Glenn Greenwald and Anthony Gregory would both like to remind those who equate Obama and Martin Luther King Jr. that the latter was no fan of wars.- Matt Welch also notes that MLK’s Thoreau-esque fondness for civil disobedience is not exactly Obama-friendly, especially what with the U.S.’s drug war canon-fodder-stuffed prisons.
- The Onion: “Obama Begins Inauguration Festivities With Ceremonial Drone Flyover”
- I’m halfway through Gene Healy’s new ebook False Idol: Barack Obama and the Continuing Cult of the Presidency and it’s epic. And if you’ve never read his previous Cult of the Presidency, you must.
- Reason TV on Obama’s 2009 inauguration day promises
- Newsbusters can source this one, Newsweek‘s Evan Thomas has a bad habit of making Obama sound like Jesus.
- James Franco has written a staggeringly awful poem about Obama, so you should feel bad if you like either of man. I forgive Gawker its myriad crimes because Caity Weaver wrote a mocking poem in response. Would a Jezebel writer do that? I think not.
- General reminder for people prostrating themselves at the feet of Obama for being gay-friendly. He supported gay marriage in 1996, but waited until 2012 to support it as president. Gary Johnson came out for marriage equality while running as a Republican. Good that Obama admitted he’s okay with it at least, but Jesus — why is the bigger ally to the gay community the guy who pretended to be “evolving” on the issue for 15 years? Could it be that most liberal still don’t give a shit about the drug war?
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