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Obama really F’d up on this one

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I was very dissappointed this week to find out Obama will not press charges against CIA agents who participated in obvious torture.

I partially agree with him on one front, they were following orders. BUT as trained CIA agents they should have known better and secondly the ones delivering the orders (the real crooks in this deal) should get the biggest brunt of punishment.

Olberman pointed out this week, if we do not correct the past we will pay for it in the future.

“Our national greatness is embedded in America’s ability to right its course in concert with our core values, and to move forward with confidence. That is why we must resist the forces that divide us, and instead come together on behalf of our common future.”

This one will bite you in the ass Barry.

Quote of the day

I have been on the fence about a lot of Obama’s decisions lately, but I still think he a dynamic individual and has been handed a big shit sandwich – and we are only at 70 days! But he impressed me yesterday with this statement, it reminded me that it has been a very long time since a politician said something truthful;

Obama said “one of the great strengths of the United States” is that it does not consider itself “a Christian nation or a Jewish nation or a Muslim nation. We consider ourselves a nation of citizens who are bound by ideals and a set of values. I think modern Turkey was founded with a similar set of principles.”

And I think Franklin, Washington, Jefferson and Hamilton would agree.