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President Barack Obama is the kindest, bravest, warmest, most wonderful human being I\u2019ve ever known in my life.<\/a> He is just and wise and when he secretly decides to unilaterally sentence somebody to death, I believe he is always right and never wrong and any mistake that may happen and any civilians who may die had it coming for something else anyway.<\/a> I believe that due process is a luxury we can no longer afford and that freedom is one of the things we must be willing to sacrifice if we are to preserve our liberty and the right of our Ruling Class to enjoy the riches and power our troops die to make sure we can give them<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"