Dissent is the highest form of patriotism

...or so we've been told over the last eight years. While I understand the sentiment, I don't hold to it, and I suspect that many of those who did have already done an about-face. However, it is important to engage on the issues of the day, and to take issue with those wielding political power when we disagree with them. That's what we're going to do here. Welcome to Hope and Change, a blog of the Obama Era that will not be blinded by over-the-top worship of the Dear Leader, nor by the deranged hatred of the President that we saw for the last eight years.