Where Are We Sunday January 31, 2010?

Howard Zinn has passed on.If you don't know who he is, please Google him and figure it out. I don't like to do all the heavy lifting.This man is a giant. Hint: He wrote the "History of the People of the United States", an alternative account of the traditional history. If and when you read( or have) please comment for this blog. He will be back shortly and we shall hear form him,her, it again. :-))

And so the President of the United States has with stood the worst two weeks of his presidency. My question to you is: Did you support him as your president? If not ask yourself why.

If we listen to the overload of real time TV and radio left or right, frankly we are confused!

It is not so much what the administration is doing;but the fact that it is being reported real time before there is any time for it to settle or take shape.

This man is not dumb, not a liberal, not conservative, not easy to define. If he has an issue it seems to be he won't settle into anyone's lexicon to be defined.

Stay tuned racing fans, he knows he has not got his agenda out there nor the people with him because he has been unable to articulate his agenda. Strange,Obama can not articulate? That's correct. He said he would take on the major ills of the country,the economy, run away Wall Street, unemployment, cost and choice of health care, wars and climate change. Question: has he not taken them all on head on? Yes, of course he has.

If you ask me I would say the mistake has been that he is not wrong on any of these issues; only that he has failed to GO TO THE PEOPLE ON ALL OF THEM! He expects congress to fix problems. His hero, FDR, knew that would not happen.

That'right. He preached change and instead went the conventional route: bipartisanship, congress, the supreme court, consensus.

The lesson he missed from his obvious idol, FDR, is go to the people, don't pander, don't look for consensus,EXECUTE, EXECUTE, EXECUTE what you believe.

Has he made mistakes? Yes, Larry Summers, Tim Geithner, Paulson. He should be listening to Paul Volcker and Joseph Stiglitz. Get Stigliz's new book, Freefall, to read a different view point.

So, now what? The Independents are the key. Where will they turn up? Much to learn and know before the November elections.

Why did the president choose health care costs as his signature issue? Do the research folks, find out for your self.

Or, just sit in front of the TV and listen to Beck, Limbaugh(radio),Olbermann, Madow and the rest. Awful!! Trust me. While it may be comforting to spend less than ten minutes in front of these people and think you get it, that is destructive for you and the nation. While you can sound informed and opinionated when you discuss with others; these people do you no service.

So where are we as a nation? DIVIDED, UNIFORMED, OPINIONATED, RIGHT, LEFT, INDEPENDENT? You tell me. Are you comfortable with your opinions? Comfortable that every one else is wrong or right?

Some say it is all about money. Don't bankrupt the nation, pass on the bill to the future generations. I wonder about that.

No one gave it a thought in the eight years of the last administration. If I am wrong here step up and tell me. If not, help make sure that does not happen again: wars unpaid for, tax cuts, prescription drug plan for Medicare and ear marks galore.

Has Obama done better? No! Ear marks are rampant, the wars go on, the costs go up,climate change is no longer fashionable since some scientists in England decided to fudge some data.

Our president needs to show the courage of his convictions: simple as that!

He should go to the people with his messages and plans. Execute and get it done. Get rid of the people who brought the financial disaster to us(read Stiglitz).

Well, that's it folks. My message: do not be content that the media give you what you need to know and that this administration is headed over the cliff. They may be, but know why.