A Nation Betrayed

For those who have been paying attention you know that president Barak Obama sold the constitution and a lot of American freedoms down the river Saturday when he signed the National Defense Authorization Act, thereby robbing us of the right of habeas corpus.  It is a gross betrayal of one of the most important principles on which our country is built. So what do we do?

If the Republicans had a single candidate who appeared capable of running something more complicated than a dog pound it could be a consideration, but unfortunately, the combination of clownish behavior and wrong thinking, especially about the economy and education, prohibits any serious consideration of any of them.  Actually, after Obama’s betrayal this weekend, he might now be setting himself up as the far right’s newest, anyone but Romney, candidate.

There have been a number of presidents in my lifetime that I have truly admired but none with whom I have unreservedly agreed so I am more than willing to give the President the benefit of the doubt as to his motives in this situation but try as I may, I am unable to discern any reason for his actions.  When he says, “I have signed this bill despite having serious reservations with concern to provisions that regulate detention, interrogation, and prosecution of suspected terrorists.” He is admitting that he understands the slippery slope, to which, he is condemning the country.

Yes, the bill is important in any number of its provisions but none of them have the far-reaching dangers of the Battlefield America sections and none of them threaten our basic freedoms, as do those parts.

I have spoken to a couple of hardcore Obama backers today and their chief argument in his favor seems to be that he has a sure knowledge that he, as President, controls the effects of the bill.  That is pure bullshit. Does he think he will be president forever?  Is he actually planning a dictatorship, because that is what he has set up. And what happens if you get a Bush/Cheney/Rumsfeld type coven back in office? Anyone who speaks out against anything will spend the rest of his life incognito and underground. At least it will help the unemployment problem. There’ll be lots of work building prison camps.

This bill is a disaster and the only solution to its passing is immediate lawsuits on the basis of its constitutionality. It’s time to see if the other leaders of our country have the guts to go against a president who can make them disappear.