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In reply to the discussion: How can we hold presidents accountable if they can wage wars anywhere at anytime in secret? [View all]SGMRTDARMY
(599 posts)24. It seems most sheeple just want to go through life
and don't give a shit about what our govt. is doing in our name. One way or the other, things have to change but I'm not holding my breath.
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How can we hold presidents accountable if they can wage wars anywhere at anytime in secret? [View all]
rug
Jun 2012
OP
Perhaps they will when they are old enough that spending the rest of their life in Kansas
Egalitarian Thug
Jun 2012
#47
I only know that they deny it or refuse to comment until the evidence is too overwhelming.
morningfog
Jun 2012
#71
I was just coming into political consciousness during that long, hot summer of 1974. My
coalition_unwilling
Jun 2012
#15
So many revisionists ignore these facts when spinning their fantasies.
Egalitarian Thug
Jun 2012
#35
and he got a full pardon for any actions he ever undertook, no matter how henious.
L. Coyote
Jun 2012
#54
So what you said to her was, "Both parties do it & there's nothing we can do about it." OK.
HiPointDem
Jun 2012
#43
Keeping the people in the dark about what their government does isn't democracy.
Tierra_y_Libertad
Jun 2012
#13
The feeling is mutual. Ultimately, blame must attach to the people themselves, who
coalition_unwilling
Jun 2012
#21
Shit, I guess all those hours I spent walking precincts for Jesse Jackson ('84),
coalition_unwilling
Jun 2012
#49
Can you please point me to a link that would fill me in on the Blanche Lincoln
coalition_unwilling
Jun 2012
#59
I understand your frustration and alienation. I remember feeling exactly the same way
coalition_unwilling
Jun 2012
#62
Interesting argument. Talking about secret wars that no one knows about,...
Honeycombe8
Jun 2012
#19
We can't. Why would anyone but a traitor want to? Are you supporting our enemies over his judgment?
WriteWrong
Jun 2012
#23
Whose judgment? This is a power accreting to any person who holds the odffice of President>
rug
Jun 2012
#30
"Make No Mistake: it is only by ignoring the law that we can save the law"
MannyGoldstein
Jun 2012
#28
I argue that Obama is performing the job he was elected to do. And some of the job, I don't approve.
freshwest
Jun 2012
#37
We are all complicit, you are right, and I too have come to the same conclusion, it is definitely
sabrina 1
Jun 2012
#46