a few off hand remarks

about the speach last night and the gop rebuttel

i listened to both on cnn live feed

one thing i would like to see..........NOT hear but actually SEE
is president obama's results
if they come close to his words we will be ok i think

but while i am very much in favor of president obama, believing that his election was inevitable..

i have to SEE some of this happening to trust him or any one else

now as to the gop rebuttal
i have one thing to remind this man about

katrina happened while HIS party was on watch
HIS president was the head of goverment when it FAILED the katrine victims

remember that

now
HIS president was also on watch when IKE happened
and my sister in law in galveston is still homeless

now
i do believe firmly in less goverment
but didn't nais happen under bush?
huh?
didn't the republicans seek to overturn roe vs wade
that is goverment interferring with the rights of the people
and i am thinking........the constitution as well

the lines between the republicans and the democrats in practice it seems to me.........are getting pretty blurred

but then i don't understand politics

i am so hoping that president obama can and does fix this economy
then gracefully pulls the govermental hand back to allow us a return to less goveremnt

now
mr president........my husband and i are nearing retirement age........ about 15 years from now give or take

we were promised Social security
we worked hard
we tried to save
we paid our bills

we don't have enough for retirement, taking care of family members used it up
taxes used it up
paying for medical insurance used it up
greedy employers that paid 'flat rate' ( a law from 1938) insured that while we made money
we didn't get it!

and we are not just my husband and i
there are many many others like us

that did the best we could, with the events of our lives

are we to be thrown to the wolves after our useful work life is ended?