First the Patriot Act, now this

http://www.salon.com/news/opinion/glenn_greenwald/2011/09/30/awlaki/index.html

The President of the United States orders the assassination of a U.S. citizen.  Fifth Amendment, anyone?

George Bush gave us the Patriot Act, now Obama gives us this.  There really is no difference between Republicans and Democrats today - both are lackeys of the highest corporate/military-industrial complex bidder.

EDIT: Let me make this very clear - this is not a vote of support in favor of Awlaki's actions, it is a protest against a government that is brazenly pissing on the Fifth Amendment on all four major networks.  The Fifth Amendment to the United States Constitution clearly states "nor shall any person...be deprived of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law".  It also states that this right applies "except in cases arising in the land or naval forces, or in the Militia, when in actual service in time of War or public danger".  I don't think that Awlaki was in the land or naval forces or Militia, so the President has just expanded this exception to apply to US citizens acting against the interests of the US government.  I understand that Awlaki was clearly acting on behalf of a terrorist organization and was rumored to have harbored the 9/11 terrorists, but since the British declared Iceland's Landsbanki a terrorist organization in 2008, it is also pretty clear to me that this idea of sanctioning terrorists could easily be expanded to permit the murder of anyone standing up for their rights against a powerful Central Bank just as easily as it was used to snuff a radical Muslim propagandist.  In the good old days, the CIA would have done this just the same, but the government would not have bragged about it openly through the main stream media.  Today, our liberal Democratic President doesn't hesitate to brazenly spit on the Bill of Rights. 

I once owned a t-shirt that had an elephant pointing a gun with the words "Your Rights" printed underneath next to a donkey pointing a gun with the words "Your Money" underneath.  Vote Republican, protect your money and surrender your rights.  Vote Democrat, protect your rights, surrender your money.  Not any more...now, both parties give your money to the banksters and military-industrial complex, and neither protects your rights.  How are you doing, America?  Who are you going to vote for in 2012, and do you really think it will make a difference?  If not, what can you do about it now?  Ron Paul?