Comments on: Modern Hippies – A New Face for the Next Wave http://www.modernhippiemag.com/2009/10/15/modern-hippies-a-new-face-for-the-next-wave/ Fri, 23 Jul 2010 19:09:40 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3056 By: Chris Lawrence http://www.modernhippiemag.com/2009/10/15/modern-hippies-a-new-face-for-the-next-wave/comment-page-1/#comment-347 Chris Lawrence Mon, 01 Feb 2010 20:52:48 +0000 http://www.modernhippiemag.com/?p=1210#comment-347 I'm not sure I would put Obama in this category. He is a great speaker, and seems like a nice person, but his actions don't match his words or promises. We now have more troops deployed in Iraq and Afghanistan than under Bush, and casaulties are rising on both sides. The US role at Copenhagen was a betrayal of many of the Americans who campaigned and raised money for Obama to get him elected based on a promise of taking a strong position on climate change. And despite a nice speech in the middle east at the beginning of his term, he has completely backed off any attempt to limit Israel's illegal settlement expansion, and he has said nothing to condemn the Gaza massacre or Israel's continuing war crimes. Like many others, I had hope Obama would represent real change, but he is, unfortunately, just more of the same. I'm not sure I would put Obama in this category. He is a great speaker, and seems like a nice person, but his actions don't match his words or promises. We now have more troops deployed in Iraq and Afghanistan than under Bush, and casaulties are rising on both sides. The US role at Copenhagen was a betrayal of many of the Americans who campaigned and raised money for Obama to get him elected based on a promise of taking a strong position on climate change. And despite a nice speech in the middle east at the beginning of his term, he has completely backed off any attempt to limit Israel's illegal settlement expansion, and he has said nothing to condemn the Gaza massacre or Israel's continuing war crimes.

Like many others, I had hope Obama would represent real change, but he is, unfortunately, just more of the same.

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