Comments on: The NSA is Still Wiretapping. And We’re Surprised? http://washingtonindependent.com/39054/the-nsa-is-stillwiretapping-and-were-surprised National News in Context Tue, 31 Jan 2012 02:40:51 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Eric http://washingtonindependent.com/39054/the-nsa-is-stillwiretapping-and-were-surprised/comment-page-1#comment-35989 Eric Fri, 17 Apr 2009 08:37:41 +0000 http://washingtonindependent.com/?p=39054#comment-35989 This should be no surprise to anyone, seeing as how the same people are exercising power in the current administration as exercised it in past ones. There have been no real changes in policy since Obama took center stage. Except, of course, for a further denuding of our civil liberties (almost all of which have their foundation in administrations that ended more than 20 years). The thing is that no one wants to find out what the real history of these politics is, they simply want to blame the politicians on the other side of the fence from them.<br><br>While people still allow themselves to be fooled by a false dichotomy centered around a few polarizing issues (healthcare, gay marriage, abortion), nothing will get solved. This should be no surprise to anyone, seeing as how the same people are exercising power in the current administration as exercised it in past ones. There have been no real changes in policy since Obama took center stage. Except, of course, for a further denuding of our civil liberties (almost all of which have their foundation in administrations that ended more than 20 years). The thing is that no one wants to find out what the real history of these politics is, they simply want to blame the politicians on the other side of the fence from them.

While people still allow themselves to be fooled by a false dichotomy centered around a few polarizing issues (healthcare, gay marriage, abortion), nothing will get solved.

]]> By: Eric http://washingtonindependent.com/39054/the-nsa-is-stillwiretapping-and-were-surprised/comment-page-1#comment-26971 Eric Fri, 17 Apr 2009 01:37:41 +0000 http://washingtonindependent.com/?p=39054#comment-26971 This should be no surprise to anyone, seeing as how the same people are exercising power in the current administration as exercised it in past ones. There have been no real changes in policy since Obama took center stage. Except, of course, for a further denuding of our civil liberties (almost all of which have their foundation in administrations that ended more than 20 years). The thing is that no one wants to find out what the real history of these politics is, they simply want to blame the politicians on the other side of the fence from them.<br><br>While people still allow themselves to be fooled by a false dichotomy centered around a few polarizing issues (healthcare, gay marriage, abortion), nothing will get solved. This should be no surprise to anyone, seeing as how the same people are exercising power in the current administration as exercised it in past ones. There have been no real changes in policy since Obama took center stage. Except, of course, for a further denuding of our civil liberties (almost all of which have their foundation in administrations that ended more than 20 years). The thing is that no one wants to find out what the real history of these politics is, they simply want to blame the politicians on the other side of the fence from them.

While people still allow themselves to be fooled by a false dichotomy centered around a few polarizing issues (healthcare, gay marriage, abortion), nothing will get solved.

]]> By: Gordon Priest http://washingtonindependent.com/39054/the-nsa-is-stillwiretapping-and-were-surprised/comment-page-1#comment-26858 Gordon Priest Thu, 16 Apr 2009 15:12:30 +0000 http://washingtonindependent.com/?p=39054#comment-26858 The legacy of Bush has been government by FIAT rather than by law. If Obama is to continue this practice then nothing has changed, but if the government is proved to have broken or otherwise violated the law or its intent, then this becomes law and it will be much harder for the likes of Bush to exercise power by FIAT. The legacy of Bush has been government by FIAT rather than by law. If Obama is to continue this practice then nothing has changed, but if the government is proved to have broken or otherwise violated the law or its intent, then this becomes law and it will be much harder for the likes of Bush to exercise power by FIAT.

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