Diminishing national security, Part I…

Well, on his first afternoon as President, Obama ordered Gitmo closed, and suspension of  prosecutions.  And he had DefSec Robert Gates announce the suspension.

http://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/01/21/guantanamo.hearings/index.html

Of course, Sen. Dianne Feinstein has already introduced legislation to close Gitmo.  Next I suppose His Oneness will have Sec. Gates announce that only the Army Field Manual interrogation techniques will be used henceforth.

Now would be an excellent time to start calling/emailing/writing the White House asking what the President’s definition of torture is.  All I ever got from the campaign was the customary liberal blather about the Geneva Conventions and vague international agreements, none of which actually define torture, so that it can mean anything anyone wishes it to.

And yes, I do have my own definition of torture:  Any action which would cause a normal person to suffer long-lasting or permanent physical or mental damage.

Demand global warming!

John Tomlinson has a wonderfully cheeky column on the absence of global warming, here:

http://www.mlive.com/opinion/flint/index.ssf/2009/01/its_time_to_pray_for_global_wa.html

As a bonus, he beautifully explains the two main contortions of the warming/change crowd, and why they’re wrong.

Too bad neither His Oneness, nor anyone in his Cabinet, have a clue about this.  Obama believes in global warming; therefore, it is.

Reducing the US to a Keynesian theme park…

Gerald Warner provides us with a warning about His Oneness from across the pond, here:

http://scotlandonsunday.scotsman.com/comment/Gerald-Warner-New-president-same.4887764.jp

He hits on the point that the recession makes it possible for Obama to push forward an agenda that people would find objectionable during normal times.  What you need to remember is that His Oneness does see this as an opportunity, and he is much less interested in actually “fixing”  the economy than he is in making the USA into the socialist paradise he can be proud of.