Glenn Greenwald on "Repulsive Progressive Hypocrisy"

Obama has used drones to kill Muslim children and innocent adults by the hundreds. He has refused to disclose his legal arguments for why he can do this or to justify the attacks in any way. He has even had rescuers and funeral mourners deliberately targeted. As Hayden said: ”Right now, there isn’t a government on the planet that agrees with our legal rationale for these operations, except for Afghanistan and maybe Israel.” But that is all perfectly fine with most American liberals now that their Party’s Leader is doing it:

http://www.salon.com/2012/02/08/repulsive_progressive_hypocrisy/singleton/

Punishing Protest, Policing Dissent: What is the Justice System For?

Published on Sunday, February 12, 2012 by Common Dreams

Punishing Protest, Policing Dissent: What is the Justice System For?

by Erik Hoffner

This year promises to be another historic year of people calling for change worldwide. Citizens took to the streets for a wide variety of reasons, from the Wisconsin Capitol to D.C., which hosted many actions last year including the highly visible civil disobedience of activists seeking to halt the proposed Keystone XL Pipeline. The resulting mass arrests, totaling over 1,200 by early September, surely played a large role in President Obama’s decision to delay approval of that climate- and water supply-threatening project.

Story continues here: http://www.commondreams.org/view/2012/02/12-6