Talia Shifron
To You Editor, Fused
On Tuesday January 20, 2009, President Barack Obama was inaugurated as the 44th president of the United States. After Obama took the presidential oath, he spoke to the American people about how we as a nation are going to move forward and change the problems with this country.
During his speech, Obama makes sure to discuss that the task ahead to change this nation is great however that we all need to work together to make it happen. He mentions that not everything can be done by the government and that all Americans need to come together to bring about change. One of the things that he discusses is terrorism and that we will say no to terrorism together as a nation, and that the government can not keep instilling fear into people trough the patriot act to take away their first amendment freedoms.
Since September 11, 2001 former president George W. Bush has convinced Americans that through the patriot act, they can all be safe and nothing can go wrong. However, Obama understands that this is not the case and wants to change this and let the country know this. We can no longer live in fear while our rights are being compromised in front of our very eyes. Bush was able to convince Americans that if rights just keep being taken away and the government can monitor our phone calls, and our conversations, and ultimately our every move, we will no longer have any terrorism. However, eventually if this continues, Americans will lose all of their first amendment freedoms that they should automatically be guaranteed in the first amendment.
Obama wants to change the way the patriot act works, and work together with all American people to stop terrorism instead of compromising their rights that should be guaranteed. If Obama is able to do this, slowly Americans will gain back their rights that have been compromised for the last eight years under former president Bush. The sad part is that Americans haven’t even realized how many rights they have lost because of the way Bush has been able to twist people’s mindsets.
Ultimately, the question ahead remains how Obama will be able to stop terrorism and stop compromising Americans freedoms. There is a different way that terrorism can be stopped and Obama needs to find it while working alongside with the American people. Change needs to happen in the next four or eight years, and with this change Americans should start gaining the rights they’ve sacrificed for the last eight years.
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