[Peace-discuss] Fwd: Now Obama's in, is anti-war anti-racism activism out?

[Neil Parthun]

The very essence of puerility was not allowing criticism of Obama in  
the buildup to the election by saying those who held a consistent  
anti-war ethic somehow wanted McCain/Palin to win the election.  It  
was intellectually lazy and the sticking of one's head in the  
proverbial sand.

Now that Obama's elected, may we start saying the uncomfortable facts  
about He Who Shall Not Be Criticized?  Your lesser evil argument is  
now negated, so what else do you have to prevent our criticisms of  
Obama's bellicose rhetoric and acts (i.e. FISA) outside of ad hominem  
attacks on Carl, me and others?

May we begin our work to light a fire under his ass to ensure that he  
ends the wars and actually does some things to assist the working class?

In a similar fashion, many "anti-Bush" Democrats in the 1990's  
defended Clinton's bombing and genocide of Iraqis, defended his  
ending "welfare was we know it", expanding the use of capital  
punishment, the Defense of Marriage Act etc. for many of the same  
reasons people have used to defend Obama -- the idea of if Clinton/ 
Obama didn't do or say X, he would be slimed by the Republicans/it  
would assist the right wing in winning the next election/as bad as  
that was, the Republicans could be worse.

Well, with so many of the anti-progressive acts taken by Clinton and  
the increasingly bellicose rhetoric of Obama along with his  
surrounding himself with the Clinton-era hawks -- with friends like  
that, who the Hell needs enemies?

Smile and keep fighting,

      Neil

  We absolutely have to refuse to attribute any kind of permanency to  
that which is simply because it is.
[angela v. davis, 1944-]

Finish each day and be done with it. You have done what you could.  
Some blunders and absurdities have crept in; forget them as soon as  
you can. Tomorrow is a new day. You shall begin it serenely and with  
too high a spirit to be encumbered with your old nonsense.
[ralph waldo emerson, 1803-1882]
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