Travel to Cuba
Last week I received an e-mail from Orbitz asking me to sign a petition they are preparing for President Obama requesting he lift the ban on travel to Cuba. A couple of months ago, he did make it legal for Americans with family members in the country to visit and many people feel the next step is to allow all U.S. citizens the same freedom. It seems to me that isolation only fosters misunderstanding and ignorance so I tend to agree. Personally, I would love to visit Cuba and I feel confident I will some day. If you would like to learn more about the Orbitz petition and/or sign it, check it out at opencuba.org.
Unfortunately the President does not have the power to end all travel restrctions, but he could allow a wide range of unrestricted non-tourist travel at any time, including for educational, cultural, religious, humanitarian and sports purposes.
In addition to signing the excellent Orbitz petition, personal messages can be posted with additional impact to the White House Office of Public Engagement. http://www.whitehouse.gov/ope/contact/
Ask the President to use his power to allow all categories of non-tourist travel and to endorse Congressional legislation to end restrictions on travel by all Americans, HR 874 and S 428.
Comment by John McAuliff — June 22, 2009 @ 12:44 pm
Thanks John!
Comment by alena — June 22, 2009 @ 1:22 pm