Obama Gives Interview on Muslim TV

News Flash for Obama: the Middle East didn't like us very much even before we liberated Iraq and Afghanistan.  All of the terrorist attacks came before that, remember?  He can kiss their asses all he wants, but unless we all suddenly convert, or at the very least shut down Hollywood and stop being tolerant of homosexuals, I don't think it's going to do much good.

Obama Wants to Allow States to Set Stricter Emissions Standards

Wait a minute, I thought keeping the car companies from going out of business was important to the economy?  Didn't we just dump a bunch of money in their laps for that very purpose?  Now Obama is going to let states set higher emissions standards then even the EPA recommends, possibly costing car companies billions of dollars.

 

Let me just say, I have no problem with states deciding things on their own.  I just wish Obama would be more consistent.  He's trying to get waivers for states that want to set stricter emission standards than the EPA recommends.  Great, next should be waivers to states who want to set stricter limits on protecting human life than Roe v. Wade recommends.

McCain Opposes New "Stimulus" Plan

For those of you who thought that McCain would have been no better than Obama, here's your first proof otherwise.  Granted, he doesn't oppose the stimulus per se, just that it doesn't emphasize tax cuts enough and is full of pork.  That's probably the most opposition you can ask from anyone at this point.  No one wants to be the guy who opposed the stimulus while the economy tanks. 

TV Media Pissed They Weren't Allowed to Televise Obama's Second Swearing In

First a little background: In case you missed it, Chief Justice John Roberts misspoke when he was reading the oath that Obama had to repeat to become president. Later Roberts came to the White House to apologize and do it again. Some print media were allowed to observe, but no cameras. Now I guess some say this raises even more controversy.

Give me a break. Not having a video of Obama's swearing in is a controversy? So... I'm going to go ahead and ask the obvious: what about all the presidents who took the oath before video even existed? Are their oaths now under question as well? If the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court isn't a good enough witness, who is? This is just another case of the media acting like a bunch of crybabies when they don't get what they want.

So He's Really Going Through With It

I honestly thought this would be another case of Obama paying lip service to the left, then backing down when faced with the reality of the situation, but it looks as though he really is going to close Gitmo within the year.

A draft prepared for Obama's signature states that the closing "would further the national security and foreign policy interests of the United States and the interests of justice."

To state that it furthers the interests of national security is laughable. Someone please explain how setting terrorists free or shipping them to holding centers in the U.S. does anything but the exact opposite of furthering national security.

This has always been a tough issue. The U.S. attempted to use Guantanamo to get around providing the detainees basic judicial rights. While some would argue that they shouldn't be afforded the same rights as U.S. citizens because they aren't citizens, I disagree. I believe our founders came up with a Bill of Rights not because we deserved some kind of special treatment for being Americans, but because they believed that all human beings deserved those basic rights.

That being said, I think setting these terrorists free is too dangerous an option and I hope Obama takes his time and figures out something better to do with them.

Bush Suspended Deportations to Protect Obama's Aunt?

While I have my suspicions as to whether this is the reason, it wouldn't surprise me if it were. Watching the speech Bush gave after Obama's election, I got the feeling Bush was happy to see him win. I'm sure there are some hard feelings between McCain and Bush still lingering from the 2000 primaries. Maybe Bush was happy to see him fail again.

Still, I doubt it would have made a difference either way, even if Obama's aunt would have been deported. He had no control over his aunt's actions. If anything, it would have only generated sympathy. People for whom immigration was an issue this election had no real choice anyway. Would they rather vote for a guy whose aunt happened to be an illegal alien or a guy who actually crafted a huge amnesty bill?

Hooray! Another Day Off in the Works!

Plans are already underway for a Barak Obama national holiday. Isn't that a little ridiculous? Shouldn't we wait until he actually does something? Or does winning the presidency by using his race to play on white people's latent guilt over slavery and segregation now constitute an achievement worthy of a day off of work?

I can understand black people's jubilation over his election. It shows that a lot has changed in this country in regards to race. While the event is certainly remarkable, the man has a long way to go to prove he is.

Wright Still Desperately Trying To Capitalize On Obama's Fame

I guess he decided it was safe to bring it back up now that Obama is safely elected. He says his words were taken out of context, making it obvious he has no idea what that means. I've watched long portions of those clips and if anything, they made it worse. He also says that ninety percent of the people in his church don't agree with what he says. I highly doubt that as well. I'm not religious and I don't go to church, but most of my friends and family do. All of them have left or switched churches before because they didn't like what the pastor had to say, sometimes even if he was just too boring. He claims the media used him 'as a weapon of mass destruction' to attack Barak Obama, making it obvious he had no idea what this means either as Barak Obama is just one person. If he was so afraid of being used by the media, why did he later hold a snarky press conference where instead of showing in what way he was taken out of context, he used it to reinforce what people already thought about him, hurting Obama even more?

I highly doubt Obama agreed with the things Wright said, but that's not the point. For years, he used this church to get ahead in Chicago politics. That's hardly 'new' politics. I just wish Wright would have crawled out from under his rock a week ago, so we could have been discussing this then.

Russia Wastes No Time

Russia announced today that they will be deploying missiles near Poland as a response to the U.S.'s missile defense plans while expressing hope that the new administration will work to improve relations.

Poland is a NATO member and to allow Russia to threaten them in this way is an outrage.

Could Russia be the first nation attempting to test our new, inexperienced president like they tested John F. Kennedy as Joe Biden has predicted? People like to remember a strong JFK standing up to the Russians during the Cuban Missile Crisis, but in fact it became apparent later he capitulated to the Russians, agreeing to pull missiles out of Turkey and to stay out of Cuba's affairs. Will Obama also back down to Russian aggression?

Congratulations President Obama

We all knew he was going to win and I thought I had already accepted it. I still felt disappointed as hell this morning, though. I couldn't bring myself to watch his acceptance speech, but I did watch McCain's concession speech. I think I'd have been less angry if I'd watched the acceptance speech instead. It almost seemed like McCain wanted Obama to win. In fact his whole campaign seemed that way. There were so many legitimate issues that McCain just decided not to bring up. He wanted to be the 'better man' I guess. I've got news for John McCain, you didn't get nominated to be the better man, you got nominated to win.

John McCain likes to talk about putting America first, but in this election he put his own ego first. If he really cared about America, he would have been as ruthless as necessary to make sure we didn't have a President Obama. Instead he was more worried about what people thought of his honor and dignity.

As disappointed as I am, I remember how much it irked me to see people saying such mean and vindictive things about President Bush. I vow not to do the same thing. I'm sure I'll have lots of things to disagree with President Obama about, but I'll never let my expression of those disagreements sink to the level of some of the left's attacks on Bush. The majority of people chose Obama to be our president and as Americans we should respect that and the office he holds.