So High Above

"For everywhere we look, there is work to be done. The state of the economy calls for action, bold and swift, and we will act - not only to create new jobs but to lay a new foundation for growth. We will build the roads and bridges, the electric grids and digital lines that feed our commerce and bind us together. We will restore science to its rightful place, and wield technology’s wonders to raise health care’s quality and lower its cost." Barack Obama Presidential Inauguration Speech, January 20, 2009. In a story written by Maggie Fox, Health and Science Editor, entitled FDA Allows First Test of Human Stem Cell Therapy and displayed on Reuters.com, Ms. Fox reports that "Geron Corp, a California biotechnology company, said it plans a clinical trial to try to use the stem cells to regrow nerve tissue in patients with crushed, but not severed, spinal cords." The effects of the new Administration of Barack Obama are becoming a reality in only a few days. After eight

Is it just me, or does everyone in America feel the relief? It seems that since Barack Obama has become the 44th President of the United States the mood of the people has changed. It is like we are on the verge of the Age of Enlightenment after living in the Dark Ages of greed and oppression for the last decade. For the sake of the Country, we should all hope that Mr. Obama will be able to quickly turn around the despair that has befallen our Nation during the failed years of the Republican Bush Government and guide America back to the path of scientific knowledge, experimentation and implementation of new discovers that will progress our Nation back to the forefront of Civilized Societies. President Obama has already made it clear that the torture used by the Bush Administration throughout the world is not an acceptable American Practice. In his Inauguration Speech, Mr. Obama said that Science must be restored to its rightful place. The only science that the Republican Bush Administ

"What the cynics fail to understand is that the ground has shifted beneath them - that the stale political arguments that have consumed us for so long no longer apply. The question we ask today is not whether our government is too big or too small, but whether it works - whether it helps families find jobs at a decent wage, care they can afford, a dignified retirement. If the answer is yes, we intend to move forward. Where the answer is no, programs will end. And those of us who manage the public’s dollars will be held to account - to spend wisely, reform bad habits, and do our business in the light of day - because only then can we restore the vital trust between a people and their government." Barack Obama Presidential Inauguration Speech, January 20, 2009 Hopefully, President Obama will remember these words as he wades through the mess left by the Bush Administration and restores the Government to work on behalf of the People not on behalf of the Energy and Financial Indus

The Economic roller coaster was created by the Corporate Banks whose bankers sucked the assets of the banks to their personal holdings at an unprecedented rate. The Federal Government was called upon to clean up the mess caused by the lack of regulations and wanton greed that the last Administration fostered throughout the Financial World. They took their lead from the Bush Administration who absconded our National Treasury with handouts and no-bid contracts as they ravaged Sovereign Nations. Corporate America followed the lead of the Bush Administration and took as much as they could leaving the bank's assets unable to cover the risks that they took in pursuit of enriching themselves. These Financial Institutions were rescued by economic packages crafted by Treasury Secretary Paulson in the secrecy of backroom meetings, hardly the way the United States Federal Government should operate. If, as a Nation, we are now stuck with the continuation of these rescue packages the Obama Adm

NATIONAL DAY OF RENEWAL AND RECONCILIATION, 2009 - - - - - - - BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA A PROCLAMATION As I take the sacred oath of the highest office in the land, I am humbled by the responsibility placed upon my shoulders, renewed by the courage and decency of the American people, and fortified by my faith in an awesome God. We are in the midst of a season of trial. Our Nation is being tested, and our people know great uncertainty. Yet the story of America is one of renewal in the face of adversity, reconciliation in a time of discord, and we know that there is a purpose for everything under heaven. On this Inauguration Day, we are reminded that we are heirs to over two centuries of American democracy, and that this legacy is not simply a birthright -- it is a glorious burden. Now it falls to us to come together as a people to carry it forward once more. So in the words of President Abraham Lincoln, let us remember that: "The mystic chords of memory, stre

With the Inauguration of President Obama America's eight-year nightmare of governance under the George W. Bush Administration is over. The darkness and despair of the last eight years have been lifted just by their departure. Even though the road will be filled with pitfalls trying to repair the damage done to our National Treasury, Foundation, Psychology, and People, at least those that created and fostered the damage will be gone. A warning to President Obama, you must use your standing and power to guide the Congress to the right path, for over the last eight years the Congress has lost its way and has taken the road paved by the previous Administration, catering to the Corporation and forgetting about the People. This new beginning should be the reestablishment of a Government for the People and the fallacious theories that the Government best serves the Corporations must be cast away. The Federal Government has to provide for the common good, security, and protection of the

As the size and vigor of the Washington, D.C. crowds that have already arrived to view the Inauguration of Barack Obama as the 44th President of the United States, a thirst for a new direction is evident. No one envies the job that Mr. Obama has been thrust into and his public comments rightly are trying to play down an immediate change in the fundamental crisis of the American Economy with which it is left to fix. However, just the new face of a responsive American Government is enough to spur hope among the People that President Obama will be able to right the ship of our Nation which was steered way off course by the outgoing Administration. The Obama approval rating is the highest for a President and he hasn't even taken office yet. The Obama Team has been branding the change as a change that every American must be responsible to help implement. Expect President Obama to echo the famous words of JFK upon his Inauguration and remind People that they have a responsibility to th

Forty Years since the assassination of Martin Luther King, Jr. doesn't seem possible. I remember that night as clearly as if were yesterday. But I'm sure that Dr. King would not want time squandered on reminiscing, for he was a man of action and a man of peace. What would Martin say about the current situation in America today? America again finds itself in a war that it did not need to fight and a war that it will find difficult to win and difficult to leave. To quote from Martin Luther King, Jr. in a Speech, Beyond Vietnam given on April 4, 1967, in New York, N.Y. "I come to this magnificent house of worship tonight because my conscience leaves me no other choice. I join you in this meeting because I am in deepest agreement with the aims and work of the organization that has brought us together, Clergy and Laymen Concerned About Vietnam. The recent statements of your executive committee are the sentiments of my own heart, and I found myself in full accord when I read its