Doesn’t matter if there were 300 million signatures on the petition. 0bama works for the .01 percent, and they want to steal every penny from Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid in order to make themselves richer at the expense of working tax-payers. 0bama supports that idea 1000%.

If 0bama could execute Manning today, he would do so. This kid is going to spend his life in prison for being a whistle-blower. Another 0bama legacy.

These technicalities only matter in the minds of Democrats. Republicans will have the same objectives tomorrow as they do today and have had since 1980: to destroy the US government, to loot the economy for their own enrichment, and to impoverish and enslave all non-billionaire Americans. It is a serious mistake to regard the GOP as a political party when they are in fact a criminal gang. 0bama and the Dems in Congress refuse to acknowledge this, however, and are very eager to give away all of Social Security, Medicare, Medicaid, unemployment insurance, food stamps, school lunches, etc., in the hope of getting a cut of the loot from their corporate bosses. There is no way to oppose the fascist Republican takeover when the Vichy Democrats are so completely committed to helping them obliterate the last vestiges of government of, by, and for the People.

0bama will have his god-damned “Grand Bargain”, literally at all costs. It will be our Democratic “Hope” and “Change” president who will kill Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid in exchange for…what? Kick-backs from fat-cats. Ther prosperity of a nation doesn’t count when personal wealth is the true objective.

So this means I can kidnap and torture my own enemies and it’s all hunkey-dorey?? Cool!! I’ve got a list…

Common sense and scientific evidence don’t count for anything in our political “system”. The outcome will be determined by which deep-pocketed lobbyists have paid off the judges. Hint: there are no lobbyists representing medical marijuana patients.

What can be done? The US government has more Gestapos than we even know about. The FBI, CIA, NSA, DEA, DHS, DIA, and several corporations working as contractors (Blackwater, DynCorp, etc.) keep all Americans under surveillance at all times. We are merely serfs in a corporate-fascist police state, and if we get out of line, we can be dragged off to a government dungeon to be tortured to death, or just summarily executed as “suspected terrorists”. How do we fight that? Re-elect 0bama? Ha! 0bama has expanded the power of those Gestapos more than his idol Dick Cheney ever did. Appeal to Congress? The Supreme Court? I would laugh, but it’s really not funny. American politicians are the most corrupt gangsters on Earth.

I guess it’s important to know how bad things have gotten in this country, but it would be helpful if there were some sort of plan for fixing the situation. I can’t think of one short of a revolution.

Strictly personal opinion, of course, but Chris Hayes is worth watching on both Saturday AND Sunday. Possibly the best, or perhaps the only good weekend jabber-fest going. Not the “usual suspects” week after week.

USA = Police State

This is the way 0bama wants it.

Too bad our votes DON’T count, when it’s Republicans counting the votes.

0bama doesn’t care about civil rights in America; why would he care about civil rights in Bahrain?

0bamaCo’s only concerns about Bahrain are whether the ruling oligarchs will continue to buy our products, like tear gas, armored personnel carriers, etc. Panetta and Betrayus have some weaponized drones standing by to obliterate any of the locals who don’t clap loud enough for the oligarchs. Anything for a buck, and screw the little people.

The US government hates democracy and loves dictators who crush populist movements wherever they may arise. The global 99% are aware of this. They don’t “hate us for our freedoms”, they hate us for destroying THEIR freedoms by supporting their autocrats.

0bama doesn’t care, as long as he and his pals are getting paid.

The entire trial is nothing but kabuki. 0bama already declared Manning guilty. He will probably spend the rest of his life in prison as an example to all other potential whistle-blowers.

That’s the way it works now: if the Decider suspects you, your life is forfeit.

“…69 Democrats, including leadership figures James Clyburn and John Larson, voted for the bill…”

Pollutocrats own Congress. 0bama won’t veto anything; they own him, too. Democrats pretend to be concerned about working Americans, women’s rights, the environment, etc. That’s just their schtick. No amount of toxic sludge or carcinogenic filth in the air or water supply will prevent them from taking the lobbyist’s bribes, just like their Republican pals.

Our national motto shouldn’t be “In God We Trust”, it should be “Anything For A Buck”.

…A “criminal investigation” into the photos has been launched…

That means the military will be investigating the guy who provided the photos to the LA Times, NOT the people appearing in the photos. The “crime” which will be punished is the whistle-blowing, not the atrocities committed by the troops in the field.

The Republicans are clearly the enemy of working Americans, and yet it is always the Democrats who stab us in the back. American politicians and the fat-cats who own them are undoubtedly the most despicable scumbags ever to crawl the face of the Earth. I would declare that our country is doomed, but those same politicians and fat-cats have ensured that the entire planet will be uninhabitable within a few years, so of course the whole world is doomed. The collapse of civilization, catastrophic climate change and planet-wide mass extinctions are the price we will all pay for the greed and gluttony of the 1%.

If drugs were decriminalized, how would the CIA or the drug cartels it colludes with obtain their spending cash? And how would we be able to convince our client states to buy all that military hardware and “expert” consulting needed to conduct their local “war on drugs”? And what excuse would we use when we invade those client states or start attacking them with weaponized drones (a la Pakistan)? C’mon people, get real! You can’t just legalize drugs, there’s big money at stake!