All of this info was in the public sphere long before President Obama’s administration started pushing for the release of the Bush Torture Memos. Graphic pictures of Abu-Ghraib were leaked to the media quite a while ago and many a documentary has been produced on the subject; like Taxi to the Darkside

.  There have also been numerous series on these events on the History Channel, the Discovery Channel, and some of the 24 hour news networks as well. So why is this such a big deal now? None of this is news. I signed on-line petitions and marched in Washington D.C. to oust Bush and Cheney and the gang for war crimes when they were still in office. But now that they are out, this is too little too late.

I understand Obama is trying to undue all of Bush’s damage but he’s making America into its own worst enemy. Did we punish ourselves for African American slavery, Japanese internment camps, or dropping the A-Bomb? The past eight years where a dark time in America’s history, but we can’t change that. The best thing we can do is move on and make sure it doesn’t happen again and that we stay true to our ideals as Americans. Although I’m still all for throwing Bush and Cheney in a jail cell. 

It doesn’t really matter because President Obama made an executive decision and had troops shot to kill in order to save the captives on Maersk Alabama. I’m a pacifist but I was pretty impressed to hear that our guys snuck on the ship and sniped out three of the pirates. Obama came through once again showing he is not afraid to make such decisions. Jack Sparrow wasn’t answering his calls and he was busy buying a puppy for Sasha and Malia, so he gave the orders. So go America! We are as good at kicking pirate ass as an immortal child in tight green pants.

Peter Pan V.s. Captain Hook

The pirate attacks have continued none-the-less. Truthfully we should of fixed up Somalia back in the 90s when Bill Clinton was still president. The continent of Africa is an unbelievable disatraf#^*. (I should really trademark that.) I personally hope this will work as a wake up call. We’ve been acting like world police but we always seem to neglect Africa. Hell maybe we are the world police, racial profiling and all. I really hope this helps bring our attention to other things like Darfur. I am usually against America interfering in other countries affairs, but Africa really needs our help. They have descended into chaos and are ages behind us…Which is why they still have pirates.

During the Bush administration there were mass protests by liberals. They held signs calling Bush a tyrannical dictator. Some had pictures portraying him as Adolf Hitler. Fox News Pundits like Sean Hannity were denouncing the protesters; almost to the point of claiming dissent was unpatriotic. But if you watched Fox News this Tuesday you got to see hypocrisy at it’s finest. Hannity and company were praising conservative protesters holding signs calling Barak Obama a tyrannical dictator and portraying him as Adolf Hitler.

Iraq War Protestors portraying Bush as Hitler

What the hell just happened? Dissent became patriotic.  Liberals have become the mindless drones standing behind their tyrannical leader and the conservatives have become the crazy, protesting, silent minority. Fox New has become the voice of the people and CNN is the establishment. Or at least that’s what we’re led to believe. And somewhere, some time there is another reality where Senator John McCain has become president. In this reality he is fixing up the mess left after Al Gore and John Kerry while leftest protesters hold signs up portraying him as Adolf Hitler.

War is an evitable part of the human existence. What we need to do is not perpetuate any more war than is needed. We are all going to be competing for resources; but we need to learn that you can gain more from allainces than grudges.

Oh yeah, and one more thing. “You don’t mess with Joe!”

It seems Barack Obama’s presidency may be getting off to a bad start. His first days in office have been similar to ex-President Bush’s, full of criticism and disenchantment. Change has come to America, or has it? Is America really ready for change? The election hyped as uniting Americans may have left us more divided than ever.
President Obama has hit the ground running tackling gender equality, children’s healthcare, and now the mortgage crisis. I had the displeasure of catching the signing of the SCHIPS bill on Fox News, or the anti-Obama network. The live coverage was followed by flashing red words like communism and socialism followed by a very irate and ignorant Glenn Beck. Only someone as pigheaded as he could make a bill that will bring quality healthcare to 4 million children sound like a bad thing.
Conservatives are apparently worried all these bailouts will lead to too much dependency on government. God forbid a government should work to help its citizens. The irony is conservatives seem unaware the government’s power grew tremendously under President Bush. Apparently civil rights infringements and invasions of privacy are fair game, but a helping hand is to be turned away with disdain.
President Obama may look as good as Che’ Guevara on a t-shirt but his plans are hardly a red scare. Obama’s plans are more reminiscent of the progressive acts of Franklin D. Roosevelt during the depression in the 1930s. FDR’s approach was also met with criticism at first but I’d bet you’d be hard-pressed to find anyone who would say he did a bad job now.
President Obama is franticly taking the wheel of the sinking ship that is America. Mistakes have been made and he knows this. “I screwed up,” he said when some of his presidential picks turned out to be flops. Turns out Timothy Geithner, the Secretary of the Treasury doesn’t pay his taxes. Are you really that surprised? It’s no secret people in government are corrupt; it seems to come with the territory. I don’t trust the government, regardless of who is the president. But Obama is facing more dissent than he deserves. At least he is able to admit his mistakes, unlike our last president.
Obama seems to have dropped the Martin Luther King speech thing as he is finally experiencing what it’s like to be hated. In November he had reggae songs written about him, in February the honeymoon seems to be over. Rush Limbaugh is hoping he fails. Sean Hannity is counting down each of his first one hundred days by revealing what he calls “The real Barack Obama.” Maybe it’s time Republicans found out what it’s like to hate their president. Maybe this time they can be the ones confused when this guy wins his second term. I mean sure Bush got plenty of dirt from John Stewart and MSNBC, but this stuff seems a little more malicious. Glenn Beck’s show even has arabic lettering scrolling on the bottom of the screen. That is just in bad taste. I’m not sure if any president has had to deal with such criticism right from the start of their first term.
Our congressmen are at each other’s throats. I see bad things happening if our people in government continue to act the way they are. Congress needs to forget party lines and work together with President Obama so that we can solve our multiplying problems. We don’t have time for this.