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In reply to the discussion: Blowback from the White House's Vindictive War on Whistleblowers [View all]truedelphi
(32,324 posts)More remembered for this NSA scandal, than for the destruction of the environment under the fracking policies, and the destruction of the "Rule of Law' under the Holder/Obama provision that says the law only applies to the 99%. (Too Big To Fail equals Too Big To Jail.)
The police have been militarized; the Freedom of speech and assembly are in serious disarray; our "Free Press' is more and more mere stenographers groomed to rival movie stars in appearance, but more vacuous than Kim Kardashian when they open their mouths. (A FCC with some bite might have cleaned this up; but what politician would have the nerve to go there!)
State's rights are stomped on also - we have no money to help the states keep teachers or other civil servants employed, but plenty of money to send in the DEA and DOJ even when voters have demanded that marijuana users be left alone. (Over sixty Calif. pot clubs have been dismantled by the Feds in just the last few weeks.) And our food is now under the assault of GM pollen, that will make it harder and harder for Americans to avoid the vomitoxin-contaminated shit that festers on our grocery shelves. meanwhile, as the full meaning of the Paulson/Geithner/Bernanke policies come to light, forty nine cents out of every dollar of profit generated goes off to Obama's friends in Big Financial firms. (that is up from eight cents back in the Carter and Reagan eras.)
On the bright side, maybe all this will finally force a reform of the corrupt element of the Party.