Michael T. Klare at Guernica magazine makes a what I find a convincing case that Barack Obama's energy policy is a near perfect continuation of Dick Cheney's, as developed both while he was Bush II's vice president but even when he was Secretary of Defense under Bush I (due to said energy policy's notably heavy geopolitical elements).
Let's add to that the almost transparent way in which Obama is continuing the Cheneyesque national security policy (e.g. drones, subterfuges against Iran, Guantanamo, etc., etc.), and I have hard time not believe that Cheney somehow, eerily, still seems to be pupeteering the White House, despite his protoge's replacement by a zombie from the other team.
I'm so discouraged. I'm trying to decide what third-party candidate to support.
Regarding “which third-party candidate to support,” I don’t know much about the recently nominated Green Party candidates for Pres. and VP, but I did enjoy listening to Gar Alperovitz’s keynote address at the Greens’ recent convention, and thought you would too:
http://www.democracynow.org/2012/7/16/gar_alperovitzs_green_party_keynote_we