Same shit, different administration

[unixronin]

WASHINGTON, Oct. 31 (UPI) -- The Obama administration says it will continue its predecessor's policy of using state secrets authority to block disclosures about warrantless eavesdropping.

OK, so ... anyone out there still believe in Obama enough to try to spin this?

Electronic Frontier Foundation attorney Kevin Bankson told CNN Holder's move represented a continuation of Bush's policies and stands in sharp contrast to the promises of greater government transparency and accountability Obama made during his presidential campaign.

"It turns out that 'change we can believe in' hasn't really resulted in any change at all when it comes to government secrecy," he told the broadcaster.

But at least the Bush administration didn't make any empty boasts about being "the most open administration in history".

Republican.  Democrat.  It makes no damned difference.  Both are rotten to the core, united by their love of power.  There is no "lesser evil" on Capitol Hill.  There is only the same evil wearing two different faces.  They play different favorites; but they both play favorites.  They take different special interests' money; but they're both owned body and soul by special interests.  They go after different Constitutional and civil rights first; but they both attack and undermine Constitutional and civil rights. They sometimes tell the voters different lies; but they are both cut from the same pack of habitual liars.  Only when both parties' followers learn that, will there be any chance of changing it.

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[jhetley.livejournal.com]

"No matter who you voted for, the Government got in."

[unixronin.livejournal.com]

Ah, right, yes. I like that one.



By the way ... you don't happen to know anyone who actually still speaks Penobscot, do you...? I think I'm going to start another round of actively seeking out new translations of "My god, there's an axe in my head!"

[jhetley.livejournal.com]

I know several members of the Penobscot and Passamaquoddy tribes, but I don't think any of them have learned their respective languages. For example, our neighbors across the street -- Skip told me he knows more Gaelic than Penobscot, since he plays in a Celtic band now and then . . .

The local anthropology museum has a dictionary project ongoing, but I don't know if that is on-line.

[jhetley.livejournal.com]

Further -- you may be able to cobble together something from this resource:

http://www.native-languages.org/abna.htm#language

[unixronin.livejournal.com]

Thanks, I'll take a look. :)