"Sorry for our behavior for the last ten years"?

HWick_Bluenose wrote:
Much as I love the US your politicians have a lot to answer for from a UK perspective. Mind you, ours aren't any better. I had such high hopes when Obama was elected. As The Who said - "Meet the new Boss, same as the old Boss, we won't get fooled again." :)

As an Independent, I don't align myself with either of the two main US political parties. I could go on a rant about the current state of our government, but I won't as we're leaving shortly for the Restore The Forth rally in Washington DC. Well that, and this isn't the place for a rant on US politics.

I voted for Obama in 2008. I admit I too had high hopes for change when he won the election. When the change didn't materialize as promised, I voted for a solid Independent in 2012. Fool me once, shame on you, and I wasn't about to shame myself by being fooled twice.

One interesting thing that shows just how fooled we (at least I) were is the Ethics Agenda web page on then President Elect Obama's transition web site at change dot gov. The links have been removed from the main page, but you can still link directly to the content. There is a "agenda" section and then an "ethics_agenda" page which describes how Obama will reform Washington. The truly sad thing is none of it has been implemented as described (in my opinion), and in fact we're much worse off in just about every category.

I gave enough info above for the direct link. It's an interesting read to see just how much "change" wasn't implemented and how far back the US government has actually gone. If you can't determine the direct link, PM me and I'll send it to you. Note this link was posted on reddit a week or two ago.

Mods, I don't think I broke any rules in the TOS, but if I did, PM me with the details and I'll change my post. Thanks! :)

Oh, an WOO-HOO! Free Fireworks! Thanks, EA!