Looks like Obama does not quite do what people had hoped for when they elected him. Looks like civil liberties aren’t that important if it comes to imaginary, pardon, intellectual property. Looks like privacy doesnt matter if you have a business to protect (against terrorists, I presume). And of course traitors must be punished.
Currently the news about this turn to the autocratic come in fast and from several agles, and I have little more to say that I am sorry, and surprised at the extend of this development. Of course a move to the center was to be expected, considering the republican resurge. What leaves me puzzled is the strength of the republican tea movement and the extent to which basic civil liberties seem to have been eroded by now. Not a good sign.