You can think of The Town Crier as a news repository of sorts. Here we will post links to various news stories that have popped up throughout the week and give a brief summary and our take on these stories.
Obama looking to make impact quickly
Although I don’t agree with all of President-Elect Obama’s views on how we should move the country forward, he is one of the few presidents in recent memory that is holding true to his word and doing what he said he wanted to do. Although not officially President until January 20, 2009, the President-Elect is getting a head start on making change.
Team Obama is already reviewing every executive order passed by the Bush Administration in an effort to either keep, repeal, or amend the orders. This is important because executive orders are basically laws that are not approved by Congress and can be potentially harmful to the American public. The sad thing about many of these changes is that they may lead the country into socialism, and that will not work.
Obama team ponders what to do with Gitmo
In the spirit of Team Obama acting quickly to reverse projects implemented by the King George, aides to Obama are also reviewing the curious case of Guantanamo Bay. Used by Bush to hold ‘enemy combatants’, and with George Bush having almost all control over deciding who and who is not an ‘enemy combatant’, the prison has been bad news for the current President because of allegations of abuse to inmates, and because many inmates are there without accusation or even reason to believe that they have definitely done anything wrong.
The only problem that has yet to be resolved is what to do with the 255 inmates currently being held at Guantanamo. There are a couple different options, such as trying the inmates in Federal courts or even setting up an independent National Security Court to try the prisoners.
Time for a New Third Party Republican Party Offshoot
Republicrats. That is where the future of party politics is goings. The Republican National Convention is struggling to show how it is any different from the Democrats. This article describes how the party is supposedly aiming for conservatism while exemplifying very liberal viewpoints. This is what is wrong with the party! Why can’t the party realize what is wrong with itself, that it has to go to its own members and ask them what the party should become?
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Author: Theo Fitzpatrick
