President Obama found his voice

Two years, six months and two days mark the time of President Barack  H. Obama was sworn in as the 44th president of these United States, and which will be remembered by most that heard him on the tube as having found his voice. From the beginning of his administration he has been dogged by most of those of the Republican party, who can forget his state of the union address in which in the midst of his conversing with the Nation, the congressman from South Carolina, Joe Wilson, had the unmitigated gall of yelling out "You lie" where was the respect due the President of these United States that he so rightly deserved during a televised event, and  broadcast before the world viewers.
During the running up of the President initiative to bring about health care to a nation that commend itself to the world that it cares for its citizens, when the President, in order to make compromises to gain the support from the Republican party, he gave up "public option" which I thought he shouldn't have, but to appease them (the members of the republican party) he gave in to their childishness. Then there was the much debated issue concerning the raising of this nation debt ceiling so that the country would not default on its obligations, after many such talks and after many weeks had passed without any resolution to the pressing issue before the country and her so-called leaders, even to the point of having what were commonly referred to,  the "gang of six" which comprised of 3 members from each of the two major political parties. Rep. Boehner, decided he would just walk away from the talks on raising the debt ceiling and when the President called, he (Boehner) refused to return the president call, as if he (Boehner) was saying, I don't regard you as someone that deserves the decency of returning your call. The air in the Capitol has always been contentious and rotten to boot in my opinion, and I do not think it is likely to change. When the President held a briefing of the matter that had taken place (Boehner walking away from the talks) and hearing the President chide the actions of Rep. Boehner, I almost shouted as if I had been watching my favorite team snatch a win from an opposing team. Yes, it's good to hear the President has found his voice. Bravo Mr. President, Bravo indeed.

This is not your father Economic crisis

That tic tic tic you hear is not the sound of your time piece but rather it is the sound of a mechanical action of the economy and everything that goes with it that is about to erupt. There are some that desire to hold government spending at 18 or 20 percent of the Gross Domestic Product (GDP), which would take the country back to somewhere around 1966. Allow me to delineate just what GDP is and how it is determined, GDP simply refers to the market value of all final goods and services produced within a country in a given period of time. Question: just how much goods are being produced in the good o U.S. of A at the moment? NAFTA and CAFTA has taken the jobs out of the country by the Congress and Presidents,  Bush - 41, Clinton and Bush - 43, and with some 14 millions of the country citizenry unemployed, surely does not give anyone any reason to boast. Moreover, the standard of living of this country citizens, will soon look like a third world country at the pace things are happening within these borders, which is another thing the GDP is an indicator of (standard of living). If the Republicans of the 112th Congress have their way, we'll all be using wire to hold the sole of our shoes to the upper part thereof. It may seem to be the proper way to govern to them but its nothing short of lunacy from where I sit. To suggest that we, (the citizens of this great country, albeit not for long if they have their way) return to the days of more than 45 years ago in governing  just don't make any rational sense. If this country is allowed to default, the aftermath will not resemble anything like the Great Depression and the untold misery that will surely be in abundance, even your father would not recognize the darkness of spirit and soul.

What will you do

In the name of common sense

There's a lot of "noise" nowadays coming from every corner of the globe. One of the most striking is over the budget of these United States of America. Congressman Ryan and his party in an effort to trim the deficit have decided to go after everything and everyone except the wealthy. 235 of them banded together like birds in flight to redo Medicare, Medicaid and Social Security as we know it today. While they (Ryan and his cohorts) contend they are serious about bringing the government in line with the revenues it takes in, it look more like a ploy to give to those that need it the least at the expense of those that have the least. It seems as the Republicans in the house of representatives will have a "posturing" vote sometime in the near future while the country edge ever so closely to the abyss as a result of their theatrics, to be fair, those on the other side of the isle has engaged in similar theatrics. There are some on Wall Street that are pleading to do away with the Debt Ceiling, but who in a clear mind should take advice from those folks. Whether the ceiling is raised or not, most Americans will have a bumpy road to travel for some time to come. If  anything is clear to me, it is this, the federal government (Congress) has always found it easier to spend someone else money, and quite frankly, I do not see that being abated any time soon, after all, he's (uncle Sam)  currently involved in at least three conflicts at the present (to feed the war machine). There's money to be made in being involved in conflicts, ask Halliburton, or any of the myriad defense contractors. Yet, most Americans think the party they are affiliated with will get the country on sound footing (don't look now, but they are the same parties that got you into this mess). My question remain - what will you do?