The worst may be over. Wall Street is making money, the banks are showing a profit, and people are buying cars. Yet, unemployment is high and health care is in a huge fight. Are we getting out of this recession? Are we on the right road?
Lately. there have been protest regarding the role of government. If a program seems to have problems, people will question what the heck is going on these people? There are people screaming leave health care alone. I wonder why?
The world is in need of direction. People need to know that some one is in charge and cares about the average person. War changes this dramatically. We need peace. Our economy needs to reset and fight for full employment. Everyone should have a job.
In conclusion, we need leadership to pave the way to a new world. Columbus wanted to find a new way to riches. We too must find our way to full employment, health care and a stronger education. Then we all (over the world) will find the right direction for ourselves.
Tuesday, August 4, 2009
Saturday, August 1, 2009
Cash Cash for Clunkers has helped for us for Clunkers ...Is This a Good Idea?
The government is giving all older car owners $4,500 to buy a new car. The idea is to take gas burners off the road and newer more environmental cars on it. This creates jobs and stimulates the economy. The program was so successful that 2billion more will be added.
The old cars should be recycled and the materials be refined to make more green products. We need more ideas like this to get us started. We need more jobs. I hope people buy more American cars.
In conclusion, Cash for Clunkers is good for now. Will we buy cars without a program? Can we create more jobs? Will the environment get better? Does it reduce the cost of gas? All of these questions must be addressed. It is a good idea to get this economy started. Now, we need health care and more jobs....
The old cars should be recycled and the materials be refined to make more green products. We need more ideas like this to get us started. We need more jobs. I hope people buy more American cars.
In conclusion, Cash for Clunkers is good for now. Will we buy cars without a program? Can we create more jobs? Will the environment get better? Does it reduce the cost of gas? All of these questions must be addressed. It is a good idea to get this economy started. Now, we need health care and more jobs....
Thursday, July 30, 2009
Now That The Beer Summit Is Over....
I am so glad this is over. Do you feel better? Do we have more jobs? Is health care a done deal? Will gas prices drop? Will all of our problems just melt away? Will there be goodwill and peace on Earth? All I am left with is questions. It does make me that a pause to think about all the isms.
Wednesday, July 29, 2009
Does The President Having a Beer Solve The Race Question?
Apparently, The President, Dr. Gates and Sergent Crowley will have a beer at the White House. Will this solve all of our problems? What if everything just went away? Crime, hate,war,poverty and unemployment will just vanish.
The world is at a strange time and place. Things are changing. Then there are situations that pop up and we see the race, gender, class and orientation card played. It makes us all sick.
In conclusion, they will have their beer and talk about The Bosox, the media will take numerous pictures and life will move on in the future. The question is, what will really happen? What is the learning objective regarding this matter? Perhaps we all need a time out with a beer? I wonder, if I had a beer and all of my problems will disappear. Oh, I don't drink. What do you think?
The world is at a strange time and place. Things are changing. Then there are situations that pop up and we see the race, gender, class and orientation card played. It makes us all sick.
In conclusion, they will have their beer and talk about The Bosox, the media will take numerous pictures and life will move on in the future. The question is, what will really happen? What is the learning objective regarding this matter? Perhaps we all need a time out with a beer? I wonder, if I had a beer and all of my problems will disappear. Oh, I don't drink. What do you think?
Monday, July 27, 2009
What Is Palin Doing?
I am somewhat concerned about Sarah Palin's leaving the office of governor of Alaska. If there were problems and it was too much for her then that is a reasonable solution.
However, if Palin is resigning t5o run for president full time and raise money, and undermine our present leadership, this is a real problem. She could be an incompetent opportunist which she has always been.
American is in need of sincere leadership. We also need people who are highly educated and experienced as problem solvers and leaders. However, we do not need some one who would like to try it and then run when it is no longer fun.I wonder what she is doing?
However, if Palin is resigning t5o run for president full time and raise money, and undermine our present leadership, this is a real problem. She could be an incompetent opportunist which she has always been.
American is in need of sincere leadership. We also need people who are highly educated and experienced as problem solvers and leaders. However, we do not need some one who would like to try it and then run when it is no longer fun.I wonder what she is doing?
Thursday, July 23, 2009
Is The Gates Arrest about Racism?
This story was taken by The Mountain Sage 07-23-2009. Please read this and leave your comments. I will share my view after we receive a number of responses.
Mountain Sage
Political News, Opinion and Discussion HomeThe API SagaAboutVideosSitemapDisclaimerThe ‘unfathomable’ arrest of a black scholar
Filed in General U.S. News, Politics on Jul.22, 2009
This complete incident could have been avoided with just a little effort by the police. When the officer got the report that a possible break-in had occurred he could have contacted dispatch and had the address checked to see who owns the home. It’s certainly not that hard to do. Once that information was in hand a driver’s license check could be made and the name, race, age of the owner could have been relayed to the officer.
Had the officer approached the house with that information in hand and a little different attitude there probably wouldn’t have been an altercation. Of course a black man didn’t want to step outside to talk to a police officer – too many reports of police abuse against black men for him to be comfortable with that. The officer could have apologized for interrupting Mr. Gates and asked if Mr. Gates and his property were ok since a possible break-in had been reported.
I believe Mr. Gates’ response would have been much different.
Maybe it’s time we all take a little more time and put a little more thought into our interactions with each other.
Henry Louis Gates Jr., one of the nation’s most prominent African-American scholars was arrested last Thursday in broad daylight at his Cambridge, Massachusetts, home for disorderly conduct — what the arresting officer described as “loud and tumultuous behavior in a public space.” The charge was dropped Tuesday on the recommendation of police, and the city of Cambridge issued a statement calling the incident “regrettable and unfortunate.”
Gates had just returned from a trip to China when a police officer responded to a call about a potential break-in at his home that was phoned in by a white woman. According to the police report, Gates was in the foyer when the officer arrived.
The officer asked Gates to “step out onto the porch and speak with me,” the report says. “[Gates] replied, ‘No, I will not.’ He then demanded to know who I was. I told him that I was ‘Sgt. Crowley from the Cambridge Police’ and that I was ‘investigating a report of a break in progress’ at the residence.
“While I was making this statement, Gates opened the front door and exclaimed, ‘Why, because I’m a black man in America?’ ” Have race relations improved since the election of President Barack Obama?
According to the report, Gates initially refused to show the officer his identification, instead asking for the officer’s ID. But Gates eventually did show the officer his identification that included his home address.
“The police report says I was engaged in loud and tumultuous behavior. That’s a joke,” Gates told The Root. “It escalated as follows: I kept saying to him, ‘What is your name, and what is your badge number?’ and he refused to respond. I asked him three times, and he refused to respond. And then I said, ‘You’re not responding because I’m a black man, and you’re a white officer.’”
Known as Skip by friends and colleagues, Gates is the director of the W.E.B. Du Bois Institute for African and African-American Research at Harvard University, and an acclaimed PBS documentarian.
Mountain Sage
Political News, Opinion and Discussion HomeThe API SagaAboutVideosSitemapDisclaimerThe ‘unfathomable’ arrest of a black scholar
Filed in General U.S. News, Politics on Jul.22, 2009
This complete incident could have been avoided with just a little effort by the police. When the officer got the report that a possible break-in had occurred he could have contacted dispatch and had the address checked to see who owns the home. It’s certainly not that hard to do. Once that information was in hand a driver’s license check could be made and the name, race, age of the owner could have been relayed to the officer.
Had the officer approached the house with that information in hand and a little different attitude there probably wouldn’t have been an altercation. Of course a black man didn’t want to step outside to talk to a police officer – too many reports of police abuse against black men for him to be comfortable with that. The officer could have apologized for interrupting Mr. Gates and asked if Mr. Gates and his property were ok since a possible break-in had been reported.
I believe Mr. Gates’ response would have been much different.
Maybe it’s time we all take a little more time and put a little more thought into our interactions with each other.
Henry Louis Gates Jr., one of the nation’s most prominent African-American scholars was arrested last Thursday in broad daylight at his Cambridge, Massachusetts, home for disorderly conduct — what the arresting officer described as “loud and tumultuous behavior in a public space.” The charge was dropped Tuesday on the recommendation of police, and the city of Cambridge issued a statement calling the incident “regrettable and unfortunate.”
Gates had just returned from a trip to China when a police officer responded to a call about a potential break-in at his home that was phoned in by a white woman. According to the police report, Gates was in the foyer when the officer arrived.
The officer asked Gates to “step out onto the porch and speak with me,” the report says. “[Gates] replied, ‘No, I will not.’ He then demanded to know who I was. I told him that I was ‘Sgt. Crowley from the Cambridge Police’ and that I was ‘investigating a report of a break in progress’ at the residence.
“While I was making this statement, Gates opened the front door and exclaimed, ‘Why, because I’m a black man in America?’ ” Have race relations improved since the election of President Barack Obama?
According to the report, Gates initially refused to show the officer his identification, instead asking for the officer’s ID. But Gates eventually did show the officer his identification that included his home address.
“The police report says I was engaged in loud and tumultuous behavior. That’s a joke,” Gates told The Root. “It escalated as follows: I kept saying to him, ‘What is your name, and what is your badge number?’ and he refused to respond. I asked him three times, and he refused to respond. And then I said, ‘You’re not responding because I’m a black man, and you’re a white officer.’”
Known as Skip by friends and colleagues, Gates is the director of the W.E.B. Du Bois Institute for African and African-American Research at Harvard University, and an acclaimed PBS documentarian.
Wednesday, July 22, 2009
The President and Health Care
The President went on the offvisive regarding health care tonight. Perhaps he is a little late on the issue and did not have a strong point person on the issue. There are still 47 million people without health care
What are the facts? Who gains if we do nothing, and who wins if it is passed? The b real argument is we pay 6 thousand dollars more on health care than other nations. Meda-Cad and care causes huh deficits in our budget and growing by the minute. The health insurance and pharmaceutical companies are profiting billions in this recession.
In conclusion, The American people lose. Our grandchildren lose, and the other nations with less cost will take advantage of us in other areas. The real issue is reform. Insure everyone, cut cost, promote preventive care, and make the wealthy insurance and pharmaceutical companies pay for it with the other multi-millionaires. Now that is reform.
What are the facts? Who gains if we do nothing, and who wins if it is passed? The b real argument is we pay 6 thousand dollars more on health care than other nations. Meda-Cad and care causes huh deficits in our budget and growing by the minute. The health insurance and pharmaceutical companies are profiting billions in this recession.
In conclusion, The American people lose. Our grandchildren lose, and the other nations with less cost will take advantage of us in other areas. The real issue is reform. Insure everyone, cut cost, promote preventive care, and make the wealthy insurance and pharmaceutical companies pay for it with the other multi-millionaires. Now that is reform.
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