President Obama Should Implement the Pickens Plan

T. Boone Picken's Plan to create a wind-power generation corridor to provide power to our electrical grid and redistribute the natural gas the power companies currently use to power trucks should be implemented by President-elect, Barack Obama and incorporated into his national infrastructure plan.

Getting America off of its 70% dependence on foreign oil is the key to our future prosperity. Energy independence, infrastructure and the design and development of next generation transportation products could be impetus for creating the economic driver which will add to the prosperity of our nation and grow our economy well into the latter part of this century.

Adopt the Pickens Plan. Let's find a way to re-energize our independence and celebrate our freedom!

President-elect Barack Obama's Infrastructure Plan is Good for America

President-elect, Barack Obama's plan to rebuild America's infrastructure is the type of economic stimulus that America needs right now. Our country saw its greatest growth in the manufacturing of transportation products. The locomotive, the ocean liner, the jumbo jet and the automobile provided more good paying manufacturing jobs than any other segment of our society directly and indirectly.

As the computer age morphed into the information age American efficiency became the world standard accelerating the learning curve and reducing the number of workers required to run the old technology industries.

As I wrote in several previous pieces including 3 Pillars of Prosperity for America, it is time for a paradigm shift in our transportation products, transportation systems, and energy products. Building the 21st-Century transportation products, the infrastructure needed to support them, and alternative energy sources to become energy independent is the key to our future prosperity. Not only is it the right thing to do for our global environment it is the right thing to do for the American people as well.

If done right this program will ignite manufacturing, construction, telecommunication, green energy, and a host of related services especially in education and training.

Regardless of one's political affiliation it is time for all of us to get behind the incoming president and help him repair our battered economy and ensure a better America for our children.

Make Your Choice and Be Optimistic

Whether John McCain or Barack Obama is elected president, we, as Americans, need to reignite our optimism and look to identify a national initiative to allow our country to continue as a world model for opportunity and prosperity.

I believe that our greatest opportunity lies in our biggest challenge, that is, becoming energy independent by finding an alternative to crude oil-based energy products. I have identified it as one of the 3 Pillars of Prosperity .

Whomever is elected president should seize this opportunity and use to develop policy and initiatives that move America to be the world leaders in this technology throughout the remainder of the 21st Century.

John Edwards, Living a Lie.

Back on December 30, 2007 I posted the following to generate discussion about John Edward's candidacy for president:

John Edwards - Champion of the Working Class or Limousine Liberal ?
Is John Edwards the champion for working-class Americans or is he a limousine liberal, whose extreme wealth and expensive taste and indulgences make his promise for "One America" seem disingenuous?You decide. Make your case one way or the other. Be fair!

To be honest the one thing that I found appealing about Edwards at the time I wrote this was his celebrated commitment to his marriage and family and his visible support of his wife who was suffering from inoperable cancer.

Needless to say I was completely floored by his admission to having an affair with Rielle Hunter, a 42-year old film maker, who worked on his campaign.

Answering my own question I guess that his extreme wealth, expensive tastes and indulgences went beyond the marital promises he made to his wife when the two become one before God.
Obviously, he was being disingenuous as he stood before the American people with a straight face calling for his promise of "One America."

Sadly, the story isn't all that different from the one John McCain has in his past with his previous wife before divorcing and marrying Cindy McCain. Only time will tell what lurks in Barack's past that will be launched on the American people for us to stomach before the election.

Are there any candidates of character and principle anymore or are they all living a lie that even they believe is true?

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.

Barack Obama - Contemporary Leader or Too Far, Too Soon?

Is Barack Obama the contemporary leader America is looking for to unite our diverse population or has he been pushed by too far, too soon by members of his party not interested in supporting a Hillary Clinton presidency?

Make your case and respond in the comments link.