Our Eroding Civil Liberties: Obama's War Against The Free Press
People who are still under the impression that Obama is so much more wunnnnderful than that evil Bush are thick in the head.
As you can see from searching my blog, I was no Bush fan. Far from it.
But not being partisan, I can also see how dangerous Obama has been and will likely continue to be for this country -- while all the while professing to be better and more transparent than that.
J.D. Tucille writes at reason that Obama's war against the free press has gotten creepier:
Perhaps the most chilling aspect of the U.S. Department of Justice "investigation" of Fox News chief correspondent James Rosen isn't the intrusive tracking of his movements and contacts -- although that's disturbing enough -- but the basis for the criminal charges he may ultimately face.At its heart, the allegation that Rosen broke the law "at the very least, either as an aider, abettor and/or co-conspirator" is based on nothing more than meeting with and asking questions of government adviser Stephen Jin-Woo Kim, who told him the non-shocking information that North Korea could very well respond to United Nations sanctions with more nuclear tests.
That's right. Meeting an official and asking questions, which is what journalists do, is interpreted as criminal conspiracy. Taken with the already brewing scandal over the snooping of Associated Press phone records, we're looking at a full-fledged assault on the free press.
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Crid [CridComment at gmail] at May 20, 2013 11:13 PM
Whoops, wrong scandal. Sorry, there are too many cooking at once.
The press, the taxes... It's all so Banana republic.
Crid [CridComment at gmail] at May 21, 2013 3:59 AM
Meeting an official and asking questions, which is what journalists do, is interpreted as criminal conspiracy.
Cool.
When are they going to charge the rest of DC?
I R A Darth Aggie at May 21, 2013 6:14 AM
Google may be fighting the good fight.
Crid [CridComment at gmail] at May 21, 2013 6:27 AM
I have been saying this since the beginning, since the 2004 DNC. A junior state senator from Illinois, who has a (seriously) less than stellar record, pops up outta nowhere and wins the Presidency?? Horsehockey. George Soros bought and paid for that election and has Obaba in his back pocket and had him there even before the election. That TV show "Scandal"? Based on the 2004 election. The story's the same, it's just the characters that are different.
(But DAY-um, that Kerry Washington is hawt!
(Also, RIP Ray Manzarek)
Flynne at May 21, 2013 6:27 AM
Sorry. Bungled link:
http://www.bing.com/images/search?q=kerry+washington&qpvt=kerry+washington&FORM=IGRE
Flynne at May 21, 2013 6:28 AM
CRID!!! Simulpost! @6:27!!
(Yeah, little things get me so excited...)
Flynne at May 21, 2013 6:29 AM
It's all so Banana republic
One of the few times I agree w/ Crid. The IRS needs to be dissolved. Roosevelt, Kennedy, Tricky used it on their enemies, and I figure what Obi and Holder are doing are just the tip o' the berg. Holder is somebody I wouldn't mind calling a . Really awful.
Stinky the Clown at May 21, 2013 7:39 AM
> little things get me so excited...
I think of you as being exquisitely attuned.
Crid [CridComment at gmail] at May 21, 2013 7:52 AM
"We asked for freedom of the press, thought, and civil liberties in the past because we were in the opposition and needed these liberties to conquer. Now that we have conquered, there is no longer any need for such civil liberties."
Marxist theorist Nikolai Bukharin after the communists took control in 1917.
Ken R at May 21, 2013 9:32 AM
Ken, too high-falutin'... These people are from Chicago. That's all.
Crid [CridComment at gmail] at May 21, 2013 10:48 AM
Well, there's a little more to it... These people are so certain that they're right about things (without having to think about them or persuading others) that they don't realize they're being political, as Big Mac explains.
It's kind of like that time Amy said "We" don't let voters touch the important stuff.
(The "we" is a private little Chicago in her own beating heart.)
Crid [CridComment at gmail] at May 21, 2013 10:58 AM
Crid: "Ken, too high-falutin'..."
You're probably right, Crid. I think the quote applies to thugs of all kinds - political, criminal, or whatever.
Ken R at May 22, 2013 3:50 AM
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