Response to Jack the Sailor

"We need to get Bin Laden and deny Al Qaeda a safe haven."

This is the current meme. bin Laden is probably dead. Al Qaeda will continue
to have a safe haven as long as we seek military objectives in Afghanistan. It
will become another Iraq with more liaions to dope pushers.

"I don't think that this is a big deal either ideologically or in monetary terms. He says that his program participants will not be allowed to to use the money to preach or discriminate in hiring. So his program would be little change from they way it was before Bush."

this means that our tax dollars are going to support "faith-based initiatives whether
we like it or not and that there is no for where this money goes.
That to me is a big deal. It's also a violation of the First Amendment of the Constitution.
This makes Obama like Bush.

>3.    He has also caved in on the Telecoms.

"That was disappointing to me as well. Ultimately it was the Bush administration's fault that the Telecoms were being sued. Hopefully, Obama, once elected will pursue the matter where it should be pursued, through the Justice Department."

Don't hold your breath. Obama is beholden to these corporate interests and any other
idea is naive.