Sad day

It is a sad day when I am actually more in agreement with the French government and the German government and Europe in general than I am with my own country's President. President is pushing such socialist agendas that the European Union's head, when asked about how he felt about Obama's ecomonic proposals, replied they are the "road to hell". Switzerland, which is a fairly socialist country, has been refusing to get involved with the Swiss automaker Saab, essentially stating that the getting involved in the auto industry is not the government's job.

President Obama, on the other hand, has decided to get the U.S. involved as much as possible. For the first time ever, the U.S. government forced out a private corporation CEO, G.M.'s Rick Waggoner. The decision not to oust the UAW's head, Ron Gettelfinger, makes me question where Obama's motives lie. If it is a new direction that G.M. needs, why should just the executives be held accountable? In my opinion Gettelfinger is just as responsible for G.M.'s position today as Waggoner.

The most pressing quesitons is, why does President Obama think that it is the government's job to ensure nobody ever faces unemployment? It has been reported that the Obama administration will get involved with determining what types and models of cars should be sold by the nation's automakers. How do these things show any sort of respect for even the basic functions of the marketplace?

On another side note, the State of Iowa's legislature is trying to remove the Federal Income Tax deduction from the state's income tax form. This would result in increases in taxes for almost half of Iowa's families, REGARDLESS OF TAX BRACKET. I don't think anybody who looks at this objectively, right or left, would see this as a good idea.

It has been a sad day.

the 912 project

Hello everybody,

I know it has been a few days since I updated. Sorry about that. I was out of the country for a while with no internet.

I would like to encourage anybody reading this blog to visit the website for the 9/12 project. This is a project designed with the purpose of getting those in power in this country to realize we expect more from them. Democrats, Independents, and Republicans alike are screwing over this country, and we need the leadership to understand that the American people will not stand for this kind of stuff anymore. Do a little research on the project, and if you agree with the 9 principles and the 12 values, I encourage you to join.

Global Warming and the President.

First things first. I am still working on my stimulus plan, as it turns out to be pretty complicated with some of the logic and calculations involved. But, it is on the way.

Well, here is my question: Should the government really be as focused on climate change policies right now, with the economy in a tailspin (The Dow is below 7000, less than half of what it was at its peak last year), Iran pushing hard for nuclear weapons (here & here), and a growing movement within the scientific community (here & here) that argues that climate change is not what Al Gore has led us to believe? There are some major economic negatives that would result from the so-called cap & trade approach that President Obama is so strongly advocating. There are some real advantages to "clean" energy, in that most of them can be produced here in the U.S., moving us closer to energy independence. However, for real energy independence, all of our energy sources must be utilized, including our own oil reserves and our coal (the U.S. is like the middle east of coal). If we allowed U.S. companies to go after all of these energy sources, that could be very beneficial in the long run. Unfortunately, President Obama's absolute acceptance of global warming is forcing him to put harsh restrictions on our most valuable energy sources (oil and coal). In today's world, is this acceptance really going to do us that much good?

As always, comments are welcome and encouraged.