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Sallijane |
my e-mail to the president
Oct 12 2009, 10:11 AM EDT
This is the message I sent to Pres. Obama on the White House contact page:Mr. President, Congratulations on your Nobel Peace Prize—it certainly puts you in good company and gives you greater responsibility. I am curious to see how your status as a war president—they are now your wars, no longer Mr. Bush's—and a supporter of continuing the many provisions of the PATRIOT act that I feel have outlived their emergency usefulness, despite the FBI's claims to the contrary (they have a vested interest in making their work easier; my loyalty is to the Constitutional protection from unreasonable search). Naturally, I cannot as a citizen truly evaluate their claims, but if there is indeed a current TERRORISM-RELATED investigation that could be compromised by a nonrenewal of certain provisions, the renewal could be designed in such a way as to "grandfather in" that particular investigation and the provision in question be terminated upon the conclusion of that specific investigation. I was a supporter during your presidential campaign; I am a member of GetFISARight on Organizing for America and elsewhere, and I hope that the confidence in you that is expressed by the Nobel committee proves to be justified. Please, for our world, our nation, and yourself, make it so!I offer it as the basis of our group letter, if you so choose, or start new! But please, let's get started! 1 out of 1 found this valuable. Do you? |
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1. RE: my e-mail to the president
Oct 17 2009, 12:51 PM EDT
If you expected a huge difference between Obama and Bush, you weren't listening. I saw a Books-notes interview with Obama a few years before he ran for President. Since I had never seen or heard of him, and I came in late for the show I thought he was a Republican. I heard the same retroact the Republicans were spewing out. That's was why I voted for Hillary. I knew she wasn't perfect, but I figured she knew the people who could help with the economy. Plus the fact, I truly believed she would get even with the Republicans and get Health Care in and FISA OUT.All we can do is what you did. Write. Over and over and over again. What the heck are we doing in Iraq and Afghanistan?They gave him the peace prize because he wasn't George Bush, and he at least knew it was better to become friends with other nations instead of enemies. Do you find this valuable? |
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Sallijane |
2. Yes, he's a centrist
Oct 17 2009, 3:52 PM EDT
I guess some of us got so hyped up about the possibility of change that we didn't see how far to the right of what we really wanted he is. Nonetheless, I was wary of Hillary's "insider" status, the Whitewater mess that wasn't really explained, etc. And I was so weary of extreme partisanship!But from where we are, I think we have to play on the new responsibilities of a Peace Prize winner—doing more to end war and promote civil liberties—and build the dialogue we started. Calling him out for hiding behind Sessions could be a start. Do you find this valuable? |
