As you read this, can you recall the number of times we've been told, "The Republicans are Evil, they are worse". Well if they are..... why would we vote for either of them?
For those who blindly follow the Democrat Party, these are your values spelled out easily for you to see how your representatives work .... this is what you support in action! But don't forget, the Republicans are worse. Just ask any Party Line Democrat! Scott <PS, this reads easier on the web site> http://stpeteforpeace.org/obama.html Among other things, since taking office Obama has: Obama Fact Sheet Flyer - Signed the NDAA - an indefinite detention bill - into law - Waged war on Libya without congressional approval - Started a covert, drone war in Yemen - Escalated the proxy war in Somalia - Escalated the CIA drone war in Pakistan - Will maintain a presence in Iraq even after "ending" war - Sharply escalated the war in Afghanistan - Secretly deployed US special forces to 75 countries - Sold $30 billion of weapons to the dictatorship in Saudi Arabia - Signed an agreement for 7 military bases in Colombia - Touted nuclear power, even after the disaster in Japan - Opened up deepwater oil drilling, even after BP disaster - Did a TV commercial promoting "clean coal" - Defended body scans and pat-downs at airports - Signed the Patriot Act extension into law - Continued Bush's rendition program In 2007, then-Senator Obama said: "If American workers are being denied their right to organize and collectively bargain when Im in the White House, I will put on a comfortable pair of shoes myself, I will walk on that picket line with you as President of the United States of America. Because workers deserve to know that somebody is standing in their corner."... In 2011, President Obama did not find his shoes to join the massive protests in Wisconsin (read). Here's a partial history of Obama's dealings - listed (roughly) chronologically, most recent first: Has Obama taken Bushs preemption strategy to another level? (read). Obama sending 5 US military officers to South Sudan (read). The White House has declared the government of South Sudan eligible to receive weapons and defense assistance from the U.S. The announcement came amid an outbreak of violence between two South Sudanese tribes that may have left thousands dead and some 50,000 people needing aid (read). The White House has declared the government of South Sudan eligible to receive weapons and defense assistance from the U.S. The announcement came amid an outbreak of violence between two South Sudanese tribes that may have left thousands dead and some 50,000 people needing aid (read). President Obama Signs the NDAA Indefinite Detention Bill Into Law The statute contains a sweeping worldwide indefinite detention provision. President Obama's action today is a blight on his legacy because he will forever be known as the president who signed indefinite detention without charge or trial into law, said Anthony D. Romero, ACLU executive director (read). Weapon's proliferation: In same week $30 billion weapon deal with Saudi Arabia is finalized, Pentagon reaches $3.5 billion weapon deal with UAE (read). White House rejects calls for oversight on drone killings (read). TSA spreading its wings beyond airports (read). The Obama administration has decided in principle to allow the embattled president of Yemen, Ali Abdullah Saleh, to enter the United States for medical treatment (read). National Defense Authorization Act - By signing the 'anti-terror' bill the president could end up being worse than his Republican predecessor on civil liberties (read). The Zenith of Civil Libertarian Anger at President Obama (read). Secrecy defines Obama's drone war (read). Obama asks Iran to return downed U.S. surveillance drone (read). Stealth drone highlights tougher U.S. strategy on Iran (read). Inside Romania's secret CIA prison (read). Obama: U.S. to expand military in Australia (read); 2,500 US Marines to be stationed in Australia (read). Obama Administration Delays Keystone Pipeline Decision to After Election (read). Obama's Offshore Oil Plan a Disaster for Wildlife, Climate (read). Palestine Wins UNESCO Membership... And Obama Withdraws (read). Obama's new war in Uganda (read). Obama's proposal would gut Freedom of Information Act (read). As troops pull out of Iraq, Obama plans more combat forces elsewhere in the Middle East (read). The U.S. will maintain a presence in Iraq even after "ending" of war (read). New Obama Foreclosure Plan Helps Banks At Taxpayers' Expense (read). US Troop Deaths in Afghan War Under Obama Now Twice That Under Bush (read). Obama sends 100 US combat troops to Uganda to help fight 'rebels' (read). Obama vows to seek 'toughest Iran sanctions to punish Iranian officials whom he accused of complicity in an alleged plot to kill the Saudi ambassador to the United States (read). Obama Waives Penalties on Countries That Employ Child Soldiers Again! (read). U.S. drone strike in Yemen kills U.S.-born Anwar al-Awlaki. The lethal strike marked the first known case in which the Obama administration tracked down and killed a U.S. citizen. The raid also killed a second American, Samir Khan. (read). With the assassination of Anwar al-Awlaki, the due-process-free assassination of U.S. citizens is now reality (read). Obama accomodates Turkey's request for drone aircraft in fight against Kurdish separtists (read). Photos & videos of Bin Laden's killing should not be released because they would reveal military and intelligence secrets and could lead to violence against U.S. personnel, the Obama administration argued (read). Obama quietly renews U.S. embargo on Cuba (read). U.S. drones attack in souther Somalia (read). Obama secretly sold bunker-busting bombs to Israel: report (read).Photo: Al Jazeera US Resumes Arms Sales to Bahrain. Less than three months after including Bahrain on a list of human rights offenders requiring the United Nations' attention, the Obama administration seems to have changed its mind (read). Obama silent as U.S. murders Troy Davis (read). Peace Prize-Winner Obama Savages Somalia (read). U.S. assembling secret drone bases in Africa, Arabian Peninsula, officials say (read). "Obama cozies up to Uzbekistan dictator" - lobbies congress to sell more military equipment to one of the world's most repressive leaders (read). U.S. to build new massive prison in Bagram, Afghanistan (read). New American Ally in Somalia: Butcher Warlord (read). (Also check out Jeremy Scahill's extensive piece on U.S. history in Somalia). The United States reserves the right to pursue terrorists unilaterally in other countries, White House counterterrorism adviser John Brennan said in a speech at Harvard Law School (read). The Obama administration has significantly increased the frequency of drone strikes and other air attacks against the al-Qaeda affiliate in Yemen in recent months amid rising concern about political collapse there (read). Obama Pushes NAFTA Style Trade Policy Despite 2008 Promise (watch). Obama said that if the Palestinians try to achieve statehood in the UN Security Council, the US will oppose the proposal (read). Obama abandoned a contentious new air pollution rule, buoying business interests that had lobbied heavily against it, angering environmentalists and rejecting the advice of his top environmental regulators (read). Related: Obama asked the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to withdraw a plan to limit smog pollution that was projected to prevent as many as 12,000 premature deaths from heart and lung complications (read). US kills 30 in airstrikes on Yemen (read). Jeremy Scahill: What's happening in Libya is essentially a "NATO enforced regime change" and that President Obama is "implementing the Bush domino agenda in the Middle East" (watch). Obama Goes All Out For Dirty Banker Deal (read). A secret war in 120 countries: Somewhere on this planet an American commando is carrying out a mission. Now, say that 70 times and youre done ... for the day. (read). Progressives Complain Obama's Debt Deal 'Trades People's Livelihoods for the Votes of a Few Unappeasable Right-Wing Radicals' (read). Rep. Luis Gutierrez Arrested Outside White House Protesting Record Deportations Under Obamas Watch (read). Obama exploits the tragedy in Norway "It's a reminder that the entire international community has a stake in preventing this kind of terror from occurring," Obama said prior to learning the identity of the assailant, clearly trying to justify his military strikes in 6 Muslim nations. No doubt Obama was later stunned, if not disappointed, that the person responsible for the killings in Norway was a non-Arab Christian, and not a 'Muslim terrorist'. Obama's escalating war in Yemen - As its government teeters, the impoverished and chaotic Gulf nation is the focus of a U.S. bombing campaign (read). Obama's approval ratings across the Arab World are 10% or less, according to a Zogby study of about 4,000 people (read). CIA Exhales: 99 Out of 101 Torture Cases Dropped (read). U.S. millions fund worlds newest army, South Sudan, despite worries of its human rights abuses, including killings, most recently in April when hundreds of civilians were killed or wounded by the U.S. ally (read). The Obama administration is expanding its drone war to Somalia, which makes six countries where the United States is using drones to conduct lethal attacks: Somalia, Afghanistan, Pakistan, Libya, Iraq and Yemen (read). Also, the US is supplying drone aircrafts to Uganda and Burundi to help them fight in Somalia (read). Obama Admin Warns of Fines and Incarceration if U.S. Citizens Set Sail with Gaza Aid Flotilla (read). Obama still not advocating for gay marriage (read). "Yet tonight, we take comfort in knowing that the tide of war is receding," Obama trumpeted in his speech announcing his plan to withdraw some U.S. troops in Afghanistan (read). (Given that George W. Bush had about half as many troops in Afghanistan as Obama will after the withdrawals, this claim is disingenuous. But what takes Obama's assertion to the level of Orwellian, is that he makes this claim while he has started new wars in Libya and Yemen, has escalated drone strikes in Pakistan, has ramped up the U.S. proxy war in Somalia, and has begun funding the new army in South Sudan.) Just prior to Obama's speech on withdrawing some troops from Afghanistan, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers awarded a $14.2 million contract to a Turkish company to construct an eight-building barracks complex for 12,000 troops at Bagram Air Field. Completion date is scheduled for fall of 2013 (read). Former CIA Director Hayden: Obama follows in Bush's footsteps on War Powers (read) in Libya. In a campaign marked by stinging criticism of President George W. Bush's alleged executive excess, then-candidate Obama wrote: "The President does not have power under the Constitution to unilaterally authorize a military attack in a situation that does not involve stopping an actual or imminent threat to the nation." Yet Obama is now claiming authority to bomb Libya. Obama overruled 2 top lawyers on War Power in Libya (read). Dennis Kucinich, Ron Paul and eight other congress members file lawsuit against Obama for taking military action in Libya without first seeking congressional approval, an apparent violation of the 1973 War Powers Resolution (read). Noam Chomsky: "Both Bush and Obama are terrified of the Arab spring. And there is a very sensible reason for that. They don't want democracies in the Arab world. If Arab public opinion had any influence on policy, the US and Britain would be tossed out of the Middle East. That's why they are terrified of democracies in the region" (read). Whistleblowers Suffer More than Ever Under Obama (read). Obama's support of the repressive monarchy of Bahrain: The Obama administration approved $200M in military sales to Bahrain in run-up to violent crackdown (read). Bahrain crown prince meets with Obama in DC - Officials reaffirm the strong US commitment to Bahrain (read). Chicago Tribune editorial writer: Obama and the pursuit of endless war - starting new fights and prolonging the old ones (read). FBI to Expand Domestic Surveillance Powers as Details Emerge of Its Spy Campaign Targeting Activists. The F.B.I. is giving its agents new leeway to infiltrate organizations, search household trash, use surveillance teams and search databases in domestic investigations. FBI agents will now be able investigate people and organizations proactively without firm evidence for suspecting criminal or terrorist activity (watch/read). As chaos engulfs Yemen, the U.S. is diabolically intensifying a secret campaign of airstrikes, according to the New York Times. Report: Over 2,600 Activists Arrested in US Protests since Obama took office (read). Pentagon to consider cyber attacks an act of war (read). Obama signs Patriot Act extension into law (read). White House: No need for congressional approval for Libya (read). 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