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~Protect Whistleblowers: Often the best source of information about waste, fraud, and abuse in government is an existing government employee committed to public
by Buzaga 13y ago
~Protect Whistleblowers: Often the best source of information about waste, fraud, and abuse in government is an existing government employee committed to public integrity and willing to speak out. Such acts of courage and patriotism, which can sometimes save lives and often save taxpayer dollars, should be encouraged rather than stifled. We need to empower federal employees as watchdogs of wrongdoing and partners in performance. Barack Obama will strengthen whistleblower laws to protect federal workers who expose waste, fraud, and abuse of authority in government. Obama will ensure that federal agencies expedite the process for reviewing whistleblower claims and whistleblowers have full access to courts and due process.~
Ouch.
- mitchi 13y agoSo much for that
- Demiurge 13y agowow. ironically, that's the most eloquent political statement on whistleblowers I can recall reading.
- Vivtek 13y agoCan't deny the man can talk - and can identify a damn good speechwriter when he finds one.
- ekianjo 13y ago- save taxpayers dollars : looks like this was rejected just yesterday by the Congress. Who cares about taxpayers dollars anyway? - whistleblower laws : did Obama ever do anything in that regard apart from public speeches as a candidate? - abuse of authority : Obama himself clearly abused authority in the Snowden case in what he said and in the threats he placed on the guy. - full access to court and due process: yeah, isn't Obama the one who agrees to keep secret court secret in the first place, and protect them from monitoring ? "Yes We Can". Nothing more to say.
- jamesbritt 13y ago"Yes, we could."
- Demiurge 13y agohttp://farm3.staticflickr.com/2874/8988666085_0749d7fcea_b.jpg http://farm3.staticflickr.com/2874/8988666085_0749d7fcea_b.j...
- mr_spothawk 13y ago"No, you can't. Because you got duped!"
- fear91 13y agoA classic psychopathic behaviour. Blind your victim with carefully spun web of lies. Distort the reality and then when the time comes, abuse them. Psychopaths are so good at lying that they self-deceive themselves. They believe their own lies. That's why it's so easy to fall for what they say. They always fly to the top - be it at corporations, governments, crime organizations. The more psychopathic they are, the higher they get.
- pizza 13y agoOh look, a comment that can see through the lies we've been fed, and shows us the malice of those who are 'above' us! And no citations or examples, to boot!
- kaonashi 13y agohttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gaslighting http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gaslighting
- hnriot 13y agoArmchair psychology at its best
- foobarbazqux 13y agoFreud's ghost hates that expression. http://www.bbc.co.uk/ahistoryoftheworld/objects/EPqt8An_Sj2ii9ulOnCr3w http://www.bbc.co.uk/ahistoryoftheworld/objects/EPqt8An_Sj2i...
- MDCore 13y agoWould you mind providing some citations for your idea that Psychopaths self-deceive? From what I've read the better Psychopaths are masterfully in control of their web of lies, that it's easy to believe what they say because they don't suffer the remorse of neuro-normals. And that it's more likely for the neuro-normal person who lies compulsively to believe their lies. I really don't think it's helpful to classify Obama's behaviour as psychopathic. It demonises him instead of taking a practical, accurate look at his behaviour. It seems as useful calling someone "evil" or "a nazi".
- mortehu 13y agoWhat's the ouch? > Barack Obama will strengthen whistleblower laws 2012: President Signs Whistleblower Protection Enhancement Act[1] > Obama will ensure that federal agencies expedite the process for reviewing whistleblower claims and whistleblowers have full access to courts and due process. 2013: Whistleblower Edward Snowden is charged by federal prosecutors[2] Has something happened to Snowden that I'm not aware of? As far as I understand, he fled to avoid a trial, not because there was some imminent threat to his life. 1. http://www.whistleblower.org/blog/42-2012/2380-president-signs-whistleblower-protection-enhancement-act-wpea- http://www.whistleblower.org/blog/42-2012/2380-president-sig... 2. http://apps.washingtonpost.com/g/documents/world/us-vs-edward-j-snowden-criminal-complaint/496/ http://apps.washingtonpost.com/g/documents/world/us-vs-edwar...
- joering2 13y ago> As far as I understand, he fled to avoid a trial, not because there was some imminent threat to his life. Would you write your comment again after knowing this: http://www.nytimes.com/2011/03/15/opinion/15tue3.html?_r=0 http://www.nytimes.com/2011/03/15/opinion/15tue3.html?_r=0 http://www.bradleymanning.org/news/bradley-on-abuse http://www.bradleymanning.org/news/bradley-on-abuse http://www.cnn.com/2012/11/29/justice/manning-wikileaks http://www.cnn.com/2012/11/29/justice/manning-wikileaks Enough?
- prawn 13y agoAfter the leaks we've seen, wouldn't publicising protection of whistleblowers potentially motivate more leaks of state secrets? I can see how the government would be nervous about that. Clearly they think that some abuse of authority is justified to maintain global power.
- CWuestefeld 13y agoThis sounds, to me, similar to Mao's Anti-rightist Movement [1]. Basically, Mao encouraged all of the concerned citizens to come forward with their concerns, putatively so that any problems could be corrected. But in fact, Mao used this as an opportunity to identify those that could be viewed as political problems, imprisoning all of those who foolishly believed his rhetoric and who genuinely wanted to help the country. (My wife's uncle spent two decades in prison for this, and his wife was forced to denounce him.) [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anti-Rightist_Movement https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anti-Rightist_Movement