Obama, too many laws to count and political prisoners. It is all going to hell in a bad basket. Call for the revolutionaries. I was on the train home and had the amusement of sitting next to a right wing southern gentleman of late middle age. Obviously in the UK on business he was accompanied by a middle aged chap from somewhere in the north of England and they were chatting away about some fossil fuels business when all of a sudden the American chap launched into a rant of epic right wing paranoid proportions. Hehehehehe. Little bit of heaven right there.

'Did you know that America has turned on its head? Some poor woman who had not stolen anything, or killed anyone has been IMPRISONED. IMPRISONED for her personal beliefs. She is a political prisoner of the state. We. Now. Have. Political. Prisoners. In. America. It is crazy.’ Then he shakes his head for dramatic effect.

Well of course my ears pricked up and I awaited with baited breath for the response from his traveling partner. Poor chap, he just looked really bewildered and said nothing. American man was not finished, not by a long shot. Interestingly this stout defender of the homophobic baggage that is Kim Davis was careful not to rant about why she was jailed. That would not sit well on a commuter train in one of the most cosmopolitan capital cities in the world. It seems his principled stand about the tyranny of government left him some wiggle room based on the community that surrounded him in that instance.

Leaving the topic of the 'political prisoner' he launched into an attack on the President. Oh my!!!! 'Did you know that Obama plans to enact FOUR THOUSAND new laws between now and when he leaves office to restrict FREEDOM? In fact it is not four thousand, it is OVER FOUR THOUSAND new laws. America is not America anymore. What do you think of that?'

Oh how I was itching to reply on behalf of the English chap who was staring at him like he was an alien, but train protocol is too well ingrained in my psyche. English chap stared uncomfortably at his feet for a moment, the silence stretched between them and then he asked a question about fossil fuel. Haha. But think about it. Obama is going to be terrifically busy. Even if we take the conservative (no pun intended) estimate of FOUR THOUSAND new laws that means Obama will have to pass eight laws restricting American freedoms every single day between now and when he leaves office to meet his target. I know he is good, but surely he is not that good????? Well at least he didn't say Obama is going to steal a third term. That is something.

Political prisoners and restricting freedoms?!?! Oh my!!! Call for the revolutionaries, Yeehaw.

As an aside that has to be the most entertaining commute home I have had in quite some time.