Hey Moby: Although I always enjoy hearing from you, this piece you sent is not entirely of my thinking. Fortunately we live in a country where people can disagree and express their feelings with out fear of reprisal so such presentations are an important part of what this nation is all about. I didn't vote for our current president. In fact I've voted on every election day since I was old enough to do so...And I've never cast a vote for a winner.EVER.So you can't blame me.. Having said that, I can't find much fault with most of what President Obama's done to date. I don't agree with the bank bail-outs but lets remember he inherited that bag of worms from the last administration and their incompetence. I don't profess to be a financial whiz, but what I know about world history has taught me that as the U.S. goes, so goes the rest of the world. When we are in a money pit the rest of the world will fall in that hole sooner or later. That’s what led to both world wars. The healthcare issue has been a mess for years with little or nothing being done because the insurance companies like it that way and money talks. Doing something is better than doing nothing. Insurance companies boast record profits year after year while a staggering number of Americans can't afford or are denied the ability to see a doctor and receive medical help. In the greatest country in the world that's a disgrace. Yes, a great number of Americans have expressed dissatisfaction with the current administration. This says volumes about freedom of speech, but very few are coming up with ways to fix it. The partisan rhetoric that has been a part of the checks and balances fabric that has kept this country strong has soured due to corruption and special interest groups. Here again, money talks.. Frankly, with his obvious intelligence, I'm surprised that Obama wanted the job in the first place. O.K....I'm done. What do I do with this soap box....? David, You'll always be a friend of mine, but on this issue my brother we are polar opposite. This man he lives where a patriotic American should, has done more to subvert, and undermine liberty, and the rights of individuals than any figure in American history. I've never seen him in the slightest behave patriotically, or supportive of the basics of American freedoms or ethics that have been America since it's very conception. Repeatedly I've said, I try to imagine him & his wife standing arm in arm looking at Old Glory, and singing "God bless America, land that I love." and feeling real love for my country. Can you bring that image to your mind's eye. I promise you, I can not. The rights of dedicated free-thinking patriots are being quashed by this resident of 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue, and if the pendulum of liberty doesn't swing back closer to center in November, I see little hope for the future of our nation, or the future of our descendents, my children, and yours. We should be ashamed of ourselves for putting such an unpatriotic, uncapitalistic, non-freedom of the individual supporting man in such a high office. All administrations have had many things on their plate that left a bad taste in the national mouth, but blaming George Bush for our current stormy waters has been the fall back for a lot of Obama issues, but it can't carry this him for his entire 4 year term. All things from the people to the government, not all things from the government to the people. The Constitution is the basis our our society, and he's wiping his butt with it. Between the two of us, we've constructed a Soap Box. I'm grateful for the debate, but firm in my belief that our republic and our sovereignty has been at no greater risk in American history. So, we don't agree, but we do hear each other's opposing opinion. That's not happening in Washington right now, and it must. MOBY