from David Horowitz Horowitz explains in his own words, why conservatives should celebrate a renewed sense of patriotism permeating our country, as many who once felt left behind are now enthusiastic about the future of America.

If conservatives act solely with knee jerk opposition to the renewed sense of inclusion and unity that was experienced on Jan 20th, then they are defeating much of what they claimed to have fought for over the years.

 I give Mr. Horowitz credit here for understanding the reality of the new paradigm shift and for recognizing that in a two party system there are times when being obstructionist just for the sake of it, is detrimental to our countries ideals. Good for him!

If it seems unfair that Barack Obama should be the source of a new patriotism -- albeit of untested mettle -- life is unfair. If the Obama future is uncertain and fraught with unseen perils, conservatives can deal with those perils as they come. What matters today is that many Americans have begun to join their country's cause, and conservatives should celebrate that fact and encourage it.

 What matters now is that the American dream with its enormous power to inspire at home and abroad is back in business.

 Conservative values -- individual responsibility, equal opportunity, racial and ethnic pluralism, and family -- are now symbolically embedded in the American White House. As a result, a great dimension of American power has been restored. Will these values be supported, strengthened, put into practice? It is up to us to see that they are.

But I had heard that Kennedy withdrew her name "for personal reasons."  We all know that these are the liberal code words for "I was forced out against my will but I have decided to fall on the sword for the good of the party."

This just serves as another example on the mounting pile of good women that the Democrat party has decided aren't good enough to hold powerful positions within their party.  I guess that they should just stay at home with the kids.  Barefoot and pregnant.

There is rampant sexism throughout the entire organization, and if it continues unchecked the Republicans will ultimately reap the benefits.

Which means I feel better that we'll be nowhere near socialism anytime soon. Read his column , and assume the opposite.

 This is so exciting! I love it.

 Hillary Clinton greets the staff at the State Department to rousing and repeated applause. Sweet!

  The moral at the State Department has been at rock bottom, due to infighting and conflict on priorities and methods. Hillary will welcome all ideas for development and diplomacy, she said to repeated applause. 

 President Obama will make a visit to the State Department later on today, to reiterate confidence in our new Secretary of State for the common vision of more openness and diplomacy.

That didn't take long.

On his second day in office, Obama has already signed executives orders endorsing policies that liberals have long claimed constitute the "shredding of the Constitution."  Will we hear continued outcries about these very same policy decisions now that a Democrat has made them?  Don't hold your breath.

Obama Issues Directives on Detainees, Interrogation, Guantanamo

 

According to sources in the law enforcement community, the executive order on interrogation does not declare "enhanced interrogation techniques" to be torture; the order is silent on that.

"This allows for a lot of flexibility, a lot of wiggle room," said one source.

While the administration has insisted on one interrogation standard, one source says they are thinking about assembling a group within the next 60 days to make recommendations on a set of separate techniques for the intelligence community to use.

White House counsel Greg Craig acknowledged late Wednesday that the administration will have to establish a panel to make recommendations to address intelligence community concerns.

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Administration officials indicated they do not want detainees outside of the U.S. to get habeas corpus rights or rights similar to those enjoyed by U.S. citizens. The Obama administration will likely go to Congress for what it wants to accomplish.

The order directs all information regarding the remaining 245 detainees be consolidated in a central repository and will create a panel to review those cases and split the detainees up into three categories.

Category one is comprised of the 70 detainees that President Bush sought to repatriate but couldn't because no country wants them, and they would likely be tortured at home. The Obama administration believes they can get foreign countries to take them.

Category two is the group of detainees that can be prosecuted under war crimes in Article III courts federal courts designed to address cases that involve citizens of other countries or tried in modified military commissions. This includes Sept. 11 planner Khalid Sheikh Mohammad. The administration would seek a stay on habeas petitions in Article III courts and continuances on the ongoing military commissions.

Category three is made up of detainees who can't be released and can't be tried. The thought is to create a panel, which could turn into a national security court, to handle these future highest-value detainees to determine prospective policy since terrorists like Al Qaeda chief Usama bin Laden will continue to be caught.

So, there you have it.  Obama has suspended Habeas Corpus protections for those currently at Gitmo as well as future terrorists who might be caught.  A key plank in the claim that Bush shredded the Constitution.

While he has for the moment restricted interrogation techniques to the Army Field Manual as liberals have demanded, he has plans to come up with his own list of "alternate interrogation techniques" for use on these people.  Liberal-speak translation: he intends to torture these people if he has to in order to get information out of them.  Despite the liberal rhetoric that torture doesn't work.

He knows that he is currently holding 70 people who have been cleared for release but he continues to hold them none-the-less and for exactly the same reasons as Bush did.  It is certainly within his power to release them but he simply chooses not to do so.  He is now 100% invested and complicit in their on-going detention, without any plans to prosecute them ever.

He is also making plans to create a category of detainees who "can't be released and can't be tried".  In other words, he plans to hold them indefinitely, without trial, and without habeas corpus protections.

So my liberal friends, Obama is different from Bush how?

Al Franken is now basically telling the court to stay out of the whole election mess ...and his solution...

Let Harry Reid decide! LOL!