I’m not an overly political person, and find more humor in politics than anything. I suppose I prefer to laugh than cry. What else can you do with this rabble of hooligans we call the US Congress? Then again, they are men WE elected, we voted into office.
But let me ask you this….With the problems we are currently experiencing in the United States, does the next president have even a remote chance of success? I can’t imagine anyone could want to step into the problems the US is experiencing right now…in the best of times the job is a meat grinder…but now?
I live in downstate Illinois and it’s very flat and windy here. I’m sure there isn’t a person in the US that hasn’t found themselves engaged in debate about the cost of energy. Whether it is energy problems related to global warming, or the high price of oil…energy is center stage in much of what the media is discussing.
So with the topography of Central Illinois, you would think our landscape would be dotted with energy producing wind machines. That is not the case…..even though the footprint for one of the windmills is very small, they are apparently displeasing to the eye, which is to say that when one farmer signs on with an energy firm to have a wind machine built, the farmer’s neighbors quickly file legal briefs to prevent the construction, claiming the machines ruin the landscape view.
But let me ask you this….if your neighbor decided he wanted a wind machine in the backyard, how would you feel about it?
Both McCain and Obama have promised another stimulus package. I absolutely loved the last stimulus package where they sent me a check for $800. What is really funny is that no one saw that as a bribe to shut up….seriously, did you actually believe that the stimulus package was a cure for a trillion dollar credit default problem. But darn it, supply and demand has finally caught up with oil, read about it here. I just hate it when reality screws up stupid political ideas.
