Presidential Pardon!

We seem to have a request for a presidential pardon. The request and push is being lead by Sen. John McCain. He’s pushing for the presidential pardon for Jack Johnson. Jack Johnson was the nation’s first black heavyweight boxing champion in the very early years of the 1900’s. Johnson was convicted of violating the Mann Act in 1913 for having a consensual relationship with a white woman. The Mann Act is still a law today, but has changed a lot over the years. The push for the pardon is going to be a up hill battle for McCain. Not because Johnson was wrongfully convicted, but because Johnson is dead. U.S Presidents don’t usually pardon people that are dead, but have done so in the past. So it’s going to be a wait and see what President Obama will do. I personally think Obama will do it, but so far there’s no word out of the White House.

Flag Covered Caskets!

I was just reading that a 18 year ban on news coverage of our war dead could be lifted. The man behind this is Defense Secretary Robert Gates and President Obama. The new policy will give the families the choice to let the press snap the photo’s or not. If the families say it’s ok for the press to take photo’s this will admit the press to the ceremonies at Dover Air Force Base in Delaware. This is the entry point that all of our war dead pass through. I’m not 100 percent this is really a good idea, you can never really trust the press. I think by letting the press in will only spark anger, which can go either way. The main focus is to respect our war dead with the most respect we can. And letting the press in isn’t the best way.

Rescue Bill Passes House!

President Barack Obama got his first bill passed in the House, which the Democrats rule. The vote was 244-188, with all the Republicans voting against it. I really don’t like seeing a bill pass this way, and I think Obama doesn’t either. President Obama personally went to the House Republicans to sell this package, which says a lot. But in the end, no support was given from the Republicans.

The reason why the Republicans are so against this bill is because they don’t feel there’s enough in the package to help. They feel there needs to be more tax cuts. And the reason why all the Democrats voted for it is because their Nancy Pelosi’s little robots. Their so afraid to vote against the bill or her because they won’t get the support when it comes time to run again for their jobs. We need to have a more balance House and Senate, it would keep everyone in check.

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Treasury Department!

It seems the U.S. Senate has just put another crock into President Obama’s administration. The new head at the Treasury Department is Timothy Geithner. Before taking on this new job he was the President of the New York Federal Reserve Bank. If you don’t know why he’s being called a crock, well he’s why. There was a span of 4 years where he failed to pay income tax on money he earned as a consultant. A person that doesn’t pay his taxes is now in charge of the Treasury Department, only in America. And some of our Senate members fault the same way, he got 60 votes out of 94.

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