On Jan 19, 2009, at 9:48 AM, Lawrence Sica wrote: > No offense but they just need to shut up and let Obama get in > office before they start making demands.
No "they" don't. We all have a right to a voice and an opinion. Obama is a grownup, he signed up for this and he and his advisors can sort out the issues, but no one has to shut-up... that's a despicable attitude, one fortunately not shared by the new administration and one that reeks of blindly following.. not something I think this new president has asked for. > They also need to understand there are more important problems right > now than a public circus. The US govt. is more than capable of multitasking, and again it is not up to *us* to decide the order of operations - we can demand accountability and yet understand that he's got other things going on - he has specifically acknowledged that in his role he doesn't get to pick and choose the one thing he wants to focus on. Just because his current position may be soft on this issue, and people are hyper-sensitive to criticizing Obama this early on, doesn't mean we need to avoid the tough issues. He asked to be, and will be, held to a higher standard, which in my mind means not sweeping under the rug massive abuses of the Constitution just because it's politically inconvenient. Now is exactly the time for supporters and detractors alike to be making their demands clear. _______________________________________________ OSX-Nutters mailing list | [email protected] http://lists.tit-wank.com/mailman/listinfo/osx-nutters List hosted at http://cat5.org/
