"Better 10 Guilty Men Go Free than to Convict a Single Innocent Man":
Whatever happened to this basic principle that made Americans so proud of their justice system? For hundreds of years, this principle was upheld and maintained against many temptations. It took a dunce with no character (Bush) and a constitutional law professor with no principles (Obama) to destroy the ideal that made our justice system the envy of the world.
Now, how is our justice system better than those of the world's worst tyrannies? It isn't any longer. The fact that only several Americans have been murdered by our government with no even a pretense of due process does not mean that thousands can't be killed tomorrow based on the same illegal principles approved by our Congress and president!
Obama claims we are at war and will be forever and the president will always have war powers against a stateless enemy. He claims that he is not required to reveal even the legal reasoning for claiming the powers he claims to have. He refuses to admit that he is murdering Americans even though he officially is taking credit for it. He also claims the power to keep in prison without charges anyone he claims is a terrorist without revealing his evidence and without giving the prisoner a right to prove his innocence or to even see a lawyer.
What has happened to us? Obama offered us hope in a renewal of the rule of law and an open, transparent government that will be accountable for its misdeeds. It has stabbed our hope in the heart and has perpetuated the moral and legal travesties of his odious predecessor. He refused to prosecute the war crimes of Bush including starting an illegal war, lying to the American public and Congress, imprisoning and torturing innocent people, etc - but he has prosecuted many of those whistle blowers who expose those crimes! And not only prosecuted them but accused them of violating the Espionage Act which carries a potential death sentence. Obama has prosecuted more whistle blowers with the Espionage Act more than all others presidents combined! And he promised to value and to protect whistle blowers.
And Obama begin his administration by hiring one of the chief enablers of Wall Street malfeasance that brought down the whole world's economy, Tim Geithner. Then he hired Goldman Sachs leaders to staff his treasury department. These thieves would not investigate financial crimes because they enabled, and profited from, them!
How have most Americans, both conservatives and liberals, reacted to Obama's betrayal of basic democratic principles? Conservatives criticized him for not destroying more liberties and most liberals have acquiesced in his betrayal because the alternative to him is even worse, they fear.
And the press? Have they been screaming in their headlines that our prized American system of government which guarantees liberty for all is a dead man walking, destroyed by fear, lies, neglect and betrayal? The press has been silent about the last gasps of our democracy while it has been covering celebrity candidates, actors, pundits, and miscellaneous famous people. Our democracy has died under the unwatchful eyes of the press!
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