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Why Guantanamo Bay Won’t Close Next Year.
The Sundries Shack —
Yesterday, President Obama signed an order to close Guantanamo Bay by this time next year. As you might expect, that brought cheers from the MSM and exasperation from the right. I’m not in either camp. In fact, I’m in my very own camp. I don’t think that Gitmo will close at all. I think that in about six months we’ll hear some vague noises from the Obama administration about security and legal issues and how the question is difficult and that we need to play it safe to keep us safe. The President will quietly sign another executive order to keep the camp open for a little ...
Rep. King Fear-Mongers On Obama’s Plan To Close Gitmo: It Could Give 9/11 Mastermind A ‘Path To Citizenship’
Think Progress —
... requiring that Guantanamo Bay be closed within a year. Obama’s order has been criticized by some conservatives, such as Rep. Pete Hoekstra (R-MI), who issued a statement saying that it “ ...
Weekly Feminist Reader
Feministing —
What a week! Obama does away with the Global Gag Rule and announces plans to do the same for Gitmo. Isn't winning elections fun??
Roe v. Wade was decided 36 years ago. Jamelle writes, "I'm not terribly interested in living in a world where women die for the "crime" of trying to control their own futures." earlgreyrooibos asks Obama to make contraception and sex education more accessible. Cara on how abortion intersects with the issue of sexual violence. Over at her place, Shark-Fu writes, "The existence of Roe v Wade doesn't ...
Two months into the era of Obama
Feministing —
... communicating with millions of Americans is pretty incredible in and of itself.
After Obama won, the emails didn't stop. It's so logical, yet so groundbreaking. I would posit that Obama is the first President to keep his campaign machine alive--now it's called Organizing for America. Brilliant.
Obama is certainly getting things done in these first months in office. His first 100 days aren't over yet and already we've seen the global gag rule disappear, Guantanamo's future is looking bleak and now a removal of the embryonic stem cell funding ...
Obama’s Filing Against 9/11 Families: So Bad It’s Good [Reader Post]
Flopping Aces —
... This at the same time as Obama insists that al Qaeda operatives held at Guantanamo Bay must be granted access to U.S. courts. Concocted rights for terrorists, yes. Following the law for the victims of terrorism, no. ...
Flight 93 Memorial Blogburst #63: Obama’s Filing Against The 9/11 Families
Nice Deb —
... This at the same time as Obama insists that al Qaeda operatives held at Guantanamo Bay must be granted access to U.S. courts. Concocted rights for terrorists, yes. Following the law for the victims of terrorism, no. ...
Friday News Dump:GITMO To Stay Open For Just A Tad Longer Than Planned
Nice Deb —
... pummels the Obama administration for its epic failure to close GITMO on schedule, as conspicously promised, I feel the need to remind readers what ...
Return To Moral High Ground Indefinately Postponed
small dead animals —
Return To Moral High Ground Indefinately Postponed Now is the time at SDA when we juxtapose! CNN, Jan. 22nd - Promising to return America to the "moral high ground" in the war on terrorism, President Obama issued three executive orders Thursday to demonstrate a clean break from the Bush administration, including one requiring that the Guantanamo Bay detention facility be closed within a year. During a signing ceremony at the White House, Obama reaffirmed his inauguration pledge that the United States does not have "to continue with a false choice between our safety and our ...
