THE SHOES OF A PRESIDENT........

They're not the shoes he described he'd put on and march along with unions in.

As I watched our Nation's leader answer questions in his Press Conference, yesterday,... I was struck by how thorough his responses were. Then came the question about Bradley Manning's incarceration...... Suddenly President Obama went into "Bill Bo-jangles Robinson" mode. He should have been wearing these......

He completely tapped danced around the question, and stated that... he asked his military advisor in charge of that, if the treatment was appropriate, and his response was "YES".

DUH!!! What the hell else could the man in charge of torture say? Well, Mr. President, we're making life a living hell for the little terrorist! By the time we're done with him, he won't know his own name.
That probably would be closer to the truth!
But our fearless leader doesn't really want to hear that. Just like he doesn't want to hear that you and I aren't happy with him, or the direction this country is headed. He has surrounded himself with elitist cronies held over from the Bush administration, and he is embracing his new found friends more each day.

Oh,.. he drops us a carrot every now and then. Usually something that won't take money out of the coffers that finance weapons and war. Something like "Don't ask, don't tell", or dropping the pursuit of Gay marriage persecution. It's just enough to make the far right rail with righteous indignation, without detracting from their real agenda. Making themselves richer, and suppressing the rights of the working class. The less rights you and I have, the less chance we'll have to get in the way of their agenda, and the less chance we'll have bring their evils to light.

So, while President Obama professes his allegiance to the American people and a democratic government, we become in danger of losing more of our rights each day. As long as we can foot the bill, we are useful. But, if we protest too much, and the storm troopers come for us, who will be left to protest, then?

Until whistle blowers like Bradley Manning are revered for exposing the evil that we perpetrate on others,.... that evil will continue to flourish, unchecked by moral conscience.