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Originally Posted by pan6467
We wanted "change" but none of us demanded Obama tell us what or how he was going to change things. And what things he wasn't going to change.
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I didn't want "change", change is a completely meaningless buzzword, I wanted capable leadership. I didn't just want Bush gone (or rotting in federal, pound you in the ass prison), I wanted someone actually capable of fulfilling the job of president without breaking some of the most serious and important laws governing our country.
For a fucking constitutional law teacher, Obama seems to be missing something pretty basic. By the time I'd graduated from middle school I understood the necessity for warrants, probable cause, etc.
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Originally Posted by pan6467
If you are livid do something about it instead of just saying "I'm livid."
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Like what? Voting obviously doesn't work. When I support people that could actually improve things, they're lucky to get 2% of the vote while getting marginalized by both sides. Protesting definitely doesn't work when it's for anything bigger than a neighborhood issue. Writing my senator doesn't work. "Thank you for your concern." My congresswoman actually listens, but she's ignored even more than I am. Boycotting international corporations is like attacking the death star with a grain of rice. My government isn't just broke, it's in the deepest debt in the history of our species by leaps and bounds, and my state isn't far behind. I'm screaming to increase taxes and cut spending, but it's not "politically convenient" to do either. They have to get reelected to do even less shit, after all!
There's literally nothing, short of breaking a lot of laws, I can do.
What is it that you're doing?