Comments on: Obama’s Hypocricy http://rambles.bearcircle.net/2009/07/12/obamas-hypocricy/ Programming, Poker, and Politics. Just Another voice in the electronic wilderness Sun, 27 Mar 2011 01:36:36 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Bill Baar http://rambles.bearcircle.net/2009/07/12/obamas-hypocricy/comment-page-1/#comment-163 Bill Baar Tue, 14 Jul 2009 00:06:39 +0000 http://rambles.bearcircle.net/?p=201#comment-163 Oversight of the Executive is Congress's job. If one institution has failed America badly this decade, it's been Congress. To have the Speaker accuss the CIA of serial and systemic lying, and then to fail to hold hearings on the that charge, in a middle of a way, is a failure on a huge scale. There is no way around that... right or left, Bush or Obama fan. Oversight of the Executive is Congress’s job. If one institution has failed America badly this decade, it’s been Congress. To have the Speaker accuss the CIA of serial and systemic lying, and then to fail to hold hearings on the that charge, in a middle of a way, is a failure on a huge scale. There is no way around that… right or left, Bush or Obama fan.

]]> By: Lance http://rambles.bearcircle.net/2009/07/12/obamas-hypocricy/comment-page-1/#comment-162 Lance Mon, 13 Jul 2009 19:57:14 +0000 http://rambles.bearcircle.net/?p=201#comment-162 My argument with Obama is that his administration has, to-date, continued to support many of the programs and policy positions the Bush administration held; policies and positions that Obama promised to air out and bring into the light or outright stop doing. Also, given that Cheney apparently ordered the CIA to with-hold information about some (several?) from Congress, it is hard to acuse the Congress of failing at oversight. My argument with Obama is that his administration has, to-date, continued to support many of the programs and policy positions the Bush administration held; policies and positions that Obama promised to air out and bring into the light or outright stop doing.
Also, given that Cheney apparently ordered the CIA to with-hold information about some (several?) from Congress, it is hard to acuse the Congress of failing at oversight.

]]> By: Bill Baar http://rambles.bearcircle.net/2009/07/12/obamas-hypocricy/comment-page-1/#comment-161 Bill Baar Mon, 13 Jul 2009 14:56:17 +0000 http://rambles.bearcircle.net/?p=201#comment-161 If the screat policy was assasination, it seems to me the predator drone attacks are accomplishing that task; without the CIA too. Reyes hasn't held a hearing on the CIA since Pelosi leveled the lying charge. The House is failing in its ovrsight responsiblity. Obama not really the one at fault here. Considering CIA must be giving Obama intel one way or the other on AFPAC, it's a pretty egregious failure ot oversee on the part of the House. If the screat policy was assasination, it seems to me the predator drone attacks are accomplishing that task; without the CIA too.

Reyes hasn’t held a hearing on the CIA since Pelosi leveled the lying charge. The House is failing in its ovrsight responsiblity. Obama not really the one at fault here. Considering CIA must be giving Obama intel one way or the other on AFPAC, it’s a pretty egregious failure ot oversee on the part of the House.

]]> By: Lance http://rambles.bearcircle.net/2009/07/12/obamas-hypocricy/comment-page-1/#comment-160 Lance Mon, 13 Jul 2009 14:08:08 +0000 http://rambles.bearcircle.net/?p=201#comment-160 It may be Secret, but that doesn't mean no Congressional oversight. The Executive is not supposed to be able to operate independently without oversight from Congress. Bush/Cheney were <strong>wrong</strong> to authorize such activities and Pres. Obama should stop such activities. It may be Secret, but that doesn’t mean no Congressional oversight. The Executive is not supposed to be able to operate independently without oversight from Congress. Bush/Cheney were wrong to authorize such activities and Pres. Obama should stop such activities.

]]> By: Bill Baar http://rambles.bearcircle.net/2009/07/12/obamas-hypocricy/comment-page-1/#comment-159 Bill Baar Mon, 13 Jul 2009 10:53:24 +0000 http://rambles.bearcircle.net/?p=201#comment-159 Everything the CIA does is Secret. Everything the CIA does is Secret.

]]> By: Lance http://rambles.bearcircle.net/2009/07/12/obamas-hypocricy/comment-page-1/#comment-158 Lance Mon, 13 Jul 2009 00:07:18 +0000 http://rambles.bearcircle.net/?p=201#comment-158 Thanks, Robin. Fixed. Thanks, Robin. Fixed.

]]> By: Robin Edgar http://rambles.bearcircle.net/2009/07/12/obamas-hypocricy/comment-page-1/#comment-157 Robin Edgar Sun, 12 Jul 2009 23:24:42 +0000 http://rambles.bearcircle.net/?p=201#comment-157 Hypocracy is a misspelling. The correct spelling is <a href="http://www.google.ca/search?client=firefox-a&rls=org.mozilla%3Aen-US%3Aofficial&channel=s&hl=en&q=%22Robin+Edgar%22+and+Unitarian+hypocrisy.+.+.&meta=&btnG=Google+Search" rel="nofollow">hypocrisy</a>. Hypocracy is a misspelling.

The correct spelling is hypocrisy.

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