DO WE HAVE A REASON TO BE NERVOUS?

Today marks 100 days since Barack Obama took the oath of office. During this time, he has:
Proposed the largest budget in U.S. history;
Suggested $1.4 trillion in new taxes over the next decade;
Released highly confidential CIA memos detailing strategies used that produced timely intelligence and thwarted further deadly terrorist attacks;
Proposed cutting missile defense by $1.4 billion just days after North Korea tested a long-range missile.

Now, I am all for giving this guy a chance but only because there is absolutely nothing we can do otherwise. Our only option does not play out until the year 2012 when we can elect someone who we think might be capable of cleaning up any mess created by the dastardly duo of a Democratic president and a Democratic Congress.

Is there such a person on the Republican horizon? Someone cut from the same cloth say as a young Ronald Reagan. Let's hope there is someone out there who still remembers what capitalism means and the important role it played in creating the one and only real super power left on this earth. Someone who can show this president the proper way to grow an economy without bleeding the middle class of people that made this country what it is today. Please somebody, HELPPPPPPP!!!

And another thing. With as much happening around the world to occupy our presidents attention how is this president has the time to monkey around with the NCAA football playoffs. And what idiot would dare to get Congress involve in such an action. Congress collectively couldn't blow it nose if brains were dynamite. When has Congress ever made improvements to anything once they got involved. God help us and the NCAA.

Well, As the end of the school year draws near it is time to start thinking about what I want to do with my summer. Some things are already predetermined. I will be going to my daughter's, Erin, graduation from the Dallas Art Institute sometimes in June. That should be a weekend affair with partying with friends and family. It's what to do after that that is in question. My plans are to make a wide circle across the mid and southeastern United States visiting with friends along the way. If these plans come to fruition my first stop will be Louisville, KY to visit my old friend Jim Thomas of USAEUR & 7th Army fame. We were stationed together in Heidelberg, Germany in the early 1970's and have kept in touch ever sense. My eventual goal for this trip is to visit Washington, D.C. for a back stage pass to the Library of Congress. This I am working on with the director of the library here. A quick stop in Roanke, VA to visit another friend I have not seen in forever but reconnected with this year via the internet. After Washington, if time and money permit, I will travel north to the hallowed grounds of Gettysburg. I have always wanted to go there, so this may be my chance. My return trip will take me through Atlanta, GA for a visit with my best friend from my childhood years, Richard Campbell. As I proceed back toward home I will also make a stop in Huntsville, AL to try and locate a long, missing friend that no one has seen in many years.

These plans are all just tenative based on whatever the future holds but they are my plans none the less.

Wish me luck on accomplishing all that I hope to do this summer.

CFS