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"I've noticed most people that bash Rall are coming from an obviously right-leaning slant. As a liberal I find him fascinating because he is so far left he almost comes back around the other side. I don't bother to write anything here directed at Rall since he's nationally syndicated and probably never sees what is written here.
You don't really have to be a far left liberal to bash Obama, though. Plenty of mainstream "progressives" are doing just that. While it was clear to me that he wasn't going to be the liberal standard bearer others thought, before I voted for him (committed to Afghanistan; voted for telecom immunity against illegal, Bush-era, wiretapping; etc.), I'm still shocked to see how far he's pushed the unitary power of the executive. It's a direct refutation of what he campaigned on. Transparency (not to mention his "belief" in separation of powers). Follow the writings of Glenn Greenwald at Salon.com for more on that.
But in the case of Rall's article, we're talking about what will be the single worst environmental disaster this country has ever seen, and Obama's response to it has only been slightly short of appalling. Much of the architecture that allowed this to happen was in place long before he assumed office, but there were clear warning signs that you didn't even have to look to hard to find.
See this excellent article in Rolling Stone. It should have anyone re-thinking their stance.
http://www.rollingstone.com/politics/news/17390/111965?RS_show_page=0
Consider the systemic levels of graft, old-boyism, irresponsibility and flat out incompetence, and then look at what Rall is advocating and ponder whether or not it's the worst idea in the world.
Considering the Supreme Court has granted the same status, in this country, to corporations as it does people, it isn't a huge leap of logic to hold British Petroleum criminally libel for--and I can't stress this enough--a completely preventable ecological disaster of unprecedented proportions; possibly in human history. Think of it like arson. If you burned an entire, smallish, country to the ground.
If I were Obama I'd be seizing British Petroleum's assets to give to BP's competitors as long as they fix and clean up what BP clearly never will. Makes him look like the leader he isn't being now, and it satisfies not only public justice--which will want blood soon--but also a free market justice. The diabolical oil barons without the worst safety record on the fucking planet win. Bye-bye, BP.
Joe"
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