"The times, they are a-changin'..."

No, wait: they're staying exactly the same.

I've been trying to collect my thoughts about this travesty, but I've decided that Jeff sums it up best. I had a sneaking suspicion Obama would back off some of his foreign policy rhetoric as soon as he got his first intelligence briefing and realized how crazy things really are, but still, this is a bit much.

I know it's only been three weeks, but between an economic stimulus that my great-grandchildren will be paying for and a blatantly broken promise about government transparency, I'd say the new administration is off to a simply smashing start.

I take solace in the fact that John McCain (or Hillary Clinton, for that matter) would have done exactly the same thing. (Bob Barr wouldn't have, but that's neither here nor there.)

In conclusion: fuck! (You may take that as an exclamation or an imperative as you see fit.)

Update: Gene Healy pretty much sums up my feelings about modern presidential power. (H/T: Jacob.)

"So you told me the other day that you wanna change the world
So you told me the other day that you wanna be the president"
- Jimmy B and the Fortune 500, Black and White