Wednesday, September 17, 2008

Constitution Day...How do we celebrate that?

Today is September the 17th, otherwise known as Constitution Day here in the United States of America. I am quite excited and my wife is getting sick of me talking to her about it. What a fabulous and under-noticed day here in the US of A. I plan to do a few more blogs on the topic and make sure that I give my pocket copy a good reading. I highly suggest that everyone takes the time to read the Constitution today. I know that most people have either never read it, or perhaps were forced to read it once in school and payed little or no attention to it. This is the founding document of our nation that spells out how our government is supposed to run. Take the time today to read it.
Here is a link to the full text.

Thursday, September 11, 2008

Fannie and Freddie, the doomed American couple

This has been a huge part of the news cycle for the past few weeks. Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac have been in trouble and the government is going to step in and help. The official word for their plan of action is a "bail-out". Within the last few days the situation has worsened and the government has "taken over" the helm of these two giants. The cost of this government help is unknown but is speculated to be in the billions. Lest we forget, the government has no money in and of itself. All of the money the government has comes from the people. To put this bluntly, our money, your money is going to bail-out other people from their own foolish decisions.
My problem with this comes from the issue of accountability. Am I, are you, or should we, be held accountable for the mistakes of others? If your neighbor makes a bad decision, should you be punished for it? That is the question that I put to everyone. Or do I have it all wrong? Please comment and tell me your feelings.

As a side note, the two main political candidates are in support of this course of action, so if you are not, shop elsewhere this election.

More to come...

I must apologize for my absence. I recently moved to the great state of Ohio to continue my education. While my education will focus on things of a political nature, my background is not in my current field, and so I am playing catch-up and have had no time to keep up with this blog. This is a shame since so many things have happened in the past few weeks that deserve my attention here. I promise that I will give each of these things the scrutiny they deserve.