Saturday, February 21, 2009

Barack Obama does not work for you.

WASHINGTON — The Obama administration, siding with the Bush White House, contended Friday that detainees in Afghanistan have no constitutional rights.

In a two-sentence court filing, the Justice Department said it agreed that detainees at Bagram Airfield cannot use U.S. courts to challenge their detention. The filing shocked human rights attorneys.

"The hope we all had in President Obama to lead us on a different path has not turned out as we'd hoped," said Tina Monshipour Foster, a human rights attorney representing a detainee at the Bagram Airfield. "We all expected better."

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/02/20/obama-backs-bush-on-bagra_n_168766.html

Barack Obama does exactly what he is told.

But in his defense, I will say that no president since the inception of the Federal Reserve has possessed one iota of political power. You don't run your own household when the electrician in the cellar has the ability to turn the power on and off.

Duh.

Of all the species I have encountered, humanity is the most stupid.