Obama: From Dadbasher to Babykiller

Afghan and Pakistani men who are taking time out to be a dad, as those public service ads by President Obama go, are finding that hard to do as their parenting time is increasingly being cut in half by a missile through the roof from a U.S. drone strikes.

The number of unmanned drone strikes has been up since Barack Obama took office and the toll on innocents has reached an all time high. In 2009 alone, more than 700 civilians (perhaps 1000, according to some estimates) have been killed, including many women and children.

At the same time, Obama is asking for a record chest of war funding to sustain the violence, this after criticizing his predecessor for his war spending.

All this is taking place without much a squeak from the left; no massive outcry from journalists Maureen O'Dowd or others who railed against the Bush regime; no major outbursts from Roger Moore or Danny Glover, or any other cultural figures who've used their social/cultural positions in the past to condemn never-ending war in the Middle East.

Nobel Peace Prize winner Obama remains unapologetic about the people he's been killing. And while the public has been made to comfortably overlook what's going on -- the same way our media has made sure to cover up rights abuses against divorced dads and NCPs -- the danger to our servicemen increases.

One has to wonder whether or not Bin Laden could do a better job of recruiting than Obama's murderous drone strikes, which not only besmirch our military's honor but also fuel the thirst for vengeance of those caught up in the slaughter. The number of servicemen killed in Afghanistan hovers around 961 and will unfortunately rise the longer we stay in the region. And let's not forget that American losses too represent numerous American families which will also have their dad time reduced ... permanently.

Read more: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Drone_attacks_in_Pakistan#2009

http://www.ufppc.org/us-a-world-news-mainmenu-35/9216-analysis-in-afpak-drone-war-us-routinely-commits-war-crimes-a-terrorist-acts.html

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/carne-ross/us-drone-strikes-and-civi_b_203968.html

http://news.antiwar.com/2010/01/13/us-drone-fired-missile-into-a-crowd-of-suspects-killing-13-afghans/

http://www.tnr.com/article/the-drone-wa

Did Divorced Dads/NCPs Win in MA too?

Yesterday's vote in Massachusetts to fill the late Ted Kennedy's vacant seat seems to have signaled a political realignment in the United States, one year after the realignment following Barack Obama's historic election.

At least in the media, Republicans are being rehabilitated: Sarah Palin is finally getting her story out, in addition to becoming a commentator on Fox. And now Scott Brown is being celebrated as the surprise victor of MA Senate race, and we are being told that he represents the public's dissatisfaction with the established system; anger over health care reform; rage against Wall Street. The stage, it seems, is being set for a populist Republican comeback in 2012, the year red-blooded Americans take back their political system, yada, yada, yada.

As we wrote at other times and other places on NCPForce!, the left-right paradigm of American politics is totally false. There aren't really two political parties in this great country of ours, but rather one party with two factions serving the wealthiest individuals and corporations. Which is why divorced dads and non-custodial parents find themselves routinely demonized, because someone has to be to blame when civilization takes a slide (other than the power brokers who are truly responsible).

But occasionally, as rare as a blue moon, the victims of this corrupt system -- divorced dads and non-custodial parents -- do see a glimmer of justice.

According to Glenn Sacks at Fathers & Families, Massachusetts Senator-elect Scott Brown has been a co-sponsor of that group's shared parenting bill -- proposed legislation which his Democratic opponent, Martha Coakley, refused to act on or even comment on.

Sacks' comparison of Brown and Coakley can be found here: http://www.fathersandfamilies.org/?p=5687

According to the text, Coakley is an all-out man-hating rights abuser. As district attorney of Middlesex County, Coakley promoted restraining order abuse and sent men to jail for trivial restraining order violations. She also sought to keep in jail a man who was wrongly convicted of raping and abusing children; even the Wall Street Journal criticized her for her handling of the case (see http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704281204575003341640657862.html).

So, we can be extremely happy that an individual such a Coakley will never hold a seat in the U.S. Senate. At the same time, we should watch Scott Brown cautiously; like any politician, he will not likely honor the things he said while running for office now that he's been elected. He will still have to serve his wealthy masters, and he will still have to spread the blame when things go wrong. So we cannot assume that he will remain a friend of divorced dads and non-custodial parents.

The one thing we can do, however, is to contact Scott Brown and his people. Thank him for supporting shared parenting and urge him to continue fighting for fathers' rights / non-custodial parents' rights. You can do so by visiting his website at: http://www.brownforussenate.com