[kictanet] Fwd: How this happened (How Obama used Technology to stay ahead during the campaign)

[McTim]

On Wed, Nov 7, 2012 at 2:39 PM, Alex Comninos <alex.comninos at gmail.com> wrote:
> My 2 cents:
>
>
> On 7 November 2012 11:17, Odhiambo Washington <odhiambo at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> With this one, Ali, you're living in Utopia. America is not Kenya :-)
>
>
> Indeed
>
> In Kenya citizens can not be indefintely detained without trial!!!!
>
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Defense_Authorization_Act_for_Fiscal_Year_2012#Indefinite_detention_without_trial:_Section_1021
>
> I am glad he won, but while celebrating this victory lets take a moment to
> consider the possibly irrevocable damage Obama has done to civil liberties
> in the land of the brave home of the free


To be fair, while this is egregious, you have to see it in the post
9-11 context AND
also consider that what George W Bush and other Republicans have given us
(Patriot Act, etc) has been far worse!



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Cheers,

McTim
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