This President of ours has little to no bearing on the outcome of your individual life. The economy is not within his control. The actions of other countries are not within his control. Gas prices (sheesh!) are NOT within his control. There is no apocolpyse forthcoming, the only notable change will be in how the taxes leeched of your paycheck on behalf of well funded, smartly lobbied industries, are spent.

AND just a reminder…

Legislative Branch: Create Law
Judicial Branch: Interpret Law
Executive Branch: Enforce laws

Seems to me if you remove the abilty to create law, or at very least slow it down, the average American might have a chance to read some of what they’d paid for and would in all liklihood be pretty ticked off by the truth.

Mr. Masnick,

Unsurprisingly, I am in total agreement. For far too long the public has been spoonfed information through the filter of the mainstream media (to borrow a term from Rush Limbaugh). The focus should be on access to all members of society, and the internet provides an opportunity to bring this to fruition. Open government depends upon an informed electorate receiving accurate ane timely information from which the electorate can form its own opinion on the effectivness, or lask thereof, on whether or not government truly is acting in the interests of the people, and not just special interst groups.

Sadly, my greatest fear is that the mere suggestion concerning openness will be fought tooth and nail by those who are quite satisfied with the status quo. I hope they loose and that for once I will actually be alble to ascertain what is happening behind closed doors in Washington and other seats of government, and particularly states and their political subdivisions. Some measure of secrecy is needed, of course, in matters involving serious issues of national security. Experience teaches me, however, that such situations are clearly in the minority.

It’s not as if people didn’t warn you. He associated with scum. He was sought his education among the fringes of societal scum. He lied on regular basis during his campaign, like most political scum. Why is anyone surprised when he treats them like scum?

He followed the “How to get into power” playbook that previous socialists and fascists used, such as Adolf Hitler, Joseph Stalin etc. He was praised as an articulate and charismatic orator, as Adolf Hitler was frequently praised for. He’s been thought of as a savior, almost messianic, much like Hitler and Stalin in their times. He used class envy and promises to “spread the wealth” just as Hitler and Stalin did. He used buzzwords like “change” and “hope” just like Hitler and Stalin did.

Now that he’s beginning to behave like a power hungry jerk, you wonder why?

He associated with radicals and Marxists, and still does. He allows criminals to be part of his cabinet under the guise of financial rescue, and takes away the freedom of property ownership under the guise of “bailout” and you only now just consider the question why he doesn’t keep his promises?

You reap what you sew. You voted for this idiot, now you get the consequences for this. Just because a guy is young and can speak well, and even make you feel all tingly inside by saying essentially nothing but feel good buzz words, doesn’t mean he’s qualified to be president. Unfortunately, people never learn, it’s always envy and a power hungry smooth talker that brings down nations.