A Tragedy of Hope

Yes We Can. One Year On.





http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o5t8GdxFYBU

1. Make Government Open and Transparent
2. Make it "Impossible" for Congressmen to slip in Pork Barrel Projects
3. Meetings where laws are written will be more open to the public
4. No more secrecy
5. Public will have 5 days to look at a Bill
6. You'll know what's in it
7. We will put every pork barrel project online

1. No
2. No
3. No
4. No
5. Definitely No
6. Nope
7. No (source)

Foreign/Terror Policy...

1. Out of Iraq in 18 months
2. Close Guantanamo, end Torture
3. No Wiretapping without a Warrant
4. Remove some provisions of the anti-liberty Patriot Act
5. Expand war into Pakistan/continue the "good" Afghan war

1. Nope, 50000 'non-combat' (whatever that means) troops still there beyond 2011, and the massive bases etc
2. No. You can still be 'suspected' of terrorism and tortured. (All Are Free or None Are Free, pro-torture folks)
3. No. Two fingers to the civil libertarians again
4. No. Why would he do that when he voted for the Patriot Act's renewal?
5. Yes. Seems the word of the state is much more reliable when it is expanding its power, eh?

Even longer list compiled by the righties at FreeRepublic here: (don't forget those lobbyists now...) http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2375702/posts

As a result...