6, February 2010 Obama, a Big Disappointment
It is extremely disappointing that presidential-candidate Obama, who
galvanized the nation with his promises and soaring rhetoric, has been
swallowed up by the beltway beast of special interests. Consider the following:
His 3.8 trillion budget boosts war spending while
drastically cutting domestic programs.
The Pentagon budget would grow over three percent in addition to funding
the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan for a total of over $741 billion. This dwarfs
all other spending programs.
By seeking an increase of $7 billion in nuclear spending
he has reneged on his earlier pledge to cut the US nuclear arsenal and seek a
nuclear weapons-free world.
Politico, a news website, has recently revealed that CIA
operatives are now permitted to “moonlight”, sharing their privileged
information with private for-profit companies having the dangerous potential
for compromising national security.
Director of
National Intelligence Dennis C. Blair confirmed that
government agencies may kill U.S. citizens abroad without formally charging
them of a crime – a clear violation of
the Fifth Amendment's explicit guarantee—that no-one shall be deprived
of life without due process.
Contrary to Obama’s
‘State of the Union’ address that ‘we don’t torture’, US special forces
continues to torture and ‘rendition’ people to secret ‘black’ prisons (see
Anand Gopal report, “Obama’s secret prisons, . . featured in the “huffingtonpost.com”).
Warrantless
wiretaps are still permitted - - unchallenged by a comatose Congress.
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