Your Nation's Voice

A Little Common Courtesy Please!!

The outburst recently during the President's national address by Joe Wilson (R) of South Carolina is but one more example of the direction our national discourse has taken.  Dialog has disappeared and raucous monologues with no tolerance of opposing views have replaced it.

Obama Announces National Security Team

As of 8:50 am EDT, President-elect Obama announced the following people to fill posts on his National Security Team.

Foreign Imports and National Security

Plenty of attention has been paid to the amount of oil our country currently imports (70% +).  Some pundits have warned that depending on oil from certain foreign sources, such as those with extreme religious or political views, is a national security threat, while others diffuse this suggestion by pointing out that our largest supplier of oil is Canada, which is hardly a threat to national security.  For may Americans, this true but totally misleading point is enough to make this a non-issue.

Give Obama Some Time

He hasn't even been sworn in yet and people are already setting aggressive expectations for President-elect Obama.  True, he has his work cut out for him, but we all need to set our expectations at a reasonable level.  It took years to get into this mess and it won't be resolved in 90 days.

Re-Industrializing America

Anyone watching the hen house?  Other than some complaining about job loss to foreign countries, I haven't found anything lately in the news that discusses the National Security implications of the outsourcing milieu that has been building momentum for the last 20+ years. 

Is anyone looking at what the potential risk is for a World Superpower who outsources a large portion of its manufacturing capabilities to foreign countries?  What about basic production capabilities like steel, aluminum and critical minerals?  Should we be trusting foreign countries, some of which could easily turn on us, to supply these materials?

Weekly Address From Obama Started

A new website has been created by the Obama Team to share information and to obtain input from citizens.  The new government leaders will be more focused on sharing information with Americans and Obama will be appointing a Chief Technology Officer to make government more efficient.  This is great news for the government and American taxpayers. 

It's Time To Conduct The Country's Business

While the election for president was decisive, it was a hard fought and emotional event, especially for the die-hard Republicans who wanted McCain, or more likely, didn't want Obama.

It's over now and the decision is made.  I'm still receiving a few emails from friends who were adamantly against an Obama victory and I'm still hearing many negative comments about the election results on several of the talk shows.  

Congratulations Messrs. Obama and Biden

The American people have spoken, history has been made and the expectations have been set.  Congratulations to Messrs. Obama and Biden on your convincing win of the Presidential/Vice Presidential election.

Will A Divided House Stand?

With the election right around the corner, there's something each of us needs to think about.  Do we want both the Executive branch and The Legislative Branch to be controlled by the same party?

Last Minute Election Stuff

Well, the clock is running down on the election and I've found a few tools that may be of interest as you're counting down the days until November 4th.

Everyone is wondering what the tax impact will be under each of the presidential candidate's plans.  I looked around at several tools that perform those calculations.   Obama has his own, but I suppose Conservatives might not trust the numbers - duh!