Ted Frater wrote:

Afterall the previous posts, lets get back to the original one.
If you had his job could you do better?

For one term, maybe. Given how the house of representitives can change ever two years,
maybe 1/2 a term.


I'll come bact to this in a mo.
Yes Im over here and a Brit,
So were eternally grateful for your efforts in 1914/18 and 1939/45
that is why we call it a special relationship.

A lot of us still think of the UK as the mother country. We still have a war bride (wwII)
in the family, alive and kicking. Aunt Peg. Our gain, your loss.

So when you chose to go to Iraq and Afganistan we were therefor you.
Despite the fact were a fraction of the size of the USA.
Long may it continue.

Hopefully we helped in the Faulklands. The assistance of the UK in many things has always
been appreciated at least by me. Nice to see a friend along side in a dustup.

Now back to "if you had his job"
Your new President has been given a very bitter drink to go with his
new job.

Wars no one wanted, Militant Islam, and a financial meltdown caused by
your Bankers greed.

Militant Islam has been around for a while. Bush took his stand, we await how Obama takes
his stand.

No one sane wants war. War is the destruction of potential and past productivity.

That bankers greed should be coupled with politicans greed. One was enabled by the other.

So how would you deal with these?

Your President is trying veryhard to unite everyone toward solving
these problems so give him a chance to get it right.
If all you can do is complain and havent make any useful suggestions
then shut up.
Your just making his job harder.

I've been rather standoffish giving him time. A bit of feedback though telling him that
that dog doesn't hunt is feedback. I'm sure you are aware of the political practice of
sending up a trial balloon to test the waters. How is those waters tested unless push
back is provided?

Would you want that if you had his job?
Theres only one way to get out of this political and economic mess.
Thats to pull together, work hard, create wealth toward a better future
for us all in the West.

I hope we can figure out how do drive our selves out of the ditch. The EU seems to be
taking the conservative approach. It is really odd when I'm rooting for the EU.

As an afterthought, what you could do with is a Conversion on the road
to Damascus.

I don't grok that.

Wes