For those suggesting criticisms of drone kills should wait until the election: that'd be reasonable if he stops killing until the election.

Terrorist', noun: 1. Someone my government tells me is a terrorist; 2. Someone my President decides to kill.

Incestuous, homogeneous fiefdoms of self-proclaimed expertise are always rank-closing and mutually self-defending, above all else.

I am just mystified by these people telling me I would think Obama was doing a great job if his skin contained less melanin.

It's almost hard to imagine anything more undemocratic than the view that political officials should not debate American wars in public, but only express concerns 'privately with the administration.' That's just a small sliver of Johnson's radicalism: replacing Feingold in the Senate with Ron Johnson would be a civil liberties travesty analogous to the economic travesty from, say, replacing Bernie Sanders with Lloyd Blankfein.

Dear 2012, bring peace please. Peace in our souls, and hearts, and minds, and all around. Thank You very much. Yours, forever dashing, LuckyOptimist;-)