Jan 22 2009: Inauguration of The Obamanator

On his first day in charge of The Obamanation, The Obamanator orders all secret U.S. prisons to be closed immediately, and for Guantanamo
Bay to be closed within a year; he stops the torture of American prisoners; grants access to all U.S. detainees to the International Red Cross; ends the practice by which detainees could be sent to countries where they might be tortured; freezes the salaries of all White House officials making more than $100,000; orders all government agencies to “adopt a presumption in favor of disclosure” regarding Freedom of Information Act requests; orders all administration appointees to take an ethics pledge; ends a government ban on funding for groups that provide abortion services or counseling abroad; and revokes Executive Order 13233, which placed limits on public access to the records of former presidents. All in a day’s work for The Obamanator.