I couldn't believe it was Obama the first time I saw him speak off the cuff. This guy can't put two words together if he doesn't have them memorized. The more I saw him speak without a script, the more I thought, this guy wants to talk to world leaders? Is he nuts?
Then I looked at some of the speeches he made. In one very strong and eloquent speech, he made a reference to the civil rights marches in Selma , Alabama, saying he was born while his daddy marched in Selma. Does he know what in year he was born? He was born in 1961. The Selma marches were in 1965.
He apparently relies on his writers to do all research, and doesn't check the facts himself. This could prove disastrous if he's elected President. Bush did the same thing, and look what happened.
Obama apparently hasn't done any research on his proposed policies. They're old ideas, most of which have been tried and failed. He doesn't understand that taxing large corporations invariably leads to smaller, mid size businesses suffering. They just don't have the capital to pay exhorbitant taxes, or lawyers to find the loopholes. He doesn't seem to understand that doubling capital gains taxes hurts middle class workers who invest in stocks for their retirements or their children's education. It hurts retirees who sell their large homes to move into smaller ones, or small business owners who sell their business after 20 or 30 years so they can retire.
This guy carries too much baggage. He's already made a number of mistakes that should have been corrected before he decided to run for president. He's not ready now, and until he realizes that his idea of change is one we elected Reagan to get rid of, he'll never be ready.
In one year, we somehow managed to duplicate an entire bygone decade. Oil prices rising, pollution, which now has a partner called global warming, an economy in decline, crises in the Middle East, and the leading candidate for President is a Democrat who thinks tax increases and negotiations will solve most, if not all our problems.
I doubt that one man or woman can make a significant difference. The changes we need must come from the private sector. We had ample opportunity to reduce or eliminate our dependence on fossil fuels, but we continued to let that opportunity slip through our fingers, and just like the seventies, we're paying the price.
Tax incentives are not enough to perpetuate the R&D for solar powered buildings and long range electric cars that can achieve highway speeds. We must actually buy these products while they are developing, to create a large enough market to warrant making better products. An example of this hypothesis is cellular phones. They were big and bulky when first introduced, but they had a market share large enough to develop them to what they are today.
Solar panels continue to be expensive, but you don't have to buy a system that will power your entire home. A few panels to provide just enough electricity to run the least efficient appliances, and heat a portion of your home are enough to get the ball rolling. We only need to purchase electric cars for commuting short distances, or run errands to provide the R&D funding to develop faster, longer range vehicles. As it stands now, there are electric cars that can go 200 miles on a charge, and are as fast as Ferrari's. But they're expensive, because there's not enough demand to warrant mass production.
We need to pressure our elected officials to get things done, and get them done now. We need change, but not by someone whose idea of change is to go back to failed policies. And we must all acknowledge that part of the blame for where we are, lies within ourselves.
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