Newly elected President Obama made one of several mistakes this week--he closed Gitmo.  This is a bad decision to give these terrorists rights in our country.  Most of these terrorists have lived better in prison than in their own countries.  The Bush administration did the right thing by putting these war criminals in a prison---not on our soil. 

As evident from the televised "Close Gitmo" signing ceremoney, President Obama has no idea how to handle these prisoners of war.  He cannot just release these terrorists who will go back to the battlefield and kill more Americans.

By closing the Gitmo prison, which now houses over 250 al Qaeda terrorists and enemy combatants, he will endanger the security of the U.S. homeland. These terrorists and criminals interned at Guantanamo are some of the most dangerous criminals this country has ever had to deal with in an undeclared war.  Guantanamo provides a safe and sure way that these terrorists and al Qaeda fighters can be imprisoned and kept from the Islamic worldwide fight.

What will Obama and Biden do with these terrorists?  If they are brought to the United States, then I would suggest that these dangerous terrorists be placed in a special prison camp run by Sheriff Joe Arpaio.  Put these terrorists in pink clothing, give them peanut butter sandwiches, and make them work and live in tents.  Do not provide them with special meals, reading materials, or anything that will enhance their stay in our homeland.

Let Sheriff Joe Arpaio show these terrorists that Gitmo was a palace.

I would like to thank President Bush for his service to all Americans.  He was challenged in many ways and did the best job he could do by stopping attacks on our homeland.  He succeeded in many areas and failed in a few.  Every US President is successful in certain areas and must rise to the challenges of their time. 

We have term limits for each Presidential (2 terms) and this is a good policy.  It is now in the nation's best interest to have term limits for all members of Congress.  With a black President, maybe we can get past the drawing of Congressional districts to favor any person or party.  We must do this for the good of our nation.  White America has shown that they can elect a person based on ideas, not skin color. 

Congrats to our new President and may God bless him and guide him in his policies and programs for the good of the American citizen.

President Bush has asked us to judge him on his ability to protect America and to prevent terrorist attacks.  He wants his entire presidency judged on these two issues.  If this is the case, he will go down in history as a so-so president.  Let me explain….

President Bush stated, "Tonight, I am filled with gratitude. I thank the American people for the trust you have given me."   The president's farewell speech looked back on his eight years in office - which he dubbed a "period of consequence, a time set apart" - and attempted to explain all of his most contentious decisions through the prism of the Sept. 11terrorist attacks.  "As the years passed, most Americans were able to return to life much as it had been before 9/11. But I never did," he said.

President Bush did not do his most important job of keeping Americans safe from terrorist, drug runners, and invaders nor securing our homeland.  He failed to protect American from the 10,000 a day illegal immigrants coming across our northern and southern borders.  He put two border agents in jail who were trying to protect our border and has allowed millions of illegals in our country.  These illegal aliens have been involved in drugs, human trafficking, identify theft, murder, theft, gang activity, and many other criminal activities.

I do admit that after several years of chaos in Iraq, President Bush did support the surge and stopped the majority of the violence in Iraq.  The military was hampered by politicians in the number of troops that were in the initial phases of the Iraq war.  He did not adequately challenge North Korea, Iran, Russia, and China in their efforts and policies against the United States.  After 8 years, our country is more at risk that it was before his tenure as President.  He did do a much better job of protecting us than President Bill Clinton did during his 8 years as president.   

With the incoming Obama administration, our country is at great risk since most of the senior executives are “reruns” from the Clinton administration.  They did not protect us and created policies that put our nation at great security risks.

"America has gone more than seven years without another terrorist attack on our soil," said President Bush.  Yes, that is true, but look at the millions of illegal immigrants that have come into our country over the last 8 years and the hundreds of billions of dollars these individuals have cost the American tax payer.

President Bush did many good things in his 8 years as President, but his last four years of bad military policy, too much spending, not securing our borders, and poor communication skills have been his down-fall.  He strayed from conservative policies and did not focus on protecting our homeland.  I do think that with Obama as President, our homeland security will be worse.

The below article is in the Washington Post today.  I have been saying for years that the welcome-mat for illegals is bad news for our community.  Illegal immigrants bring their own culture and criminal ways with them while they will join gangs and then commit crime when the jobs are not there. Many of us in the county have been victims of crime from illegal immigrants.  Ike Leggett is still supporting CASA and the illegal immigrant community, instead of the tax paying citizens.  It is time to throw Ike Leggett out of office and demand that the Police Chief do his job in identifying these individuals.


Attitudes Shift on Illegal Residents
Some Link Crime In Montgomery To Immigration
By Dan Morse and Ann E. Marimow

Washington Post Staff Writers
Sunday, January 11, 2009; A01

For years, mainstream Montgomery County has been generally accepting of illegal immigrants, and county leaders followed suit, pledging not to enforce immigration laws even as police agencies elsewhere in the region began to do so.

But public sentiment appears to be shifting in Montgomery, driven less by ideology than by alarm over rising crime and the recent slayings of a 14-year-old honor student on a county transit bus and a 63-year-old woman in her Bethesda home.

"People who are very, very tolerant want to see some changes," said County Council member Marc Elrich (D-At Large), one of five council members who said in interviews that public opinion has shifted in recent months.

Elrich said crime has "really hit home" even in his neighborhood of Takoma Park, a city that since 1985 has officially refused to identify or report undocumented immigrants.  Mariana Cordier, who grew up in the county and is a past president of the Maryland Hispanic Bar Association, said residents are increasingly linking crime to illegal immigration.

"It's been slow to come to Montgomery County," she said of that perception, "but it has arrived."
Police Chief J. Thomas Manger is developing a proposal to have county police officers check the immigration status of suspects arrested for violent crimes and weapons offenses.

"I wouldn't have gone for it a year ago," Bethesda resident Judy Campbell said recently, leaving a natural food co-op in Takoma Park with soy milk and a slice of vegan double-chocolate fudge cake. "Until this series of violent crimes, it wasn't on my radar screen."

Campbell, a 50-year-old nurse, is an avowed liberal. She thinks illegal immigrants deserve publicly funded health care. She once voted for Dennis Kucinich. And for the upcoming inauguration, she plans to participate in Chant4Change, an event that bills itself as a gathering for "conscious revolutionaries."

The Democrats cannot legally deny Mr. Burris the Illinois Senate seat.  The Senate leaders are again playing politics and not doing what is according to law.  They accuse President Bush of power-grabbing, but this is outrageous.  Even though the Governor of Illinois is a thief and bum, he still has the right to appoint an individual to the US Senate.

The US Senate should be more concerned with voter fraud in MN and assist with a federal investigation on this matter.  However, several US Senators want to seat the Democrat as soon as possible; thus, stealing the election.

Even as Democrats celebrated expanded majorities in both houses, they were forced to block the Senate appointment of Roland W. Burris by scandal-plagued Illinois Gov. Rod R. Blagojevich, citing his failure to provide proper credentials.

Mr. Burris, a former Illinois attorney general, beat a quick retreat rather than enflame controversy, and later received an endorsement from Sen. Dianne Feinstein, California Democrat and the outgoing chairman of the rules committee that will possibly decide his fate.

Mrs. Feinstein said Mr. Blagojevich has the right to appoint Mr. Burris, even though Illinois Secretary of State Jesse White has refused to sign off on Mr. Burris. Voters in Illinois would like a new election to fill the empty seat, but Mr. Burris has the legal right to be seated in the Senate.