Time for America to Reach for the Skies

The Dubai Tower (Burj Dubai) located in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, when completed, will be the tallest habitable building in the world with a height of 2087 ft on the highest floor and an overall height of 2684 ft. Interestingly, the Dubai Tower was designed by American architects Skidmore, Owings, and Merrill.

Taipei 101 located in Taipei, Taiwan, had been the tallest building in the world since 2004. This was prior to the Dubai Tower surpassing its height of habitable floors in July of 2007.

We lost our World Trade Center towers to middle eastern terrorists. Yet Dubai, a middle eastern country, is not fearing a similar fate and instead has chosen to build the tallest building in the world shattering old records by a comfortable margin.

It's time for America to reach for the skies. We need to show the world that we remain a relevant force and an source of innovation in the world space. The Freedom Towers being built at 1 Trade Center in New York does not do the job. In my opinion we should rebuild the World Trade Center towers and make them taller than before!

The 21st Century will prove to be a defining century for the United States. Our country's infrastructure is in dire need of serious repairs and upgrades as well as substantial capital investment in new technologies for transportation systems and power generation. We, as a nation, must invest in America's future. These projects will not come cheap but the cost of not participating in a meaningful way will prove to be far more devastating to our country's financial future and our citizens prosperity.

A Time for Change

John McCain vs Barack Obama. Welcome to the show. It's a verbal cat fight with each candidate harping on some minor statement made by the other, picking on the nuances of the words used or context of the message.

Americans want more. We have serious problems that need to be addressed. Will we have to wait until after their wasteful conventions (Republican Convention / Democratic Convention) to hear anything of substance?

Want some specifics? I put together a little plan that I named A Lincolnian Party Vision for America over 1 1/2 years ago. It's a good starting point for discussion. Perhaps Senator's McCain and Obama can give us a few more details on their plans for our country's future.