If we are including the AG in the DOJ, and I assume we are, I'd say that the current AG was involved in shutting down the Eastern Europe and other secret detention facilities, the push to apply the Army manual on interrogation techniques across larger portions of the government, they have left a lot more to the states on the subject of medical marijuana (though obviously there are glaring exceptions), they have stopped trying to interfere with Oregon and our assisted suicide law, they shut down Ashcroft's Operation Pipe Dreams, they've done a better job prosecuting environmental crimes, done a better job prosecuting hate crimes, an increase in prosecution of white collar crime, etc.
I completely agree with you on the whistle blowers and they certainly follow or push even harder on the same state secrets bullshit. Warrantless wiretapping? Makes me fucking livid. There is a huge amount for me to go after, no doubt. However, Romney doesn't show any interest in changing any of the things that the last two DOJs had in common and he'd be rather more interested in rolling back the things that are, in my opinion, better under Obama than Bush. Obama has come around on DOMA. I respect his change of heart. I like to think that if a couple states legalize marijuana, he'd come around there too. I don't see Romney with that same ability to rethink and change course. Cheers, Judah On Fri, Aug 24, 2012 at 10:09 PM, LRS Scout <[email protected]> wrote: > > How was the Bush DOJ worse? I mean they both basically follow the same > policies, with this administration going much harder at whistle blowers, > and doing things like going after cannabis dispensaries, which he promised > during the campaign he wouldn't be doing. > > I'm not saying O is worse, I'm saying they are for all concerns nearly the > same. Violate our rights, just for different reasons. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:354117 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
