tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4912713243046142041.post7121156040019357658..comments2024-03-28T23:22:41.774-05:00Comments on TYWKIWDBI ("Tai-Wiki-Widbee"): America as OmelasMinnesotastanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01382888179579245181noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4912713243046142041.post-26778647538579061422011-04-25T16:23:44.455-05:002011-04-25T16:23:44.455-05:00Yup, Minnesotastan, Greenwald's column is wher...Yup, Minnesotastan, Greenwald's column is where I first read about this. And as Greenwald points out, Manning will be tried (if they ever decide to get around to trying him) by a military court, which is under Obama's direct authority as commander in chief.<br /><br />It's all really just unspeakable.<br /><br />--Swift LorisAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4912713243046142041.post-88522094604091245952011-04-25T11:10:49.742-05:002011-04-25T11:10:49.742-05:00As far as I am concerned, it is not possible to po...As far as I am concerned, it is not possible to post too much about this travesty of "justice". Please feel free to continue.jaundicedihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05926758323747555666noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4912713243046142041.post-83722920943458186772011-04-25T10:55:04.456-05:002011-04-25T10:55:04.456-05:00Swift, re Obama's comment, see Greenwald's...Swift, re Obama's comment, see Greenwald's column -<br /><br />http://www.salon.com/news/wikileaks/index.html?story=/opinion/greenwald/2011/04/23/manningMinnesotastanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01382888179579245181noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4912713243046142041.post-84591341260410242792011-04-25T09:52:02.881-05:002011-04-25T09:52:02.881-05:00The following was attributed (without a cite) to D...The following was attributed (without a cite) to Daniel Ellsberg by a commenter on Steve Benen's blog:<br /><br />"For several years, we've understood that President Obama is a former community organizer, that that's very far behind him, just as I'm a former Cold Warrior. And really, in connection with the expansion of these wars, but especially with human rights in general, the detention and the state secrets, the rendition and the torture in Iraq and the torture of an American citizen here in Virginia, we see that President Obama is a former constitutional scholar."<br /><br />Ouch.<br /><br />Oh, and just to add insult to injury, in response to a question about Manning at a recent town hall, Obama said, "He broke the law."<br /><br />So much for the presumption of innocence from our president.<br /><br />--Swift LorisAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com