Hello again from the wonderful state of Maine. Yes, I know it's been a few weeks since I last addressed the World but it doesn't go without thought. Think for a moment of all that has happened in the last few weeks. Jamie-Lynn Spears had a baby (or maybe two). Brad Pitt and Angilina Jolie had twins. McCain and Obama are still fighting on the campaign trail. We lost a great man in Tony Snow to the battle of cancer. Brett Favre has asked for a release from the Packers. A-Rod and his wife have split due to infidelity. And last but not least, I shot very poorly round at Palmyra Golf Course. Needless to say, the World does not stop when we stop, although it should.
In this time away I have had to deal with a new job in the environmental health and safety field and all the various programs assocaited with it. With that job comes hours of research, investigating of accidents and just meeting with individuals do hash out long term and short term goals. In my previous job, I spend most of my time conversing with my co-worker, Tom Cheetham, about our busy lives at home and semi-political analysis' of the campaigns and media coverage. Tom and I differed greatly on the political spectrum, however, we got along great both professionally and personally. Many of our political conversations consisted of talking about the scandals that existed across the board (Dems and GOP's) and us making satyrical comments about them that fit our political leanings. I, ofcourse am very conservative in my leanings. With him being the PhD. professor that teaches philosophy and Ecopsychology at Pacifica University and College of the Atlantic, obviously left leaning. We make jokes about him being the most "unsocial" Socialist in the Free World. He jokes that I like my women "real Liberal" and my politics "real conservative", thus making me the ideal candidate for any political office. The point is here, no matter how different we are, we get along great and have a great deal of respect for one another. I wonder though, do the Democrats or even Barack Obama have respect for the Republicans or President George W. Bush? I'm thinking NO.
During that time away, as I mentioned I was extremely busy with my new job. I kind of stepped away from the political arena during those weeks to concentrate on performing my job to the greatest of my ability. The thing is though, during those few weeks that I was away I wanted to see what was going on in the world but my conscience told me not to worry. Not sure why though. Then this morning it hit me. Nothing has changed. The Obama camp keeps waffling about Iraq and other policies and the Democratic leaders are still not giving the US taxpayers any relief with regards to drilling for oil at home. We are in a pinch right now with the economy, and if the Democrats want to see us out of it, they need to wake up and listen to the people. Drill Here, Drill now, and Drill Often. The speculators would get the point, thus moving the price of crude oil down due to the supply and demand factor, as well as the most important factor, that the United States will become a self-sufficient nation.
The new perspective here lies not with the campaign or the economy but with the expectations of said leaders. The perspective is, the leaders will not change, not even for the good of the people.
God Bless America!
