Secretary of Defense Robert Gates has recently stated that the closing of Guantanamo Bay Prison will take longer than originally expected. Guantanamo Bay, which has been set to be shut down since the first week of office for President Obama , has proven much more complicated to close by the January 2010 deadline than expected. The terrorist prisoners held within Guantanamo Bay are planned to be sent to other maximum security prisoners throughout the country. Officials claim that as long as the maximum security prisoners are set to accomodate the prisoners, then there is nothing about which to worry with the moving of the prisoners.



I've never thought very highly of Guantanamo Bay, I feel it brings a piece of negative attention to America as the way it is seen that they treat prisoners within. Be that they may not do such things as it is believed they do, it still attracts those negative presumptions. The closing of it seems like quite a good idea, and I understand completely why it would be so difficult to do so. Its a very sensitive thing, moving terrorists. But I do think they shouldn't all be detained into the same area, it just seems like cramming a whole bunch of explosives into a barrel. Not a very good idea. Therefore, I do believe the closing of Guantamo Bay is a very good idea.

Re: Why are Some Politicians Forgiven in Sex Scandals?

CNN brings us a new look upon political sex scandals and claims that when politicians are caught within them, they generally get off on easy street. They bring to play John Edward's former extramarital affair he had with a campaign worker in the 2008 election. It's thought that it is the American way that when a politician is caught in such a scandal that if they apologize, pay a punishment and suffer along the way they can then be forgiven for their "mistakes."

I've never believed very strongly in forgiveness for those who perform such sexual deviances. Most these politicians caught in sexual scandals have a spouse on whom they must be cheating, and that has always been a very large no-no for me. Cheating is one of the most god awful things you can do to a person in my eyes. And for this writer to say it is the American way to forgive someone for such a thing is clearly mistaken. I'm an American and I hate it!

http://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/09/21/politicians.sex.scandals/index.html?eref=rss_politics

Re: Obama Accepts Apology for Wilson Outburst

President Obama recently accepted an apology after South Carolina Republican Joe Wilson shouted "You lie!" during one of his speeches to Congress. Many people were very upset with Wilson after his outburst, leading to his website to crumble and being attacked on Twitter from angered Republicans and Democrats alike. It was considered to have the four-term congressman sanctioned, but the idea was passed upon. Wilson was able to contact the White House to deliver an apology to President Obama.

I completely agree that Senator Wilson shouldn't have disrupted the president's speech the way he did but I thought some of the proposed punishments were a bit overboard. The sanctioning really stuck out to me. What he did was totally disrespectful, but we do have the right to free speech in this country and Wilson pretty much just used it to the full extent.

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/32767813/ns/politics-health_care_reform/