Posted on 08/15/2014 3:17:20 AM PDT by Olog-hai
In a press conference Thursday, President Barack Obama commented on the fallout of the death of 18-year-old Michael Brown at the hands of Ferguson, Mo., police, saying there was no excuse for violence against police, the use of excessive force against peaceful protests or for police to bully or arrest journalists just trying to do their jobs.
There is never an excuse for violence against police or for those who would use this tragedy as a cover for vandalism or looting. Theres also no excuse for police to use excessive force against peaceful protests or to throw protesters in jail for lawfully exercising their First Amendment rights, said Obama.
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In the span of just a few days Obama said with a straight face that he did not unilaterally pull all troops out of Iraq and the targeting of journalists is bad. Proof that if a political ideology controls education and the media the pool of stupid people is large enough to destroy our republic.
It is really sick to have Obama lecturing the rest of us on the 1st Amendment, which he has had under siege since he took office. Lying sack of manure (LSOM).
Oh, well!...
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8/5/2014, 8:48:56 AM · by Hojczyk · 53 replies
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"...also brings attention to an ongoing theme under the Obama administration: its penchant to withhold public information of public interest."
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