from BT’s link: Obama Administration to halt Gitmo trials. (my bold)

Hours after taking office on Tuesday, U.S. President Barack Obama ordered military prosecutors in the Guantanamo war crimes tribunals to ask for a 120-day halt in all pending cases.

Military judges were expected to rule on the request on Wednesday at the U.S. naval base in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, an official involved in the trials said.

The request would halt proceedings in 21 pending cases, including the death penalty case against five Guantanamo prisoners accused of plotting the September 11 hijacked plane attacks that killed nearly 3,000 people.

Prosecutors said in their written request that the halt was “in the interests of justice.”

excellent!

Let the repudiations of the last 8 years begin, start considering repudiations of the last 41 (1968 Nixon election) years now.

Morning al
Went to an inauguration party here in CO and were monitored at DC Ball so I made it to the inaug. digitally. Supposedly we were on a tv screen among many at the neighborhood ball.

fyi – lots of hearings today, including geithner’s nomination hearing for treasury secretary at 10am. i posted a list of the day’s hearings (with links, etc) at oxdown.

DIGG is open.

Let the truth be revealed.

We have a Real President. After eight long years, we have a Real President.

Thanks for the hearings links, selise. My sorry senator must puff and posture about Hillary. We tried to get rid of him this election, but he had Rove campaigning for him…..go figure.

Here is link to video of Pete Seeger and Bruce Springstien leading the crowd yesterday in singing ‘This Land Is Our Land’. It’s a keeper!

http://www.alternet.org/blogs/video/

Pete Seeger is the reincarnation of Woody Guthrie. Who will be the reincarnation of Pete Seeger?

This land was made for you and me.

I noticed a recurrent theme in the reichwing reactions to President Obama’s speech – the great things Shrub accomplished were given short shrift. WATBs.
Fuck ‘em.

Apparently Tucker and Joe Scabs are running with the new talking points.

America has become a police state.

Must have happened in the last half day since Obama took over.

They have become the whiny, always offended putzes they used to accuse the left of being.

-G

Shrub finally did a great thing yesterday when he got on that helicopter.

They have become the whiny, always offended putzes they used to accuse the left of being.

Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery…. [snort!]

Sales bookkeeper’s computer took a dump yesterday. Have to go get another machine first thing this morning. Damn, sometimes I hate bein’ the only one at work knows anything about this 0 and 1 stuff.

A new sun is shining on the world today. It’s not all about what Obama is going to do for the country. What are YOU going to do for the country? Yeah, shades of JFK. Guess I live in a time warp. Stepmother always said I was born either a hundred years too early or a hundred years too late.

Off to buy a new machine.

Be good to yourselves, and all other living things.

Namaste

Upon hearing that Obama had suspended all the military commission trials at GITMO, I felt he had put a solid piller under his promises.

Now, if ‘in the interest of justice’, he would go after those responsible for the crimes committed at GITMO, Abu Graib and Bogram in Afganistan then America would truly be on the road back to the America some of us remember.

cnbc is going nuts about Geitner’s tax problems, FYI.

BT’s site “lucky he only got booed” is in full-blown wingnut rant about the “classless” Dems who based bush and won’t bow down to his greatness; gad! I need to go take a bath.

They have become continue to be the whiny, always offended putzes they used to accuse the left of being.

Fixed it for ya. ;-)

Yes, SD.

“Ask not what your country can do for you …

rather, ask what you can do for your country.”

I was feeling that sensibility all of yesterday.

(You were born specifically for these times, SD, which you love and honor with your presence)

DW

acquarius74 @ 8 – thank you. i’m listening now, beautiful. i hope there will be a good quality audio file made available to the public. this is one i’d like to play on my stereo really loud.

eCAHNomics @16 – anything about the hundreds of billions of dollars given to citi group?

Just a Few Words…

The great things Bush did were not given short shrift. They were fully and completely represented.

So Lush Limpbawl is saying he wants Obama “to fail.”

I wish Obama would immediately request an interview on his show by announcing, “I heard some really hateful, and unAmerican talk from someone with a lot of influence. I would welcome a chance to find out why he feels this way about America.” Turning the tables on Lush would totally expose this charlatan and probably reduce his audience substantially. We need to take it to this haters. Kill ‘em with kindness and the people will follow.

They are left to whine about that, since Obama didn’t fall for the old “adminster the wrong oath” trick.

I switched back to cspan.

WJ guest talking about Obama’s promises (some 510). Here’s my email Q:

The press kept giving President W. Bush many successive Friedman Units (6-month periods, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Friedman_(unit), right up until the end of his second term. Will the press treat President Obama equally, by continuing to giving one more FU after another to accomplish what he said he said he was going to accomplish?

It is amusing that Clearchannel is laying off 1850 people as revenues fall.

Thanks:>)

Mornin’ SD. I saw a program on Pete Seeger some time back about his training camps for young people. Maybe there are some young ones who can take up the banner after him. The years ahead may be the proving ground for his successor, as the hard times of the Great Depression brought forth Woody Guthrie.

Politifact

Hope your question gets read.
(you score better than the diehard calliners.)

aww, need a hankie?

Huffpo has headline that Obama will be meeting with “Secretary of Gates…” this morning. It looks like it will be a very large administration.

Probably won’t read it. They just had a discussion about how long they’re going to give Obama to fulfill his promises.

Future Historians Agree: Worst. President. Ever.
aHAHAHA

Dionne’s editorial is great! I loved Obama’s face yesterday when he gave the head nod and eye glance to Roberts as if he was stating, “Try that again.”

I wonder how long it will take Roberts’ health issues to kick in and cause early retirement?

One can only hope.

that’s his grandson on stage with him

he’ll retire early if we cut his pay.

Loved that Obama look at Roberts. May have been the best part of the whole ceremony.

You know, it could be kind of fun for Obama. He can have lots of dinners with groups of constitutional scholars and remember to invite Roberts…Oh the pain on Roberts’ face each time he walks into the room as he wonders if everyone is thinking, “Hey, look it’s the justice who flubbed up the Constitution and the administering of the oath of office.”

My guess is, in the hope of 8 years, Roberts will not be Chief Justice come the next swearing in…

Obama was true, “Obama No Drama,” during that exchange.

Didn’t know that, Elliott! Thanks. Wonderful, wonderful, wonderful!

Why do you think that?

I think Roberts will be Chief Justice for the rest of my lifetime. Those R ideologues are stubborn and he’s got the whole business community to protect. Lord knows business has so little power it would never survive without friends in high places.

thanks. was away updating list. just turning on cspan radio now.

I saw a video clip yesterday of Bush in Midland. He looked and sounded drunk as a skunk. Haven’t been able to find it again. It was on ABC evening news, I think. Did anyone else see that?

He’s been pushing for a pay raise, bemoaning the low pay.

He may still be a SCJ, just not chief justice…Come on, you don’t survive flubbing the Constitution in such an historic, public setting. History books will forever write that the Chief Justice got the oath wrong and Obama corrected him. This is one of the biggest Presidential history story to tell in the lifetime of our country.

Even I would know to step down as Chief Justice after that.

…one of the biggest Presidential history stories …

Need more coffee.

I’m actually with them on the pay issue. As I understand it they haven’t gotten a raise in many years and earn less than $200,000 per year. Now power and prestige makes up for a lot of pay, but still think you should make it closer to what private sector lawyers make to attract talented people. I think that’s a problem all across the board for federal judges, isn’t it? Low pay also creates a revolving door, where someone will take the appointment long enough to buff up their resume, then take a higher paying private job.

The wingnuts know no shame. I’m sure Roberts isn’t the slightest bit embarrassed about flubbing it and I’m sure no media sort will ever ask him about it.

Heh. cspan sez Obama sez it wasn’t Roberts’ fault.

Dionne wrote:

Standing in the crowd in front of the Capitol and watching all this, I had a terrible fear that if Obama had followed Roberts down the road to error, some conservative legal group, with massive support from conservative talk radio, would have brought a lawsuit arguing that Obama’s presidency was illegitimate because he hadn’t properly recited the oath. Far-fetched? Yes, but this country has gone through a lot, what with the Clinton impeachment, Florida and other incidents of political madness.

I read somewhere that they were discussing this on Fox Noise as it happened yesterday. Co-inkydink?

Here’s a link to Bush’s speech in Midland yesterday. It’s a big load, all about me,me,me and how great I was…

Bush’s Midland load

Linkies: Chris Wallace
Allahpundit To his “credit” he says that the people that file lawsuits such as the birth certificate one are “Deadenders.”
Gatewaypundit

Ickkk, I’m done with looking this up.