Lies!!

Lies!!

Let me preface this post with a few facts. I supported Obama in his run for the Presidency with time, money and effort. The most inspirational politician in my lifetime won the election and promised a new beginning, a new hope. We get lies. We have come to expect lies from politicians. Dogs bark, cats meow, birds sing and politicians lie. The two big glaring lies of the past few days, Obama prepares an Executive Order authorizing indefinite detainment of "terror" prisoners, and a Signing Statement concerning the new "war spending" bill.

Here is the first lie. From a Glenn Greenwald piece on Salon,"my Administration will work with Congress to develop an appropriate legal regime." He is not. He is making it "legal" for him to incarcerate human beings without due process. He is avoiding the trial of those "terrorists" and their possible confinement in an U.S. facility. Since most of those men have been tortured, their cases would be thrown out of any lawful court. Good job Cheney!! But even if they were convicted we could certainly hold them in "super max" prisons. We hold hundreds of thousands of hardened career psychopaths who are infinitely more dangerous than these guys.

The second lie. From an article on Politico, “This president will use signing statements in order to go back to what has previously been done — that is to enumerate constitutional problems that either the Justice Department or legislative counsel here see as potential problems with their reading — but not ask that laws be disallowed simply by executive fiat,” White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs said. He is disallowing part of the legislation. From the Huffpo piece, "However, provisions of this bill within sections 1110 to 1112 of title XI, and sections 1403 and 1404 of title XIV, would interfere with my constitutional authority to conduct foreign relations by directing the Executive to take certain positions in negotiations or discussions with international organizations and foreign governments, or by requiring consultation with the Congress prior to such negotiations or discussions. I will not treat these provisions as limiting my ability to engage in foreign diplomacy or negotiations." Then don't sign the Bill. It's that simple.