President Obama does first official act

[Freddie Stubbs]

Source: WPRI

Signs documents after being sworn in

Last Edited: Tuesday, 20 Jan 2009, 2:14 PM EST
Created On: Tuesday, 20 Jan 2009, 2:13 PM EST

WASHINGTON (CNN) - President Obama has already made his first official act as president.

He signed three documents, including a proclamation declaring a day of national renewal and reconciliation.

The past three presidents signed similar proclamations after being sworn in.

Read more: http://www.wpri.com/dpp/news/politics/inauguration/nat_cnn_wash_president_obama_does_first_official_act_2009012014132168490

[Prisoner_Number_Six]

1. I don't WANT reconciliation.

I want WAR CRIME TRIALS.

[The Stranger]

2. Maybe that is the second one of the three?

[alfredo]

3. That is reconciliation. Think Rule of Law.

[Phred42]

7. Agee- I want serious jail time and gallows for the treasonous bastard

[aquart]

17. Yes, that would be very nice.

[Juneboarder]

4. A Step In The Proper Direction

I can't wait to see what unfolds over the next few days/weeks as Obama gets in to the nitty gritty of it all...

[AsahinaKimi]

5. Yep...and here's the pic..

The very first presidental signature..

[peoli]

6. Fienstein

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[orleans]

29. what is that? can you de-code it for us? n/t

[patrick t. cakes]

8. didnt realize he was left handed.

cool. me too.:thumbsup:

:kick:

[schrodinger_I]

9. Me too!

A left handed President is awesome!

[Jack Rabbit]

10. That makes three of the last four

(counting the Frat Boy as president -- he was right handed)

Bush the Preppy and Clinton are both left handed.

[DUlover2909]

11. So he's sinister. That seals it. There you go Freepers.

[deadmessengers]

13. nice, very subtle :) n/t

[deadmessengers]

12. Strange that...

Only six left-handed presidents in our nation's history, five of which have been in the last 35 years - Ford, Reagan, Bush, Clinton, & Obama. (Truman was the other one)

[dgibby]

15. Not strange, actually.

Before the 1950's, it was policy to change left handers to writing right-handed, so there were probably more lefties, but they had been forced to learn to write with the right hand.

[lunatica]

19. Left handed children were forced to write with their right hands until

the baby boomer parents started to fight it.

[silverojo]

25. Oh, give me a break!!

In the days when the Silent (pre-Boomer) generation grew up, parents started protesting the forcing of right-handed writing. My grandmother was one of these parents, who raised holy hell about it (in a tiny town, no less)--that's when the change began.

For crying out loud, do you boomers think you invented EVERYTHING in God's creation? All you did was inherit what others had fought for (women's right to vote, the civil rights movement, etc.).

I'm not disrespecting the contributions you've made to society, but you're ONE generation among many that have also contributed to society.

Give the younger AND older folks the respect they deserve, please.

[lunatica]

26. I show other generations respect all the time, unlike what you just did

[Bake]

27. I think Reagan was left-handed too. Other than Raygun and Poppy,

left-handedness is a sign of superior intellect. Think Einstein, Clinton, Obama ... and Bake!

Bake

[Left Brain]

28. Ahhhh,, but the thing everyone is overlooking

is what Obama SAID when they handed him the pen:

"I'm a LEFT-y. GET USED TO IT!!!!!"








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[Xenotime]

14. He needs to bring home the troops now.

[Freddie Stubbs]

16. Is that what he promised to do during the campaign?

:shrug:

[Xenotime]

30. I'm saying what he needs to do. He could do it if he wanted.

[baldguy]

18. Truth should come before reconciliation.

[Posteritatis]

20. It's not a zero-sum game (nt)

[baldguy]

21. "I've harmed this country..."

"... in ways I refuse to tell you about, and ways you won't know about until they blow up and kill thousands of Americans. Please forgive me!"


I

Don't

Think

So

[Posteritatis]

22. That has no bearing at all on what I just said (nt)

[baldguy]

23. Maybe you should learn the definition of "zero-sum". n/t

[HiFructosePronSyrup]

24. So it's some ceremonial mumbo jumbo.

It'd like to know when he does his first real act.