My attitude towards Obama’s inauguration is pretty much the same as it would have been for John McCain or Hillary Clinton. I am BAD-bemused, apprehensive and disgusted.
Barack Obama’s inaugural is historic in the sense that he is the first president of non-white ancestry. But in every other respect, he represents more of the same disregard for individual liberty and fidelity to the constitution as his immediate predecessor, George W. Bush. What Gene Healy of the Cato Institute described as the "cult of the presidency" is in full flower. The adulation he receives from his supporters is just as sickening and mindless as that of George W. Bush’s supporters. Their terminology is that of the true believer.
We already have the first scandals of this administration before it is even enthroned.
Bush and Obama are statists. Bush expanded government power and Obama can be expected to do the same. See my article, Obama: The Same Old New Thing https://groundreport.com/articles.php?id=2858685 .
The current economic crisis is the result of government intervention in the economy, just like the Hoover-Roosevelt depression. See Murray N. Rothbard, America’s Great Depression and my article "Today’s Economic Crisis Needs Yesterday’s Economic Wisdom" https://groundreport.com/articles.php?id=2874381
When the America people put aside their misconceptions and embrace individual liberty with understanding of its principles and application that will be the historic change we need and an example to the other nations of the world. The best path to that better future is through the Libertarian Party.
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Obama Switches On Wiretapping & Telecom Immunity https://groundreport.com/articles.php?id=2864284
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