by Penny B

Created on: February 12, 2009

My Wish List To The Obama Administration

First of all, President Obama, a big congratulations to you, on becoming the 44th president of the United States. Although I am not American, but Canadian, I am sure that you and your policies will be good for both countries, as well as an asset to many other countries around the globe.

In your campaign speeches, you talked a lot about "change". There are certainly a lot of things that are in need of change and I hope that the changes you anticipate making, will be a benefit to the American people, as well as making a difference for the better world wide. And even though the problems of the world are great at the present moment, and although no one can possibly expect one man, one country, to solve all these problems, I have no doubt that you will influence people in a very positive way.

Following is my wish list of things that I think need changing, and I think will help in making the United States a country to be respected and emulated once again. These items might be worth giving some thought to:

1) A few laws are in desperate need of changing. Our children NEED to be kept safe. Too many children have suffered, even died, at the hands of sexual predators. I'm sure this is an issue that would be very close to your heart, as you have two lovely daughters. You have the Secret Service to help keep them safe now, for the next four years. The rest of us do not have that luxury or option. The laws need to be a lot stricter when it comes to apprehending sexual predators and child abusers. If a child is killed either by abuse or sexual molestation, that perpetrator should never be able to walk the streets ever again. It is common knowledge that the majority of these predators will only continue to re-offend when let out on the streets too early. This places far too many of our children's lives in jeopardy. Let's not have another child die at the hands of a repeat offender (or any other kind of offender for that matter)! Our children are much too precious and vulnerable and we all need to keep their safety in mind at all times, at whatever cost.

2) Other laws need to be changed as well. When a person is given a "life" sentence for killing another human being, then a "life" sentence is what he/she should serve. The laws are much too lenient on those who do not abide by the laws of the nation that are put in place to "protect" its citizens. If a person has little regard for the law and the rights of others, then maybe their rights

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