{"id":1739,"date":"2008-11-10T09:58:48","date_gmt":"2008-11-10T13:58:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blacknell.net\/dynamic\/?p=1739"},"modified":"2008-11-10T10:19:34","modified_gmt":"2008-11-10T14:19:34","slug":"holding-obama-to-his-word","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blacknell.net\/dynamic\/2008\/11\/10\/holding-obama-to-his-word\/","title":{"rendered":"Holding Obama to His Word"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/i141.photobucket.com\/albums\/r64\/Shera2316\/Picture1-12.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"424\" height=\"336\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Looks like the ACLU is on the job, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.freep.com\/article\/20081109\/NEWS07\/81109041\">planning to run a full page ad in the New York Times<\/a> reminding everyone of Obama&#8217;s promise to shut down the Guantanamo Bay prision system.\u00c2\u00a0 There are years upon years of damage inflicted by the Bush Administration that an Obama Administration will have to carefully unravel.\u00c2\u00a0 Much of that will take time and care to ensure that good work isn&#8217;t destroyed, and other parts will take money that simply doesn&#8217;t exist right now.\u00c2\u00a0 Shutting down Guantanamo, however, is rather simple and should occur almost immediately.\u00c2\u00a0 There will be no shortage of politicians who will urge Obama to keep it open, and will find excuses to delay the shutdown.\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 It&#8217;s good to see the ACLU step out in front with a reminder of a promise that Obama can make good on right away.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Looks like the ACLU is on the job, planning to run a full page ad in the New York Times reminding everyone of Obama&#8217;s promise to shut down the Guantanamo Bay prision system.\u00c2\u00a0 There are years upon years of damage inflicted by the Bush Administration that an Obama Administration will have to carefully unravel.\u00c2\u00a0 Much [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"activitypub_content_warning":"","activitypub_content_visibility":"","activitypub_max_image_attachments":4,"activitypub_interaction_policy_quote":"anyone","activitypub_status":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[4,6,8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1739","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-law","category-policy","category-politics"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t<!-- All in One SEO 5.0.1 - aioseo.com -->\n\t<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Looks like the ACLU is on the job, planning to run a full page ad in the New York Times reminding everyone of Obama&#039;s promise to shut down the Guantanamo Bay prision system.\u00c2 There are years upon years of damage inflicted by the Bush Administration that an Obama Administration will have to carefully unravel.\u00c2 Much\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"max-image-preview:large\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"author\" content=\"MB\"\/>\n\t<meta name=\"keywords\" content=\"law,policy,politics\" \/>\n\t<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/blacknell.net\/dynamic\/2008\/11\/10\/holding-obama-to-his-word\/\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"generator\" content=\"All in One SEO (AIOSEO) 5.0.1\" \/>\n\t\t<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n\t\t<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Blacknell.net | Politics, open government, and safe streets.  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