So High Above

The old Axiom " As GM Goes, so goes the Nation" is sadly coming true thanks to the policies of the past eight years. GM is for all intents and purposes bankrupt and so is the Nation. Can the Auto Industry be revived? That is questionable, it will certainly not be a major job producer even if it is rescued. With the inability for the consumer to get auto financing will producing cars have any effect other than using the Federal money to stockpile cars? This situation is a direct result of the lack of direction from the previous Administrations from Reagan until now. United States Policy has been dictated by the oil lobby which has hindered the advancement of Alternative Energy on all fronts. The Nation that mustered the Technology to fly to the moon almost 40 years ago is still unable to produce a vehicle that is able to run without gasoline, yet a third world country like Brazil does not use gasoline to run their vehicles, what is wrong with this picture. The American Economy...

For those of us that lived through the turbulence of Viet Nam and the Republican Nixon Administration, living through the Republican Bush Administration makes remember those days with fondness. On August 9th, 1974 we all thought it would be the end to an unresponsive American President. Then Ronald Reagan was elected. Another Republican Administration that tore apart at the fabric of the working class and middle class. Nixon sent the children of the working class and middle class off to be maimed and killed in a occupation that grew by the day. Although Nixon eventually realized the folly of Viet Nam it was not until 55,000 Americans were killed and countless numbers broken and maimed. Viet Nam scarred the Nation and divided her People. But Nixon at least had some redeeming qualities, he was a world diplomat and saw a vision of a prosperous interactive world community. He extended a hand to the Communist Countries of China and Russia and at least accomplished the normalization of diplo...