http://www.socksandbarney.com/2009/02/11/fear-we-can-believe-in/ The Online Comic for Political and Non-Political Animals Fri, 29 Jan 2010 20:40:33 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.2 http://www.socksandbarney.com/2009/02/11/fear-we-can-believe-in/comment-page-1/#comment-3362 Socks and Barney | The Online Comic for Political and Non-Political Animals » Archive » Frickin’ Obama Fri, 13 Feb 2009 00:15:23 +0000 http://www.socksandbarney.com/2009/02/11/fear-we-can-believe-in/#comment-3362 [...] Wednesday’s strip makes reference to one of the first major offenses of the Obama administration. I’m not talking about corrupt appointees or the failures of some very smart people to comply with every aspect of a far too complex tax code. I’m talking about the decision by Obama’s justice department to endorse the Bush administration’s grossly-expanded “state secrets” privilege. Glenn Greenwald’s account at Salon.com can be found here: Obama fails his first test on civil liberties and accountability — resoundingly and disgracefully [...] [...] Wednesday’s strip makes reference to one of the first major offenses of the Obama administration. I’m not talking about corrupt appointees or the failures of some very smart people to comply with every aspect of a far too complex tax code. I’m talking about the decision by Obama’s justice department to endorse the Bush administration’s grossly-expanded “state secrets” privilege. Glenn Greenwald’s account at Salon.com can be found here: Obama fails his first test on civil liberties and accountability — resoundingly and disgracefully [...]

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