The Congressman Who Sued Obama

On Wednesday of last week, congressman Rand Paul of Kentucky sued President Barack Obama over the NSA's cellphone data collection program, claiming that he doesn't agree with the program's tactics and thinks that this information should remain private to the cellphone's owners.  This is just another chapter in a story that started in June of last year with Edward Snowden's big reveal, which was followed by the revelation that the U.S. was spying on world leaders such as German Chancellor Angela Merkel.

Surprisingly, Obama isn't the only US President to have been slapped with a lawsuit.  His predecessor George W. Bush was also hit with one, as was his predecsoor Bill Clinton.  Three Presidents in a row hit with lawsuits.  That is astonishing!

I think that this lawsuit is a waste of time, and it will only be used against Obama in the future, especially when it's time to review the work Congress got done in 2014!  Why does the Supreme Court have to accept cases like this?  It's like when Obamacare went through the courts a few years back!  We don't need these time-wasters in America's top court!  Instead, let's work on other cases that the Supreme Court works on!  Obama won't get anything done if these roadblocks keep coming up!

I have made no progress on the story this week, although on an interesting note, someone said it sounded retarded when I read a little bit out loud to them yesterday.  I don't think it's retarded.  It will get better as I get to the final chapters and then go back through and edit the thing, don't worry!

Next update is Friday, February 28th.

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