[Cruisingdad]

I can understand your concerns, John. I too wish he would focus on the economy more than other things. It does piss me off though when people say that if he had only focused on the economy, the whole AIG bonus thing would have been caught. Whatever. You think the President of the US actually reads that crap?? Not even the entire Senate body could read the TARP.... give me a break.

I, however, do not share your view of Obama. I do not want you to take this the wrong way, but I feel like you guys have not and will not give him a chance. I feel like there is a certain level of animosity to whatever he does simply because he does it. Give him a chance!! He inherited an absolute mess, not of his making. And it may be that it is time to decrease the size of our military. I don't know. I would have to study the matter in more depth. But I will say that I have grown tired of being the world's policemen because (in my humble, uneducated opinion) other countries do not step up to the plate. I feel pretty unappreciated for what we do.

But going back to Obama, I feel we need leadership and we need change. We need ideas. We need to give things a try. Many of those attempts will be in vain and will not work. That is where the leasdership stands up a nd says so and tries something different. But it seems to me that the last many years of rememberance have not had anyone willing to take that risk. It was more of the same. Business as usual. We cannot afford business as usual anymore. In that respect, I again am enthusiastic about Obama.

Still, only time will tell.

Brian