Kudos

While I have been strong in my denunciation of some things Barack Obama supports, has said, and has done, I'm perfectly willing to praise him when I think he is doing right.

He is looking very carefully into the situation of the Guantanamo detainees - as is only right. I think the way things were handled under President Bush was clearly wrong.

I also approve of some of the new rules Obama is putting in place concerning lobbyists coming into government service and governing former government employees becoming lobbyists. In addition, I like his call for greater openness. I hope he follows through.

We need a break from the way President Bush dealt with a number of issues over the past 8 years. (In case you are wondering, I did not vote for Bush either time, and I think he did a poor job except on a few issues. I think the invasion of Iraq was illegal and immoral.)

On a side note, because we had no school today, I was able to go to morning Mass. I approached our pastor and thanked him for the pro-life message he put on the bulletin this past weekend.

Hopefullly, we'll see more such messages in the future.