tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10694316.post5673108083751292369..comments2024-03-27T20:10:46.984-07:00Comments on The Rambling Taoist: I Didn't Watch ItThe Rambling Taoisthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04730292897416827840noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10694316.post-24971318183587730812011-01-27T15:27:29.380-08:002011-01-27T15:27:29.380-08:00I heard about two minutes of it and was too angry ...I heard about two minutes of it and was too angry to listen any more. He sounded like a freakin' republican, for all his sucking up to them he does. Change we can believe in my foot!Brandonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12704525078859327898noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10694316.post-60640934758518264792011-01-27T12:42:38.408-08:002011-01-27T12:42:38.408-08:00"Finding good jobs will likely necessitate ou..."Finding good jobs will likely necessitate our children moving away from this area. This is far too great a loss for us to suffer."<br /><br />Hawaii has suffered this for years. We call it the brain drain. Unless a young person is in high-tech/defense, the only other options are tourism, agriculture and service/retail. My son and his Hawaii-born Chinese SO live in Oregon.<br /><br />"At the end of the day President Obama came off as a centrist..."<br /><br />It was inevitable and I expected and predicted it.baroness radonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14593108634484542286noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10694316.post-55593477236154108362011-01-27T11:23:02.099-08:002011-01-27T11:23:02.099-08:00I gave this short blurb to a reporter for the loca...I gave this short blurb to a reporter for the local newspaper. It appeared in Wednesday's paper.<br /><br /><i>I was reminded once again of how great a public speaker President Obama is. The State of the Union address was passionate and direct. President Obama focused on the three major issues that confront the United States: creation of jobs, federal deficit reduction, and the wars in the Middle East. While the President spoke of cutting the budget he did not address the true magnitude of the problem at hand. Unless we learn to conserve rather than consume and raise taxes to a level that matches the expenditures the Federal deficit will never be significantly reduced. We can not grow our way out of the mess we are in. I am not at all confident that our leaders at the Federal level understand the economic plight of areas like NW Ohio. President Obama spoke of retraining workers through places like NW State Community College. This is a laudable goal but the truth is, here in NW Ohio, there is a glut of workers and a static population. Finding good jobs will likely necessitate our children moving away from this area. This is far too great a loss for us to suffer.</i><br /><br />I don't agree with Rothschild about the deficit. (I am a Progressive subscriber) It is time we get serious about the mountains of debt we have. There is no easy fix.<br /><br />Behind all this is the notion that we can consume our way to prosperity. We can't. The political, economic, and environmental issues we face require hard choices to be made. Sadly, I don't think our political leaders have the will to make such decisions. They fear being voted out of office.<br /><br />At the end of the day President Obama came off as a centrist, far more Republican than I like. I am uncertain about whether I will vote for him again.<br /><br />BruceBrucehttp://fallenfromgrace.netnoreply@blogger.com