Some Light Housekeeping..

Our charming First Family will be spending their first full day in the White House today,and nothing could please me more than the thought of them going about the business of personalizing their new home.

I imagine Mom-in-Chief Michelle finalizing the family menus with her kitchen staff,Grandma carefully scrutinizing the Paul Revere silver service for smudges,Malia balancing on her bed,choosing just the right color push-pins with which to hang her 'High School Musical' posters,and my dear Little Sasha cheerfully pitching in by removing all of the 'This One's HOT George!' labels from the lavatory knobs in the residential bathrooms.

Of course,Barack himself is spending his first day at work engaging in a little house cleaning of his own by placing his newly authorized signature on several
clear and simple Presidential directives,designed to set a new standard in White house ethics..
To wit;

• The detention center at Guantanamo will be shut down by the end of this year.
• There will be a pay freeze for all members of the White House staff,capped at $100,000.00 a year..For some,this means a reduction in salary.
• A complete ban on any staff members receiving gifts.(I'm guessin' this may not include such things as getting a tie from the kids on Father's day..but I just don't know).
• Lobbyists are forbidden to represent anyone they have worked for in the two years prior to this day,and extending for two years hence..In addition,members of his staff that leave government office will not be allowed to function as lobbyists for the duration of the Obama Presidency.
  ..And my personal favorite!
• 'Transparency,and rule of law will be the touchstones of my Presidency'..
  The 'Freedom of Information Act' will mean exactly that!
  None o' this withholding information from the people simply 'because they can'.
  In the past,government officials have been held to a pretty low standard of reasons for denying public access..From now on, 'I don't feel like it' is no longer gonna fly!
  Quite naturally,matters of explicit national security must,of necessity,be held close to vest..But Obama made it clear that the public's right to know will be the first consideration in every case,and personally vowed to hold himself to this standard as well.

These are a few measures President Obama has signed into effect this very morning,with the clear intention of drawing a hard line between his administration,and the last.
..I wonder what he'll be doin' after lunch?