Stardate 090131.9

Captain's Log:

Our country is facing many challenges today; not least of all, the growth of the federal government. Unless you dwell under a large piece of granite, or have only just arrived from your home on a celestial body in the far reaches of the galaxy, you must know that we, as a nation, have a new president.

Now, over the past few months (during the election), I made some factual comments about how things are going to be run in the United States when the new administration takes over. So far, things seem right on track. I got many comments to the effect of "get over it" or "find something good in the situation; don't always focus on the negative". Fine: our new president is tech-savvy. I found something good. Now let's focus on the factual events that have taken place over the past 11 days.

1. Pro-abortion memorandum has already been signed.
2. An economic stimulus package that will essentially hurt the economy in the long run, has been pushed through the house by a vote of 244-188 and is now in the senate.
3. The bi-partisanship that this administration claims to be striving for is non-existent. The evidence is in the vote for the stimulus package. All 244 'yes' votes were democrats...not one single republican voted for it. Why is that? The stimulus is a bad idea, and they know it. All but eleven democrats voted the party line.
4. A task force was started, to be headed by vice president, Joe Biden, that will create "green jobs". In other words, money from the stimulus package (which comes from our tax dollars...all $817 Billion dollars of the stimulus) will be used to create new jobs that help the environment and the country as a whole...right...another government program that increases the power of the central government.

I am sure in the weeks to come there will be more news and activity coming from the oval office, but for now, I think that is enough for the American people to stomach for one night. Oh, but I did find his comment the other day rather interesting; he said, when addressing Rep. Eric Cantor (R-VA) about the republican opposition to the stimulus, "I won. I will trump you on that." Hmmm...I don't know. To me, that doesn't sound like his campaign promise of "I will hear both sides equally, and then decide on the best course of action."

For now, I think that will be all. Until next time,

Lorimer