Quote of the Day

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The contradictions between Obama's campaign claims and his actions as President are now so glaring and severe that the harshest denunciations of Obama's actions are coming from those who, during the Bush years, were held up by liberals and by Obama supporters as the most trustworthy and praiseworthy authorities on these matters.

—Glenn Greenwald

Greenwald's entire post is an important read, as the question must be asked: Just how bad will this get? I.e., how badly were Americans duped last year?

Greenwald is as derogatory in this post wherein he denounces the current DOJ's stand on habeas corpus:

The Obama DOJ is now squarely to the right of an extremely conservative, pro-executive-power, Bush 43-appointed judge on issues of executive power and due-process-less detentions ... The Bush DOJ -- and now the Obama DOJ -- maintain the President does and should have [the right to abduct people anywhere in the world, ship them to faraway prisons and hold them there indefinitely without charges].

I'm starting to have a very bad feeling about this.