I Am Shocked, Shocked that U.S. Gov Abused Blank Check Powers

[Koga No Goshi]

Please, give a tiny bit more credit than that. September 11th happened, and it changed everything.

You're one of the people who believe this? It was just a convenient pretext to flood through a bunch of private and ideological wish list items that were already on people's formal or informal agendas. Nothing seriously changed, we have some token and expensive airport security now, and a lot more curtailments on the civil rights of people who bear no relation whatsoever to what hit us on 9/11.

To see 'undone': Guantanamo, extraordinary renditions, torture, pre-emptive military strikes to potential threats... for a start. He could undo all that with a single stroke of his Executive Order pen on his first day in office. Will he? If so, then I'd feel like we stood some chance of also fixing the measures that will require Congressional cooperation. FISA, Patriot Act, etc.

I believe those will all be over in the first term. Yes.

[KukriKhan]

I believe those will all be over in the first term. Yes

*Whew* Thank you.

[Koga No Goshi]

*Whew* Thank you.

Well I had to undersatnd the exact parameters of your question. :) Some people might frame an impossible one, like "oh, so you believe Obama will have the economy totally fixed in one term?" To which the answer would be no, but that we will be less in the hole and spending more on investments which will help us long-term, and less on things that are total and complete wastes than the alternative. :)