So High Above

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...

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...

Today the Federal Reserve Chairman told the Congress, ""Recession is possible," Bernanke told the Joint Economic Committee. Possible, did he really say possible? We are IN a recession, and a Depression is possible. it is obvious from the questions asked the Congresspeople and the answers given by by Mr. Bernake that they have not got a clue as to what is going on. Small business in America is dying, due to raising energy prices, escalating insurance costs, property tax increases, unaffordable health insurance and most of all, our customers have no money to spend. As a small business owner for over 30 years, I can see the trends on a daily basis. In 2005, customers were willing to spend, but only on credit cards (which also cuts into the profits of small business because of all the charges associated with accepting credit cards). As 2006 approached, there was more of a shift to Debit Cards, but customers were very careful about how much they spent and most often opted for...