Air Supply

This sounds like an interesting title for a Blog Entry today. I just turned off the "White House Press Secretary's Briefing. The abundance of air was overwhelming. It sort of reminded me of when many years ago, about fifteen to be exact, when my youngest Son would attempt to mislead me with a stack of lies. I would confront him directly by stating that he was beginning to sound like the "Lead Singer for Air Supply." In other words, nothing but a large amount of hot air.

Recently I posted a Blog entry about our New Secretary of the Treasury and also the Peanut Processing Facility in South Georgia. I decried the fact that ethics seems to be something that is missing on the American Scene.

Just this past week-end we all learned about the Health and Human Services nomination, a former U. S. Senator. He discovered that he had underpaid his Federal Income Taxes. Yet he is considered such a superior person for this job that our President is standing by him. Let me think about this for a minute. Millions of pounds of tained Peanut Butter Products have been distributed thoughout the United States of America with only eight deaths. A small number when compared with the vast amount of Peanut Butter we consume. Just as a few people overlooking their Federal Income Tax obligations. A small number. Sure!!!!!!!

Millions of citizens pay their Federal Income Tax obligations. The average "Joe the Plumber" or "Joe Six Pack" steps up to the plate every Spring to pay his required amounts. Yet our new leaders selecte the one in a million who have "overlooked" their responsibilities. We are told that both of these fine upstanding men are uniquely qualified and therefore need to be ratified by the U. S. Senate for the postions they have been selected for.

So, they will be ratified as we can all expect. After all some of the people (Senators) in charge of vetting them may possibly be guilty of overlooking their own responsibilities to our Federal Government. So it is possible that we have the classic "The Fox is Guarding the Hen House."

A deplorable situation, indeed; but one that we need to appreciate. After all, as the press secretary indicated, this is a small, minute percentage of Americans who live in the United States of America.

Or, was he talking about the small, minute percentage of "earmarks" that are in the House Approved stimulus package that is currently before our U. S. Senators for ratification. These same Senators are the ones we have charged with guarding the "Hen House."

All of this set against a background of "We must ratify this package because of the desperate need to get America back on track." Sounds nice enough, but to me it is also a lot of "Air." I would respectfully submit that the first step to getting America back on track is to require that everyone in our Government be totally Honest with We The People. I may be old fashioned, but in the end it is integrity, honesty and trust that allows our financial system to prosper.

This post is not intended to discredit or slander the musical group known as "Air Supply." To learn more about "Air Supply" please visit:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Air_Supply

To help insure the integrity of the future of the United States of America please visit this site and submit your comments and concerns to your U. S. Senator:

http://www.senate.gov/

By taking the time today to let your Senator know how you feel about our current situation, just maybe "We The People," can help restore the United States of America. This is not about anyone person, we are all much larger than that. We need to restore America for our own future, but even more vital is the restoration of America for our Children and their Children.

God Bless America, but we all also must do our part. We were not created to just sit by and observe the desecration of our Country. Thank You