Lest people think I’m a supporter of President Obama, I should point out that neither of these two candidates of the duopoly should get our votes. Romney’s taxes would decline under 1% should Paul Ryan’s tax plan go through the House. But Obama has also played fast and loose with the use of drone aircraft for targeted assassinations, a practice that was roundly condemned during the Church hearings some 30 years ago. And then there’s that old Fourth Amendment.

My story, which has been reported on relatively sane pages (the UK Guardian) involves a lawsuit against the implementation of the NDAA. In a recent court hearing, US attorneys working for the administration refused to confirm or deny that Americans had ALREADY BEEN SUBJECTED TO indefinite military detention since the act was signed last December (if they have, Obama has already violated a Judge’s orders). Here’s the quote from the article that should matter to you:

Most incredibly, Obama’s attorneys refused to assure the court, when questioned, that the NDAA’s section 1021 – the provision that permits reporters and others who have not committed crimes to be detained without trial – has not been applied by the US government anywhere in the world after Judge Forrest’s injunction. In other words, they were telling a US federal judge that they could not, or would not, state whether Obama’s government had complied with the legal injunction that she had laid down before them.

Journalist Chris Hedges has also written about the decision–he’s one of the plaintiffs.

It’s clear that this president is as interested in eviscerating habeas corpus rights as his predecessor. Question for my Liberal friends anxious to defend Obama by saying at least he isn’t Romney–are you willing to be out in the streets about this? Are you willing to call him out? Are you willing to tell this man’s staff that you will do no work for him until he backs off?

I’ve already figured that I’m going to be protesting regardless of who gets to Inauguration Day. I’m running out of patience for the Obama apologists.