After Winning Reelection

Figures.

http://antiwar.com/blog/2012/11/07/obama-bombs-yemen-hours-after-winning-reelection/

And it's a win for the Federal Reserve and Goldman Sachs!

Don't know what I was expecting. I mean, to think that the pro-war, pro-NDAA, pro-TSA, pro-Patriot Act, pro-interventionism, pro-torture, pro-foreign aid, pro-healthcare mandate, pro-drug war, pro-bailout, pro-stimulus, pro-corporatism, pro-Federal Reserve, pro-deficit, and was primarily funded by Goldman Sachs won the election.

Absolutely shocking.

But in all honesty, it's probably a good thing Obama won. The only possible benefit I could really see from Romney winning would have been Supreme Court picks. Now, we've taught the Republican party that even though they were up against a candidate with an approval rating as low as Carter's, without a good candidate of their own they will not win.  This may give rise to some actual changes in the 2016 election.

Or maybe expecting real change through the election process is a fantasy by itself. We'll see, I guess.

In a bit of actual good news, congratulations Colorodo! With the pass of amendment 64, marijuana is finally legal for recreational use by adults!

Presidential Debate Questions

I can only hope that when Romney and Obama do finally debate, they'll be given questions half as good as these.

For President Obama:

Mr. President, on the day you were elected in 2008, the unemployment rate was 6.5%, the national debt was $10 trillion, and a gallon of gasoline cost about $2.07. Nearly four years later, the unemployment rate is above 8%, the national debt is $16 trillion, and gas is about $3.85 a gallon. The number of Americans on food stamps has grown to 47 million now from 30 million in November 2008. On what basis can you say to the voters that you deserve to be re-hired for another four years?

For Governor Romney:

You are airing campaign commercials promising that you will generate "59,000 new jobs for New Hampshire," "create over 200,000 new jobs for Colorado," "create over 700,000 new jobs for Florida," "create over 100,000 new jobs for Nevada," and "create over 340,000 new jobs for Virginia." Doesn’t this undermine your message that jobs are created by entrepreneurs not by Washington politicians? How can you possibly know with such fine-tuned certainty and specificity how many jobs you will create in each state?

NDAA Reauthorized

Well.

That was fast.

The recent ruling that the NDAA is unconstitutional has been appealed by the White House, keeping it in action for the time being, until it is reviewed by higher authorities. This stay will last until at least September 28th.

Let's review what Obama said on December 31, 2011 when he signed the NDAA, shall we?

“The fact that I support this bill as a whole does not mean I agree with everything in it. In particular, I have signed this bill despite having serious reservations with certain provisions that regulate the detention, interrogation, and prosecution of suspected terrorists.” - Barack Obama

Where the hell is that reluctance now? Some people might have been able to defend Obama before by saying he didn't like this part and wished it wasn't there, why in the world would they fight specifically to keep that part?! Why aren't Democrats waking up to see this is the man they elected?

http://rt.com/usa/news/obama-lohier-ndaa-stay-414/

Obama Says Judge Ruling the NDAA Unconstitutional was an Unconstitutional Ruling

I mean, since when have judges been allowed to make rulings? They've gone mad with power in their attempts to stop others from going mad with power!

But those other people were only going mad with "serious reservations", of course.

http://www.businessinsider.com/obama-administration-fights-for-the-ndaa-2012-9

NDAA's indefinite detention provision declared unconstitutional

In a bit of good news, the section of the National Defense Authorization Act that allowed the indefinite detention of US citizens without charge or trial was ruled as unconstitutional!

http://www.zerohedge.com/news/us-totalitarianism-loses-major-battle-judge-permanently-blocks-ndaas-military-detention-provisi

Unsurprisingly, for a bill that Obama signed with "serious reservations", his administration seems to be fighting tooth and nail to keep this disgusting power.

http://www.businessinsider.com/unbelievable-obama-administration-has-already-appealed-ndaa-ruling-2012-9

Paul Ryan claims Obama defense cuts costs America jobs

"President Obama's reckless defense cuts that are hanging over our cloud, hanging over the horizon, could put almost 44,000 jobs at stake right here in Pennsylvania. We are not going to let that happen..." - Paul Ryan

http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2012/08/22/ryan-blames-obama-for-scheduled-defense-cuts/

First off,  Obama has not cut our "defense" spending. He's expanded US presence in Afghanistan, he's followed Bush's timeline for Iraq, and let's not forget the whole thing with Libya and Uganda. Let's not forget that we're preparing to go to war with Iran. Like everything else, Obama has just followed Bush's policies, but increased the spending on it.

Secondly,  military positions are not jobs, especially when their function is not even providing defense. War does not produce anything, war blows stuff up. War sends good, working age men to go die, and has the opportunity cost of them doing an actually productive job. War hurts the economy. I cannot stress that enough.

Thirdly, isn't Paul Ryan's big thing supposed to be that he's slashed the budget or whatever? Yeah, this guy seems like he's really anti-spending.

Paul Ryan is just another standard Keynesian, working with a standard Keynesian broken window fallacy.

Obama Fight to Keep Indefinite Detention

You must understand that we live in a post 9/11 world. And that means you have lost all your rights. You are now guilty until proven innocent. Wait, scratch that, you are guilty until the government says your innocent. That's why it's so important that the government has the power to imprison someone as long as they want without charge or trial. Thank you, Obama. Thanks for your wonderful change.

http://rt.com/usa/news/obama-indefinite-detention-forrest-070/

Pick your poison

In the 2012 election, if you want a president who:
>will cut spending
>stop inflation
>understands economics
>will stop America from policing the world
>defend the freedom of the internet
>end the abusive and unconstitutional drug war
>won't bail out the rich with the poor's money
>won't be a corporate puppet
>end the TSA
>wants to remove government from marriage
>fight against torture
>fight the growing police state
>fight mandates to buy a product

Then you're out of luck. But you can pick whether the president will have an "R" after his name or a "D"! That's something, right?