President Obama does first official act

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_...

I want WAR CRIME TRIALS.

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...

The very first presidental signature..

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A left handed President is awesome!

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

Bush the Preppy and Clinton are both left handed.

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)

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.

the baby boomer parents started to fight it.

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.

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

Bake

is what Obama SAID when they handed him the pen:

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

:bounce:

"... 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

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

I don't WANT reconciliation.	Prisoner_Number_Six	Jan-20-09 02:27 PM	#1
Maybe that is the second one of the three?	The Stranger	Jan-20-09 02:29 PM	#2
That is reconciliation. Think Rule of Law.	alfredo	Jan-20-09 02:30 PM	#3
Agee- I want serious jail time and gallows for the treasonous bastard	Phred42	Jan-20-09 03:11 PM	#7
Yes, that would be very nice.	aquart	Jan-20-09 05:59 PM	#17
A Step In The Proper Direction	Juneboarder	Jan-20-09 02:31 PM	#4
Yep...and here's the pic..	AsahinaKimi	Jan-20-09 02:32 PM	#5
Fienstein	horseface	Jan-20-09 02:47 PM	#6
what is that? can you de-code it for us? n/t	orleans	Jan-21-09 01:22 PM	#29
didnt realize he was left handed.	Pat Cakes	Jan-20-09 03:14 PM	#8
Me too!	schrodinger_I	Jan-20-09 03:15 PM	#9
That makes three of the last four	Jack Rabbit	Jan-20-09 03:20 PM	#10
So he's sinister. That seals it. There you go Freepers.	DUlover2909	Jan-20-09 03:25 PM	#11
nice, very subtle :) n/t	deadmessengers	Jan-20-09 03:28 PM	#13
Strange that...	deadmessengers	Jan-20-09 03:27 PM	#12
Not strange, actually.	dgibby	Jan-20-09 04:12 PM	#15
Left handed children were forced to write with their right hands until	lunatica	Jan-20-09 06:33 PM	#19
Oh, give me a break!!	silverojo	Jan-20-09 10:09 PM	#25
I show other generations respect all the time, unlike what you just did	lunatica	Jan-21-09 09:24 AM	#26
I think Reagan was left-handed too. Other than Raygun and Poppy,	dbaker41	Jan-21-09 11:17 AM	#27
Ahhhh,, but the thing everyone is overlooking	Left Brain	Jan-21-09 11:39 AM	#28
He needs to bring home the troops now.	Xenotime	Jan-20-09 04:02 PM	#14
Is that what he promised to do during the campaign?	Freddie Stubbs	Jan-20-09 05:33 PM	#16
I'm saying what he needs to do. He could do it if he wanted.	Xenotime	Jan-22-09 10:54 AM	#30
Truth should come before reconciliation.	baldguy	Jan-20-09 06:00 PM	#18
It's not a zero-sum game (nt)	Posteritatis	Jan-20-09 06:48 PM	#20
"I've harmed this country..."	baldguy	Jan-20-09 07:11 PM	#21
That has no bearing at all on what I just said (nt)	Posteritatis	Jan-20-09 07:14 PM	#22
Maybe you should learn the definition of "zero-sum". n/t	baldguy	Jan-20-09 07:24 PM	#23
So it's some ceremonial mumbo jumbo.	Bornaginhooligan	Jan-20-09 07:25 PM	#24