Black Panthers for Self Defense, or What?

5/30/2009, 4:03 PM

Dear Mr. President.

The Justice Department’s Attorney General, Jay Holder, has refused to bring 3 members of the Black Panthers Gang to justice, this after the court had entered a judgment against them (April 20, 2009), by dismissing the charges.

These men were recorded on video intimidating voters with threats and racial slurs while blocking access to polling places wearing some quasi-military uniforms and carrying & brandishing weapons, on Election Day in 2008. Reports say that they gained access to the polling place using Democratic poll watcher credentials. The video shows them in clear violation of the Voter Rights Act of 1965 (using coercion, threats and intimidation).

Is this apparent disregard for the law the “real change” you campaigned on? It just seems to me that the president should be ensuring that everyone (black, white, Christian, Jew, Muslim, Democrat, Republican, etc.) should receive equal treatment under the law.

By protecting these criminals, you are displaying the exact behavior that you campaigned against and it encourages more of the same behavior. Moreover, I seem to remember the oath of office including something about defending the US Constitution. This incident does not go against that oath?

This, along with continued attempts to bankrupt this country by quadrupling deficit spending, destroying the automobile industry, the banking/investment/credit industry, health care, losing millions of jobs and the ability of Americans to better ourselves, I have to guess that there is a lot of buyer’s remorse going on in among some American voters. These pseudo-pardons will continue your sinking approval ratings.

Mr. President, do we still have a representative democracy in America, or are we being “ruled”, as the Black Panthers claim?

Thank you for your support

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Guantánamo Bay Detention Camp is Not a Rallying Point to Recruit Terrorists

5/21/2009 9:04 PM

Dear Mr. President.

Today’s speech did not give me confidence in your ability to defend this nation. The whole Guantanamo Bay Detention Camp (GBDC) issue should have been just another minor campaign promise that was overlooked. Instead, it’s front page news for weeks on end and overshadowing real issues.

Guantanamo Bay Detention Camp is not a rallying point to recruit terrorists, as has been proffered. No, but successful attacks are their rallying points. Closing GBDC will serve no purpose other than to satisfy those who do not know better.

You should know better.

Also, while waterboarding is an extremely unpleasant experience it pails in comparison to having your head hacked head off, being killed or wounded by exploding roadside bombs, being a passenger in a plane flown into a building, blowing up business offices or strapping bombs to your children in the hopes that they will die along with someone you hate. Someone you hate for no good reason.

We cannot release the detainees at GBDC as they have insisted their intention to kill Americans should they be released. Released from GBDC, or any other country that should change their mind and take custody of any of them.

The only right answer to the future of the detainees at Guantanamo Bay Detention Camp is to declare them to be prisoners of war (PW). Declaring them to be PWs would be justified and would allow you to hold them until the war ends. No trials, no torture, just hold them. That way, they stay alive and live better than have ever known before. It’s very humane.

One good thing has come for your position on GBDC. The US Congress is united. It is a shame that they are united against you while your popularity drops.

Thank you for your support.

Prosecuting CIA interrogators

4/21/2009 6:19 PM

Dear Mr. President.

I am saddened to see that you've given in to partisan hate and reverse your decision not to prosecute CIA interrogators for perceived illegal actions.

Not only will this decision hamstring your ability to protect this country, it reveals your preference to appease the left leaning fringe.

It will further divide the country.

Thank you for your support.