Things I want our new president to address

President Elect Obama has a full plate. The country is a mess. We are fighting two wars. Our economy is in the worst state I can remember. And, our reputation as a nation is at an all time low. Yet there are some things that need to be fixed simply because they are just wrong. Like the erosion of personal liberties caused by our massive and misguided overreaction to 911. We lack innocent people up for trivial offensives. These people are not a threat to the United States. Why do we treat people like this? It reminds me of the Red Scare of the 1950’s where everybody is under suspicion.

Paul Clements sits in immigration prison because we are idiots. Let common sense prevail. Stop the Department of Homeland Security from enforcing mindless rules. Nothing is life should be black and white. Binary responses to difficult security questions are adopted when those who rule do not trust those who enforce our laws. My hope is that our new President will see the shortcomings created during the incompetence of the Bush Administration, and fix DHS.