wrote:
First day on the job he:

Outlaws torture which has destroyed the stature of the US throughout
the world.

Orders Guantanimo closed which has become the best recruiting tool for
Al Queda.

Limits the salary of his staff to $100k.

Makes lobbying illegal for anyone employed during his Administration
thereby stopping the revolving door of bureaucRATS becoming high paid
influence peddlers for the special interests.

Restores the Freedom of Information Act so the citizens can find our
what the government has collected on them.

Orders the NSA to cease violating the constitutional rights of every
citizen by ending the tapping of every telephone and email
communication in the country.

Put every Bush Executive Order issued (as crooks Bush/Cheney went out
the door) on hold. Thereby stopping billions of dollars of payola
Bush tried to leave as parting gifts to his filthy rich buddies.

Give the man credit - that's a damn impressive first day on the job!

I didn't vote for him this past election but I sincerely hope he does
such a fantastic job as President I will happily do so in the next.

Every American should be rooting for his success during these very
troubled times. If you aren't, you are anti-American.


http://www.brookesnews.com/092601obamamedia.html

The media bring down a curtain of darkness to protect Obama
Olavo de Carvalho

What is happening in the American news media is terrifying for those who
can see through it. Exaggeration? Conspiracy theory? A recent example
will allow you to judge for yourself and draw your own conclusions.

When Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich was accused of attempting to sell
Obama’s Senate seat, the first question that came to the mind of police
authorities was whether the President-elect had partnered with him or at
least was aware of what was going on. There was no hiding the question,
not only because it came directly from the U.S. Attorney’s Office, but
also because, a few weeks earlier, one of the main Obamist campaign
aides, David Axelrod, had mentioned in an interview a recent meeting
between Obama and governor Blagojevich.

Obama’s reassuring reply came right away, after, according to him, a
thorough internal investigation, and was promptly trumpeted by the media
as the final solution to the riddle: No, not even Obama himself, nor any
member of his team had had any contact whatsoever with Blagojevich.
Axelrod was quick to confirm it, swearing that his first declaration had
been just a slip-up. With that, the media announced en bloc, to the
general relief of the believers, that Blagojevich’s fall did not in any
way stain the anointed Messiah’s honor.

Displeased with such a facile clarification, the non-profit organization
Judicial Watch subpoenaed Blagojevich, under the Freedom of Information
Act, to disclose all official records of any recent contact between the
governor and Barack Obama or any member of his team. What came in
response was astounding, to say the least: a letter written on the
Presidential Transition Team’s letterhead, signed personally by Barack
Obama, in which he thanked Blagojevich for the meeting they had had in
Philadelphia on December 2, only a week before the Illinois governor was
arrested.

Even worse: not only had Obama and Blagojevich taken part into the
conversation, but so had Vice-President-elect Joe Biden. The document
can be read at Judicial Watch website. It is full and official proof
that Obama lied. Well, do you know how many newspapers have publicized
that so far? None. How many TV news programs? None. Complete silence,
total protection of the darling’s image.

No matter how many documents are made public, no matter how many facts
are unveiled and thoroughly proved, no matter how many crimes and
misdemeanors he might have committed, not a single word against Obama
will be read or heard in the elegant media. The abyss between news and
reality has become immeasurable, insurmountable. With crushing
unanimity, reporters, editors and commentators lie, conceal, obfuscate,
change the subject and, with shocking cynicism, laugh at anyone who
tries to do journalism the old fashioned way, the fact-and-document
journalism, whose days are numbered, surviving only on the internet and
talk radio.

Nothing of what has been previously seen in Western democracies in terms
of counterfeiting and news manipulation can compare to this absolute and
relentless blockade, which can only be matched by totalitarian
censorship in communist countries, the difference being that the latter
was imposed by the government, while the first arises from voluntary
complicity - a systemic and not conspiratorial one, exactly as predicted
by communist strategist Antonio Gramsci.

More than Obama’s election itself, this phenomenon signals a historical
sea-change, destined to bear devastating consequences on a global scale.
Decades of indoctrination in the universities, based on the premise that
there is no reality, just the “imposition of the narrative,” have
accomplished their goal: a new generation of journalists has come to
power at the news rooms, deeply imbued with the strong belief that their
duty is not to depict the world, but to transform it. The honorable
public, likewise, is supposed to be swept up by this change, without
knowing where it comes from or where it will lead to. Whether this
curtain of darkness will remain closed for a thousand or just a few
years, I don’t know.

What is certain is that it’s already descended upon the land that was
once home to the free press.