BREAKING NEWS Regarding GITMO, Obama has Verbally Ordered ALL Prosecutions Suspended at this point

At 11:29 PM 1.20.09 ( First Posted at 11:29 PM 1.20.09)
On CNN it said on the ticker that Obama was suspending prosecutions of GITMO Detainees at this time. So I went and looked it up, it has not officially hit the airwaves. IF this is true as of 11:29 Tonight, this shows he is keeping his promises and honoring our Constitution....Please stay posted on this issue and email me if you find more...( Sadly there was not much yet on the Internet, but I will keep searching...
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CNN:::
January 20, 2009
Obama orders suspension of prosecution at Gitmo
Posted: 11:55 PM ET::
GUANTANAMO BAY, Cuba (CNN) — In one of his first acts in office, President Obama has ordered the U.S. government to suspend prosecutions of prisoners at Guantanamo Bay for 120 days, a military spokesman said Tuesday.
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1.21.09 Updates::::
Voice of America has more.....
McClatchey has more emerging details.
Read the DRAFT Document here about GITMO Closure, Please note that it acknowledges the Geneva Conventions...and yes, it RESTORES Habeus Corpus...really. 5 Pages of WOW.
IMPORTANT, THE ORDERS WILL NOT JUST BE GITMO, BUT ALSO FOREIGN PRISONS see the NYT article....
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1.22.09
This Reuters article gives more insight how ex -Detainees feel abroad.
1.22.09 Executive Orders Signed in the Past Hour regarding GITMO, Secret Prisons, and Harsh Interrogation.

Jobless Numbers go even Higher....

These numbers have risen drastically in the past month....higher than expected. Daily President Obama is going to recieve Financial Briefings on Jobs issue, Financial and Banking Issues, and Housing Issues. ( I watched Robert Gibbs give a press conference and did not realize that MrBush was NOT already doing this ? ). Mr.Gibbs explained that this is to monitor ALL aspects of Our Financial Emergergency. ( and today I watched him school the Press on WHY that is needed- and really odd that they had to Question WHAT is so needed ?) And amazing that Bush NEVER had briefings that examined Housing Issues related to Jobless Issues.....Click Title to read full MSNBC update...
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Actual Numbers:::
"The Labor Department reported Thursday that initial jobless benefit claims rose to a seasonally adjusted 589,000 in the week ending Jan. 17, from an upwardly revised figure of 527,000 the previous week. The latest tally was well above Wall Street economists' expectations of 540,000 new claims.

The total matches a 26-year high reached four weeks ago. The last time claims were higher was in November 1982, when the economy was emerging from a steep recession, though the work force has grown by about half since then."
"Emergency extension::
The Labor Department report showed that the number of people continuing to seek jobless benefits rose by 97,000 to 4.6 million. That was above analysts' expectations of 4.55 million and up substantially from a year ago, when 2.7 million people were continuing to receive unemployment checks."
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Meanwhile the House voted to reject giving Obama access to the rest of the Bailout Funds, Someone needs to explain to the Repug Reps that the Homelessness and Job numbers are Dire....

The Turd Blossum Writes Fantasy Fiction.....

The Turd Blossum really needs to let go of his Bush Crush....I spewed coffee when I saw this this am.....OMG...Laughed my ass off at this Deluded article.....WSJ needs to wake up...

About The War Criminals...and What they are Facing....Worldwide Scrutiny...

First From the UN This Rapporteur has Bush and Rummy in his sights.... Rapportateurs investigate....The U.S. can investigate and prosecute, but also there are other Venues that can pursue War Crimes and Crimes against Humanity. ( I am confused why Cheney is not on the list...)
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Meanwhile there is More, from within our borders , about an International Law violation that occurred in Texas.

Obama's First Day Press Conference and Staff Meeting...and First Executive Orders

On Ethics, New Rules about Lobbying in DC, Staff pay freeze, and FOIA laws....ALL good...

IT'S A NEW DAY IN AMERICA....Our America

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Scroll down, there is plenty below, from GITMO Changes to Bush Booing Videos to beautiful videos of the Obama's on Inauguration Day and evening to Other Changes already happening....Welcome back to Our America......
( scroll even further down for the Whistle Stop O'Train videos and photos...)
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Day One Summary::::
More about Obama's First day: First Staff Conference and redoing the Oath, Ethics, Lobbying Issues, and Pay Freezes and swearing in of Staff. I will post the link to the CSPAN Video, as it is not on his website yet. A Gitmo Closue Doc is circulating ( Link is below to this, on my Gitmo Post), and Executive Order will be signed tomorrow, today he signed orders about the Ethics Changes. ( Today he also went to Prayer Meeting in am and then met in afternoon with Military Leaders and Economic Leaders. ( This is more than Bush could do in a Month ?)

Click the title to see the First Presidential Press Conference and Staff Conference, it is 13 Minutes on Ethics and HOW Government Should be, bringing back FOIA Laws, and ending the Lobbying Regime Era....

Favorite Moments of Inauguration Day, Michelle and Barack Get Out and Walk the Route

Awesome and Beautiful.....7 Minutes of Wonderful....CBS lets you listen to the Crowd...and watch....

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And then Tonight....Dancing to Beyonce...singing " At Last"....It was the perfect song....for this moment in time.

(( Click the title...The Stevie Wonder InaugBall Version of Signed,Sealed, Delivered.....really nice to see them dancing together ))
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And yes, the Swearing in Moment....this CNN video also shows Millions of people rejoicing at the same time....but as soon as he put his hand on Lincoln's Bible...I felt like we could Breath again...That Our Country was in his strong capable hands....

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Even though 6-6 and I did not get to DC....These moments I watched with wonder, pride and hope.I could finally take a deep breath and feel that we are a Real Country again...People allowed to stand on the streets and cheer their president and he is able and willing to wave back with his wife by his side.....and watching him take the Oath, how he was gracious, and humble when Roberts mangled it, and how he embraced the moment with his hand on Lincoln's Bible.But how through it all he was still a Husband and a Dad, the little girls had a platform to stand on so they could see him sworn in, and how he hugged them right away.

Another favorite part of the day, was watching Barack and Michelle stand and watch the Parade, every last bit of it, together in the Viewing Box. They were the Last Ones there, and even though it did look warm, they STOOD the entire time, waving and acknowledging each and every Band and float.....Grambling Band from LA.,Lawn Rangers to the Gay Band from NYC, to Peace Corp Group, to the Carnivale group from Texas, to 8 Different Indian Nation Marchers and Riders and Drummers, they were more than gracious, they were excited, enthusiastic and Welcoming.

Watching ALL of the people being allowed to be a part of the Moment, cheering and joyful....In my lifetime I have never seen such massive Joy, Relief and. Pride....Love shared between millions...and yes, even though these are very Hard Times....Hope.
And in many ways it was not just Obama's Inauguration, it was OUR Inauguration.....WE THE PEOPLE have OUR Country back....
It's a New Day....

CHANGE has come, The NEW White House Website was up and running as of 12 Noon 1.20.09

It's an amazing website, full of plans, details and information....go ahead and spend some time there...Click The Title...( those Community Organizers....always so organized....)

And as part of his first orders and work, Obama declared January 20th a Day of Renewal and Reconciliation and also put a Freeze on all of Bush's Pending laws and orders until they can be reviewed ..... His Cabinets and Teams were quietly working all afternoon getting the Wheels of Change in motion. Do read below about Gitmo......

Bush Boo'ed LOUDLY..( cspan edited this later...so enjoy)

Bush walks out and gets BOO"d very loudly...and they even cue the Band to Play LOUDLY so that they attempt to drown it out, but they also sang NA-NA-NA-NA-HEY-HEY-HEY-GooodBYE....Watch the MSNBC 1 minute video ( CSPAN edited it later but it could be seen and heard LIVE). Also watch the Video beneath- as it is LIVE from the crowds on the Mall and actually the BOOing was VERY loud, louder than we knew at home. I hope the rest of the world saw him Boo'd by 2 million people.

NOW Live out in the Crowds on the Mall.

And even even more Booing on the Mall, and in this clip the Booing Drowns out the Band.....
And shame on me, I missed the Clip of the BOOIng that occurred when the Bushes left the Whitehouse- here it is with Mr.Potter heaved into the Limo, and then the Chopper leaving and the SINGING and BOOING can be clearly heard...even with Peggy Noonan waxing on and rambling insipidly about Previous Tender Presidential Goodbyes...thanks C&L for finding this...

Al Jeezeera in 4 Minutes of video shown around the world capture the Moments of the day beautifullly.....

Inauguration Satellite Image From Space....Millions as seen from Above

I like to think this is what Martin Luther King and Coretta saw from the heavens....

1.20.09 INAUGURATION ::::LIVEBLOGGING ....all day...feel free to drop by anytime...

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"Never doubt that a small group of people can change the world. Indeed, it is the only thing that ever has." ~Margaret Mead
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Millions filling DC Mall at Daybreak 1.20.09
Crowd Estimate from Sattelite Images, over 2 Million filling 2 square miles
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We Are One People....
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I will be here all day with 6-6...watching with all of you....stop on by...LIVESTREAM LINKS BELOW.....We made it folks...we really made it...Thank you ...all of you ....for Everything you did...We are One People Again...
The Inauguration and Speech ( 21 minutes CSPAN)

And Lisa had the Poignant song at her place...."Better Days" Goo Goo Dolls...

"I can See Clearly Now"... Johnny Nash

And Finally the YES WE CAN song..that Gryphen sent me last winter..it had been on Youtube mere hours...and viewed only 200 times...NOW 15,000,000 views later....it gave the Movement a hymn.....based on the Speech in New Hampshire

LIVE STREAM THE INAUGURATION....

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Not Everyone Can watch the Inauguration on TV....So here are some LIVESTREAM Choices...Most are starting to Stream at 9 AM East Coast Time....the Actual Swearing in, Hand on the Bible is at 12 Noon East Coast...
(1) First there is HULU TV
(2) Then there is MLB at 11:30 AM on will livestream
(3) Also YouTube with Obama, has a Channel to livestream
(4) Of course there is CSPAN
(5) And there is MSNBC Has an Inauguration Page with Livestream ,they also are livestreaming it to Theaters and Starbucks around the Country, in 21 cities.
(6) BBC is Livestreaming it on BBC One.
(7) And there is Always SKY NEWS that is available anywhere Worldwide...
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Midnight Awesome Video.....

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LIVEBLOGGING Today on post below....drop by anytime...

Liveblogging the Inauguration Tomorrow.......10 Hours to go Folks...

Okay....So here is the thing, 6-6 and I have been so in flux about driving down to DC...It is supposed to go back down to Zero tonight,...and we still have a boatload of Snow and Ice and Ice Sicles, and for the first time this month, our little road did get plowed...and I work until late and would have to drive all night...but I am game ( or foolish enough, BUT it is History and it is Obama...) ....So I went and cleaned the Weekend Snow off my car....and decided maybe I should move it to a Better Snow location...but what I learned is that the 4 Wheel Drive is NOT working right....So Folks...That means that 6-6 and I will be right here...Watching it at home...on MSNBC and CSPAN...and yes, I will LiveBlogg it...as I sit with my box of Kleenex and candles and yes, Kellybelle- I am dressing up for sure....So Come back tomorrow...

Scroll Down there is Plenty, MLK Tribute, and the Lincoln Memorial Videos, Weekend Speeches and yes the "O" Train and Plenty of Music...
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"One Voice "

And one more little gift, The Eagle Challenger visits The Lincoln Memorial yesterday....stunning...

( and yeah HBO nailed me on the damn JT song...so I found cellphone version of it...linked to the top from a DC friend..)
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MN:::
Home from work...and the Inauguration Day is HERE......

Honoring Martin Luther King, Honoring The Dream....We are the Ones We have been Waiting for...

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"History will have to record that the greatest tragedy of this period of social transition was not the strident clamor of the bad people, but the appalling silence of the good people."
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I thought about MLK alot yesterday watching the Tribute at the Lincoln Memorial....that he was smiling down from above...watching all those people..swaying to the music, united in what brought them to this place in time...This Fierce Urgency of Now and a New President.... That Change was Gonna Come.....That we would and could come Together...As One People.
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"Human progress is neither automatic nor inevitable... Every step toward the goal of justice requires sacrifice, suffering, and struggle; the tireless exertions and passionate concern of dedicated individuals."
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SPEECHES...
1.Click the Title to see the Entire 17 Minute Video...."I Have a Dream"
2.Also his Speeches against War and Vietnam are amazing and on Youtube, this the shorter 2.30 minute one.)))
2. The Grammy Winning 22 Minute Full 1967 Speech is here and really is a Must Hear.
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"We are the Ones We have been waiting for "...Prayer by Hopi Elders....
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Obama understood about Honoring the Fierce Urgency of Now, and Our History, and Our Heroes....It is what makes him a Great Leader....Our President.....
( this is how Our New President Elect spent MLK day....
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Scroll down plenty from the weekend at the Lincoln Memorial and the "O" Train....

Obama Countdown ::19 Hours and 43 Minutes..... Martin Luther King Day....

{{{ This is just a 4 AM-Can Not Sleep Post...my MLK post will be up later today....and there is plenty down below...this is just some Hopemongering Music...}}}
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So I had to go to work yesterday afternoon, and this was the last song I heard and watched from the Lincoln Memorial Event was " Shower the People" sung by James Taylor and John Legend and others.....This Song has been my song since I was 15, it is the one song that says all that I believe in ....and I have sung and lived it through thick and thin...and some Very Bad Times....It is my Anchor ...That showering people with Love Makes Us Stronger...always... I have lullabyed my son to it, sung it to sick PEDS and NICU babes,hummed it to dying AIDS patients and friends, and danced at weddings to it and driven across this Country seeing Our Country in the background....I Know it is what keeps Us Together....( and HBO can kiss my ass I am posting THIS song...watch the people swaying together by the thousands....so moving....)

Video Below is Highlights of Obama Speaking (2004) at the Convention.(My story.... I have blogged before how I was living in a rooming house on the California Coast , in one room that summer with my teenage son, having lost Everything as a Witness and Whistleblower on a Huge Federal Criminal Environmental Case that Bush's People shut down....Covered Up....Hope was beyond Fragile...and 6-6 made me Stop and Listen to This Man Talking about E.Pluribus Unum....We The People, We are ONE People....and 6-6 said "He will be President One Day"....and I thought hmm, yeah...One Day...NOW we KNOW that ONE DAY IS HERE....and I am beyond grateful that this One Man Planted a Seed of Hope with Us and Millions of Others....)

New Song, called "I have seen tomorrow" by Craig Parsons, song by Josie Aiello,Amazing Lyrics in the Comments,

4 AM thoughts..."Right Here, Right Now"......(again I will put the lyrics in the Comments).Because this song still keeps beating along how CLOSE we are .....small wonder I can not sleep ?.....

( Martin Luther King Post will be up later today....before I go to work....scroll down there is plenty from the WhistleStop Tour and video and photos from the Weekend....)

Lincoln Memorial Concert is On TV NOW ( also on the web) 33 Hours to go.....

FREE ON HBO AND ALSO ON NEON CHANNEL 23 IN OHIO....CLICK THE TITLE AND LINK TO LIVE WEBCAST.
ALSO on Posts below scroll down I have added Links so that you can tune or go to Webcast...the mall in front of Lincoln Memorial are full...beautiful aerials, I will post more later photos and videos ( I have to go to work but I promise it will be up later)....It is also Historical, with Readings and Video...
Bruce..."The Rising"....
MJ Blige "Lean on Me"....
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Betty Levatte Singing "Change Gonna Come" with BonJovi....wow...
( WOW...I found it on Youtube at 4am...wow..)

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I had to go to work..but when I got home the HBO links are not working right, and I am not sure if it is Still FREE tonight- it is supposed to be RE- Broadcast at 11:30PM.....Here is the Speech Obama gave at the Lincoln Memorial .....

AP Footage shows The Crowds at the Lincoln Memorial....

Obama Countdown:::48 Hours to go Folks...People Get Ready...

The Song For the Day::: "People Get Ready " by Curtis Mayfield...Listen to this song about "Getting On The Train" and then scroll down and look at all the "O" Train photos, the Lyrics are posted in the Comments....it will move you....This is OUR Moment Folks....The Obamas are in DC....Our President has arrived In Our Capital.

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Waving Goodbye from Baltimore before getting back on the train to go to DC
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After Arriving in DC Union Station ,The Obamas heading to Blair House- Note LIMO with "44" on Plates..
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( Scroll Down for The "O" Train Whistle Stop Tour Updates and More Photos and Video both posts below....)
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Also Don't Forget the Lincoln Memorial Concert and Event is Today::::
On another Musical Note::: FREE * FREE*FREE* *FREE**
Sunday, January 18th:::
"We Are One": The Obama Inaugural Celebration at the Lincoln Memorial, free, live broadcast on HBO -- At 2:30 p.m. EST, HBO will offer a free nationwide broadcast of the We Are One concert featuring Bono, Bruce Springsteen, John Legend and more. Check your local listings to find out where you can watch the FREE HBO broadcast. Read ALL about it here.
FREE WEBCAST HOOK UP TO CONCERT go to this site and you can watch the Webcast and also scroll down and there is NPR.
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Great Post, a MUST READ over at Fran's about the Ceremony at the Lincoln Memorial today.....and the Spiritual side of Events....and then go see Distributor Cap for Some Humor....

Must See Post at Distributor Cap...His take on Bush's So Long Farewell....

Photos from The "O"Train Whistle Stop Tour.......

( Note the Black Outlined photos are from Inside the Train....)
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And Video.....AP.....