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Posted by JFN1 in General Discussion
Sat Nov 19th 2011, 11:53 PM
Just to be clear:

Relevant -- Having significant and demonstrable bearing on the matter at hand.
-- (source - Merriam Webster Dictionary on my desk)

President Obama, through his silence, through his attempts to once again be the middleman, through his refusal to voice his OWN opinion and the ethical foundations upon which they rest, has proven himself, at least to me, to be completely without relevance to the #Occupations.

President Obama's entire significant and demonstrable bearing, is focused with politically typical precision upon his own reelection - and that is all.

President Obama is trying to juggle his performace against his promises, while riding a bipartisan unicycle on a Republican tightrope 8 miles above the rest of us; it would actually be a miracle if he had any relevance to #OWS, given where his thoughts and deeds seem to be centered, so far and above the rest of us.

No one in and of the #OWS protests, is even mentioning President Obama. In fact, he's been out of town the past couple of weeks in Asia, and he is likely expecting to come home trumpeting his foreign policy brilliance.

But the country has changed significantly in the last 10 days, and Mr. Obama is not returning to the same America he left, so short a time ago.

The 1% has brazenly sicced their private, incredibly well armed and angry, armies upon us, and there has been no mention whatsoever, no condemnation, no promised investigations, - there has been NOTHING from him or his administration - about the brutilization of American citizens exercising their most basic RIGHTS, while our SWORN PROTECTORS shred the Constitution with sociopathic glee as they criminally abuse their power over the 99%.

Mr. Obama, his administration, and especially his DOJ, don't need to defend #OWS; but they are duty bound to protect and defend the fucking Constitution. And when they fail to do so, they do indeed send the clearest and strongest message possible about OUR relevance, to them...

Thus, I leave you with this thought, voiced when our country was still newly born. Please keep it in mind, if you would, when Mr. Obama returns and political expediency requires him to address all of this:

The greatest of faults, I should say, is to be conscious of none. -Thomas Carlyle, writer (1795-1881)

* -- on edit -- I just want to add, based on a few of the comments, that President Obama has made HIMSELF irrelevant - #OWS and the 99% didn't do it, and neither did the Repubs. Mr. Obama is irrelevant due to his OWN decisions.

** -- also edited for spelling --
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