I sometimes feel the need to remind my progressive friends that Barack Obama was elected President of the United States. They know this, of course, but they don't fully understand the two noun phrases in that central truth.
- President. A president is, by design, not a king. He or she cannot, by virtue of office, impose his or her will on others. We have this check and balance thing going on, and the President has to work with all kinds of interests--including evil corporate ones--to get things done in this country. One of the things that made this guy perfect for the job is his ability to work with lots of different kinds of people he disagrees with. Tune out the nut jobs who say he isn't doing this, because he is.
- United States. Despite having lived here their entire lives, some progressives have not caught on to the fact that our country is basically a giant corporation. The huge holding company of a series of giant corporations, actually. Or perhaps they do realize this, but they think that this is somehow easily changed by being elected President (see #1 above). Just like Coca-Cola or McDonalds (or General Dynamics or Boeing, etc.), the US of A is in all kinds of business sectors including economic, military, and world domination. To put it bluntly, this is the United States. Deal with it.
I'm going out for a run...
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Hmmmm. How do you feel about the administration negotiating international copyright treaties in secret and when asked to reveal the details, claiming national security would be at risk. Luckily the details are leaking out.
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