I remember the evening of November 4, 2008 as clear as a bell, and remember thinking that that 16-month clock on Iraq will start ticking soon. I was joyous about Bu$h/Cheney and the possibility of war crimes trials. I even had hopes that warrentless wiretapping and signing statements would be a thing of the past and that those responsible would be held accountable.

Boy, was I wrong. Mr. O loaded up on a team of (Lobbyist) rivals and hit the ground (kind of) running. Quite honestly, the Geithner / Goldman Sacks connection bothers me, but what the hay. He can’t be any worse than Paulson. Right?

My cookies got seriously frosted when Mr. O changed his Out-Of-Iraq in 16-months to leaving 35,000 to 50,000 boots on the ground at the end of 19 months. I’m not happy with this decision, but what-the-hell, the United States government was essentially a fascist dictatorship run by bu$hCo. So anything is better than what we had. Right?

When the DOJ released the Yoo / Bybee memos I thought “Good. Now we can begin prosecuting these criminals.” I got stiffed on that one too.

What bothers me most is how much the Obama administration looks like the bu$h administration. Government secrets, National Security secrets, warrentless wiretapping, $1 trillion dollar military budgets, and two occupations heading south do not a happy feeling make. Mr. O does a lot of things I agree with, but this occupation thing needs to change. And I don't mean shoveling more troops into the fray. The Russians got their collective asses kicked out of Afghanistan and they were right next door. We've got to fly most of our stuff halfway around the world to put it into a soldier's hands. Talk about a long supply line.

Aw shit, Mr. O. It appears you’re stepping into some serious doo doo, and I’m getting a bad feeling about this.