[Peace-discuss] Obama no better than Bush; lots of links

Tue Apr 10 00:00:51 UTC 2012

[The eminence grise of News from Neptune (Fridays at 7pm, channel 6),  
Doctor NO, provides the following important links for those who say  
that the criminal policies of the US government are simply  
inheritances from the Bush administration. --CGE]

Begin forwarded message:
>
> I came across the following list -- https://www.commondreams.org/view/2012/04/08-4 
> #comment-2099262 -- while reading responses to the latest Danny  
> Schechter article https://www.commondreams.org/view/2012/04/08-4
>
> I thought this might be useful to you should you come across someone  
> who argues to vote for Obama because the Republicans are just so bad.
>
> =======================================
> 1. The escalated wars even compared to overt war criminal Bush?
>
> www.alternet.org/world/144449/obama_far_outdoes_bush_in_e...
>
> 2. The continuation of the abrogation of Habeas Corpus just like Bush?
>
> www.salon.com/news/opinion/glenn_greenwald/2009/04/11/bagram
>
> 3. The continuation of military tribunals just like Bush:
>
> http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/03/04/AR2010030405209.html
>
> 4. The continuation of rendition to countries that torture just like  
> Bush:
>
> http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/08/11/target-of-obama-era-rendi_n_256499.html
>
> 5. The continuation of a prison camp that tortures in gross  
> violation of the Geneva conventions just like Bush:
>
> www.spiegel.de/international/world/0,1518,650324,00.html
>
> www.afterdowningstreet.org/node/51564
>
> 6. Continuation of of Bush's TARP program to transfer money from the  
> poor and middle class to unaccountable banksters rather than helping  
> the mainly African American victims of sub prime loans?
>
> www.abcnews.go.com/GMA/Economy/story?id=6626721&page=1
>
> www.detroitnaacp.org/civilrights/predatory.asp
>
> 7. The appointment of industry insiders in the industry that  
> supported Obama in the Campaign shades of Cheney and Halliburton:
>
> http://my.firedoglake.com/fflambeau/2010/05/08/an-updated-list-of-goldman-sachs-ties-to-the-obama-admin-including-elena-kagan/
>
> 8. Obama's support for "clean coal," nuclear power and the first  
> offshore oil drilling in 20 years which was only halted with a  
> moratorium after the disastrous Gulf oil spill, update deepwater  
> drilling resumed:
>
> http://www.treehugger.com/files/2010/02/obama-defends-clean-coal.php
>
> http://articles.cnn.com/2010-02-16/politics/obama.nuclear.power_1_nuclear-waste-nuclear-power-tons-of-radioactive-waste?_s=PM:POLITICS 
> .
>
> www.nytimes.com/2010/04/01/science/earth/01energy.html
>
> http://www.digitaljournal.com/article/304897
>
> 9. Obama's crushing of government whistleblowers of U.S. War crimes  
> and other government malfesance like wikileaks:
>
> http://www.democracynow.org/2010/6/17/wikileaks_whistleblowers
>
> 10. Assassination orders against American Citizens overseas:
>
> http://www.salon.com/news/opinion/glenn_greenwald/2010/04/07/assassinations
>
> 11. Support for expanding Bush's Unconsitutional surveillance of  
> American citizens:
>
> http://progressivealaska.blogspot.com/2011/02/obama-pushing-to-ban-skype-gmail.html
>
> http://www.nytimes.com/2011/02/18/us/18wiretap.html?_r=3&partner=rss&emc=rss
>
> 12. Health insurance reform that is a giveway of a trillion taxpayer  
> dollars to the big insurance companies that broke the system in the  
> first place with no price caps:
>
> http://static1.firedoglake.com/1/files/2010/03/mythfactshcr-2.pdf
>
> 13. FBI raids on antiwar activists:
>
> http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100928/ap_on_re_us/us_fbi_raid_terrorism
>
> 14. Vastly expanded TSA mandate that violates the 4th amendment.
>
> http://www.refinery29.com/stick-it-to-tsa-body-scans-with-these-shirts-containing-a-hidden-message.php
>
> 15. Cave on fighting for progressive tax cut
>
> http://www.wsws.org/articles/2010/dec2010/taxe-d08.shtml
>
> 16. Make illegal indefinite detention of prisoners of wars peranent  
> after lying about closing down Guantanamo:
>
> http://www.commondreams.org/headline/2010/12/22-5
>
> http://www.commondreams.org/view/2010/12/22-7
>
> 17. Cave on net neutrality after promising to fight for it:
>
> http://www.commondreams.org/view/2010/12/22-0
>
> 18. Broken promise to walk with strikers in "comfortable shoes:"
>
> http://my.firedoglake.com/mmonk/2011/02/24/will-obama-find-those- 
> shoes/
>
> 19. Unconstitutional war of aggression not cleared with Congress as  
> required by Article 1 Section 8 of the Constitution, on the side of  
> Al Queda affiliated "rebels"
>
> http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/africaandindianocean/libya/8407047/Libyan-rebel-commander-admits-his-fighters-have-al-Qaeda-links.html
>
> http://www.cato.org/pub_display.php?pub_id=12905
>
> 20. Extra judicial assasination of Bin Laden rather than trial in a  
> court of law:
>
> http://www.guernicamag.com/blog/2652/noam_chomsky_my_reaction_to_os/
>
> 21. Persecution of NSA whistleblower who exposed spying on Ameican  
> citizens:
>
> http://www.newyorker.com/reporting/2011/05/23/110523fa_fact_mayer?currentPage=1
>
> 22. Balance budget on the backs of elderly by cutting Medicare,  
> Social Security, and a 6-times budget cut for every tax raise.
>
> http://www.commondreams.org/view/2011/07/08-2
>
> 23. Rendition and torture in Somalia:
>
> http://www.democracynow.org/2011/7/13/jeremy_scahill_reveals_cia_facility_prison
>
> 24. Obama is the one pushing hardest for cuts to Social Security and  
> Medicare:
>
> http://my.firedoglake.com/metamars/2011/07/29/conyers-spills-the-beans-on-obama-ss-jobs-bill-call-for-wh-protests/
>
> 25. Unconstitutional extra-judicial assassination of an American  
> citzen in Yemen:
>
> http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2044404/Ron-Paul-attacks-unconstitutional-Obama-Anwar-al-Awlaki-death.html
>
> 26. Appove sections of Keystone pipeline a section at a time after  
> claiming a freeze:
>
> http://www.commondreams.org/headline/2012/03/22-3
>
> 27. OBAMA APPOINTS MONSANTO'S VICE PRESIDENT AS SENIOR ADVISOR TO  
> THE COMMISSIONER AT THE FDA:
>
> http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=433x749738
>
> 28 Obama admin gives itself permission to hold general internet data  
> of innocent Americans charged with nothing for for 5 years:
>
> http://news.antiwar.com/2012/03/22/government-now-allowed-to-store-info-on-innocent-americans/
>
> 29. NDAA allows Obama to detain Americans indefinitely on American  
> soil without a trial.
>
> http://www.salon.com/2011/12/16/three_myths_about_the_detention_bill/singleton/
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