Senator Ron Wyden has sent a letter to President Obama protesting the signing of the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (ACTA) as an executive agreement.
The secretly negotiated intellectual property agreement was signed by representatives of 8 countries, including the United States, on October 1. A few parties to the negotations, including the European Union, have yet to add their signatures.
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Though the blame shouldn't be put on Obama on this one,it should be also put on G.W. Bush because he started Acta...also Blame should be put on the MPAA and RIAA they pressured this to go on and put into effect.
Obama signed it...so the blame falls with him. Sure, George W might have had a hand in it, and he shares some blame...but Obama signed it illegally and used national security as an excuse...the same BS bush would have pulled. So what "Change" did people vote for? Skin color, nothing more.
Originally posted by KillerBug: Obama signed it...so the blame falls with him. Sure, George W might have had a hand in it, and he shares some blame...but Obama signed it illegally and used national security as an excuse...the same BS bush would have pulled. So what "Change" did people vote for? Skin color, nothing more.
Yeah I am fully aware Obama signed this Illegally..I'm beginning to wonder if the MPAA&RIAA's deal to ISPs earlier last month was saying Acta will be in place
Originally posted by KillerBug: Obama signed it...so the blame falls with him. Sure, George W might have had a hand in it, and he shares some blame...but Obama signed it illegally and used national security as an excuse...the same BS bush would have pulled. So what "Change" did people vote for? Skin color, nothing more.
Yeah I am fully aware Obama signed this Illegally..I'm beginning to wonder if the MPAA&RIAA's deal to ISPs earlier last month was saying Acta will be in place
So which of the next batch of candidates, with the most media attention, will best serve?
Of the current theoretical possibilities, probably Ron Paul.
-He has been talking about our most serious current problems for the last 30 years while the other candidates have been hiding the same problems right up to a few months ago (some continue to deny the problems).
-He is very old...not only does he have little to gain from bribes, but he probably won't run for reelection, so bribery and "contributions" will have less effect on him than any of the other candidates. His biggest opportunity from the presidency would be to create a good family name for his son to run on, so he would actually be obligated to do a decent job, or at least to try to do a decent job.
-He is the only one who wants to cut taxes and government spending...not one other candidate wants to do either.
-He is the only republican that has run for president since the first bush; all the rest have followed Democrat principals, even when running as republicans. One-party systems don't work...not even when that one party pretends to be two.
-He rarely tells lies...he sometimes ignores an issue but he doesn't lie very often. The others are all campaigning on lies upon lies and they won't even argue eachother on the lies as they don't want their own lies exposed...Ron Paul has no problems with exposing the lies of the other candidates because they have nothing to expose against him. He already knocked Perry out of the race using this method and so now the establishment is suddenly forced to push Cain in spite of the fact that he is running on a platform of drastic tax increases (9-9-9 plan).
Do I really think Ron Paul will win? Probably not...the shadowy figures running his own party are against him, and the corporate media does everything they can to ignore him or to discredit him with stories that would apply to any candidate.
Still, I'm voting for Ron Paul in spite of the fact that I am not a republican...he isn't a cure for the problems of this country, but at least he isn't cyanide.
Ron Paul is a great choice. I will gladly get behind him if he wins the nomination.
That said: I am weary of career politicians, and would like to see Cain get the nomination. He certainly has the wisdom and proven success.
Heck, we've suffered a completely dishonest man for 3 years now, lets see what a completely honest one can do.
