Jeremy LangleyLoving God, Family, and Reba

I know I’m a little late to be blogging about this topic, but life has been so hectic lately that I haven’t had the time to be a very good blogger. I’ll promise to do better in the future.

So, what in the world was Barack Obama thinking when he decided to hop on Air Force One and travel to the International Olympic Committee’s meeting last week?  I think the trip was stupid for several reasons, but the chief among those is that he - the President of the United States of America - arguably the most powerful person in the WORLD - made the trip to ask for the 2016 Olympics without already having some guarantee that the deal was in the bag. You would think that at least one of his advisers would say, “Mr. President, if you go over there and they say no, it could hurt your credibility.”

I think he made the taxpayer-financed trip aboard the very expensive 747 jumbo jet that we call Air Force One in an effort to pay off some political debt to his cronies in Chicago. For crying out loud, Oprah was already there lobbying for the Windy City, what did Obama think he could add to it? (Ok, I’m being a bit cynical there.)

What kind of ego does this man have? Did he really think the IOC would grant the request just because he made it? Maybe this will humble him a bit. I’m glad it was Clinton who made the trip to get the jailed journalist in North Korea. Maybe we should have sent Bill to lobby the IOC. I could really care less where the Olympics are held. I’ve never been one to watch them.

I hope the President will take a little more time to think things over before he decides to waste hundreds of thousands of taxpayer dollars to fly around the world again to help out his cronies in Chicago. I guess when you’re President, the last thing you’re worried about is adding additional debt to the national deficit.

I’m willing to give President Barack Obama’s economic stimulus a chance.

I watched the president’s speech last night, and I have to admit that it wasn’t half bad. I might be a conservative Republican, but Obama makes a lot of sense. No matter our political ideologies, we must take swift and decisive action now to get the current economic crisis under control. I might not agree with every single part of the package, but I give Obama and his team the benefit of the doubt that they know what they are doing.

Speaking of the economic crisis, would you like to know my thoughts on its cause? I thought you would. I think the entire economic crisis has been caused by the 24-hour news networks. Period. If they hadn’t been going on and on about what kind of trouble were are in, I don’t think it would have gotten this bad. People heard the media talking about how bad the economy was, so by nature, they cut back on spending. That caused the retailers to see slumps. When the slumps happened, the media took that as proof of a slumping economy and caused even more fear.

I could go on and on, but I’ll stop rambling. I really don’t like the national media.