Thomas Jefferson, who is probably my favorite founding father, is believed to have said this and whether he did or not, it's the Truth.
That's right, upper-case "T" Truth.
Just because we have a Democrat and a black guy in the White House
does not mean racism is gone, the world loves us and Big Brother is
now your kids' cool uncle.
Just because Bill Clinton left office with poll numbers so big they'd
make John Holmes blush doesn't mean Slick Willy didn't earn his nickname.
While George W. Bush created the economic mess by failing to provide
moral principles and strong, positive leadership, it was Clinton (who
was no stranger to lax morals) set "W" up for some of the troubles he
would see before his reign in the White House was over.
Clinton messed up in Somalia.
Clinton (in my opinion) waited too long to get involved in the
Serbia/Bosnia mess.
I'm also rolling my eyes at Milosevic's all-too-timely death just before he was going to testify in his own war crimes
trial.
There's also a question of what Clinton knew about the CIA's use of an airstrip in Mena, Arkansas while he was governor of that state.
Of course, I wasn't paying attention back then like I should have
been--like we all should always be.
If we don't watch the edges of our freedom, there is no way we'll
notice them shrinking.
If We, The People, don't watch our government and make sure they don't
knock those edges back several feet, we may not notice our freedoms
are gone until we discover they're long gone.
Barack Obama may very well be the good man that so many think he is.
However, he is still part of a system that encourages bribery,
corporate-favoritism and the exchange of morals for security.
So, as President Obama does a lot of things right (like signing the order to close the detention center at Gitmo), we can't sit
back and expect him to be even close to the perfect leader.
Will he make sure that George W. Bush is prosecuted
for his crimes?
Will he allow the government to spy on American citizens on American soil as Bush did?
It looks like he plans to follow through on his plans to withdraw from Iraq but how long will it take and will it be as
quick a withdrawal as even Iraq seems to be ready for?
Every one of us must keep an eye on things since our mainstream media
has proven they aren't up to the task. Don't listen to them when they
tell you they did their best because they did not. The media is the
fourth branch of government. It's not connected directly to it so it
can move without interference from the rest of the government.
Without it telling us accurately what our leaders are up to, we are on
our own to determine just what the hell is going on so we know who we
should vote for. Since they are not doing that, we must do it
ourselves.
Like Jefferson is said to have said, the price of freedom is eternal vigilance.
I for one will be keeping my eye on things.
But don't trust me to be perfect either. We all need to watch, read,
absorb and think for ourselves. None of us are perfect on our own.
Together, that's another story.
Posted via email from thepete's posterous
Orignal From: The Obama Watch Begins
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