Day443 Tuesday 11/15/11

ran 4.0 miles
Here is an astonishingly disappointing portion of the American electorate. I think we might be in...month three now, maybe, with OWS and these people have obviously got nothing better to do. I'd like to stand on a soap box for a couple of months and scream my grievances but I am more interested in maintaining what I work so hard for presently and setting goals for my future. And, after all this time, Barack Obama has done nothing to calm down this motley crew. His silence enables them.

On a lighter note, here are some stats and polls from Rasmussen Reports:

• Barack Obama’s presidential index rating shows that 25% of American voters strongly approve of his performance while 40% strongly disapprove, giving Obama a presidential index rating of –15.

Our president has been gaining some points in the last couple weeks. Three or four weeks ago he was between –20 and –23.

• Overall, 49% of voters at least somewhat approve of Obama’s performance while 51% at least somewhat disapprove.

• The Generic Congressional Ballot shows that Republicans and Democrats are tied at 41%. For the two entire previous years Republicans have led every single week until now.

The tides seem to be changing. We are still far away from the election but these numbers are interesting. What changed? Occupy Wall Street? Foreign matters? The economy and domestic policy are still nonplussing factors in our president’s equation.

• A generic Republican candidate holds a slight lead in Pennsylvania, Ohio, and Florida over Barack Obama.

• Leading up to the Supreme Court reviewing the constitutionality of Obama’s health care plan, a majority of voters favor its repeal.

740.3 miles to go.

Here is what happened one year ago on Day78.

Day442 Monday 11/14/11

ran 6.3 miles
Legendary game-show host Chuck Woolery has been busy “solving America’s problems one trillion dollars at a time”. He has released a series of videos taking on issue after issue with both seriousness and farce. The particular video above actually makes a great point. If people like Warren Buffet and Matt Damon would like to raise taxes on themselves and others who earn absurdly large sums of money, why wait for a stalemated congress or an executive order from a president. They can give as much money as they would like as many times as they would like by simply logging onto www.treasurydirect.gov and giving whatever amount of money they feel is efficient. Lead by example.

If you can believe it, people actually do donate money to the cause of our national debt. After already being taxed, certain individuals give even more. Last year alone $3,277,369.23 was donated. The six years before that received at least over one million dollars per year.

Lead us Buffet. Lead us Damon. If you want to pay more taxes here is your opportunity to be pioneers in this movement. You can trust the government. They will put that money to good use.

Keep up the good work, Chuck!

744.3 miles to go.

Here is what happened one year ago on Day77.

Day441 Sunday 11/13/11

ran 3.2 miles

Today ends week sixty-three of running against Obama. I ran 26.0 miles this week, averaging 3.71 miles per day.

I’ve been endorsing Herman Cain for a long time now. What attracts me to Mr. Cain’s ideas are his business experience, his direct approach to fixing the economy, the fact that he has never been an elected official, and I have one last selfish desire. Of all the candidates before us, Herman Cain is the man I want to see debate Barack Obama when that time comes. I believe Cain to be the most competent and able, passionate and driven, effective and direct means to exploit through debate to America exactly how unacceptable so many of Barack Obama’s decisions and actions have been during his presidency.

This is the way I see it. This is what I think is crippling America and this is what I think needs to happen. Our economy is the spine of our nation. As with a human body, if the spine becomes too injured or crippled to allow the rest of the body to work, paralysis occurs. America’s proverbial spine is degenerating and has been for a long time. Herman Cain has taken nearly bankrupted companies and flipped them right side up into a position of profitability. Our current president is spending us into oblivion. There is no other word to describe the amount of money this man is spending than to use an incomprehensible word like oblivion. But, all the while, we continue to give money to so many other countries that despise us while we have plenty of troubles of our own here on our own soil. America is the most taxed nation on Earth for conducting business and an excess of rules and regulations make it that much harder for existing businesses to thrive and for new businesses to begin.

There are a lot of issues out there that are up for debate but the point I am trying to make is that if we do not revitalize the ability of our spine, or our economy, to once again twist and turn and spark with life, to work the way it is intended to work, what else matters without that one, most important foundation?

Everyone gets health care now? Cool. Good luck with that in a crumbling economy. Gays can openly join the military. Awesome. I’m sure their families and partners would be a lot happier for them back home if more jobs were available and there were brighter plans for their financial futures. Abortion? Yeah, that’s a pretty important one. The economy is just going to have to wait until we can settle Roe vs. Wade. Stimulus packages? Obama is on his way to outspending every single president in American history combined…in the middle of an economy like this. Our president is pretty good at killing terrorists. I’ll give him that. But why don’t we quit giving the countries that harbor them hundreds of millions of dollars each year?

I like Herman Cain for President in 2012 because I believe he will cure our economy, which is the most important factor in our complicated American equation of issues. Worried about foreign affairs? Cain lacks experience here, but Barack Obama did, too. That is what Cabinet members, Ambassadors, and Generals are for, as Cain mentioned. As does every other president who has served, he will surround himself with worthy and capable individuals who are able to assist him with whatever issues need to be dealt with.

Again, the one most important issue in the 2012 election is whether to keep our economy bedridden with injury or too heal it and get it back on its feet. Every other issue will follow.

"It's the economy, stupid."

750.6 miles to go.

Here is what happened one year ago on Day76.

Day440 Saturday 11/12/11

ran 4.6 miles
As listed on the Drudge Report regarding Occupy Wall Street:

• Dead man in Salt Lake City…

• Tuberculosis in Atlanta…

• “Zuccotti Lung” on Wall Street…

• Suicide in Vermont…

• Murder in Oakland…

As quoted by Rudy Giuliani:

"I believe that Barack Obama owns the Occupy Wall Street movement. It would not have happened, it would not have happened but for his class warfare. And remember, as it gets worse and worse because it's going to get worse and worse, where it came from. Barack Obama. He praised it. He supported it. He agrees with it. He sympathizes with it. And as it gets worse and worse, I believe this will be the millstone around Barack Obama's neck that will take his presidency down."

To compare OWS to the Tea Party is absurd. The Tea Party has a commonsense agenda and a clear path to acquire their goals, which was defined and heeded to during the midterm elections last year. While OWS is a swelling Petri dish of rioting, vandalism and utter chaos, coughing and hacking their way to nowhere, impeding their own long-term futures by behaving like debauched satyrs in a Dionysian forest of concrete and commerce, the Tea Party peacefully and calmly, with distinguished organization, made their point and achieved the results they desired.

What will OWS achieve? I think many of those who sacrificed time away from whatever it was they were doing before, which could not have been too important because they are now living in tents, enduring filth and the elements, will be filled with a huge sense of disappointment and disdain very soon. And this disappointment and disdain will be for Barack Obama, the superficial celebrities who made disingenuous appearances, Mayors and other political figures who allowed this farce to rage forward, and the media that daily bolstered their cause, just to name a few. There will be regret and it will arrive in the form of eventually rejoining American society and looking for a job. If they never find the happiness, contentment, and pride that comes with earning and providing for themselves, the liberation from a federal government who wants to convince them that they can achieve nothing by themselves, and if they never discover how to shake the shackles of socialistic ideas off their wrists, it will be a shame. They would be victims of what happens when a radical, leftist president implements the ideas that are currently failing so miserably all around us in other countries.

753.8 miles to go.

Here is what happened one year ago on Day75.

Day439 Friday 11/11/11

ran 3.4 miles

This past week held numerous elections across the American landscape and some of these elections proved to be resourceful in getting a feel for how America as a whole feels about America as a whole. Ohio was a pivotal state as unions fought for collective bargaining rights and the state also voted on whether Ohioans should have the freedom to choose their own health care providers and plans. Despite the bad math and deficits, Ohio chose to repeal the state government’s plan to reduce spending by tightening the screws on collective bargaining rights, however, they did send a slap to the face of Barack Obama, loudly making him aware that they do not agree with his health care legislation.

But, even louder was the message Virginia sent to Barack Obama’s 2012 hopes of being a two-term president. In an article from the Wall Street Journal, by Kimberley A. Strassel, she commented, “Mr. Obama was the first Democrat to win Virginia since 1964; he beat John McCain by seven percentage points; and he did so on the strength of his appeal to Northern Virginia's many white-collar independents. Along with victories in North Carolina, Colorado and Nevada, the Obama Old Dominion win in 2008 inspired a flurry of stories about how Democrats had forever altered the political map.”

In the last six months, the Obama campaign has hosted approximately 1,600 events in Virginia in an effort to win its people over on both the state and federal level. Virginia was part of Obama’s bus tour (the Death Star) in October. Now that the votes in Virginia have been counted, Democrats have officially failed monumentally, wasting much of their time and money that could have been spent deceiving others elsewhere.

“Virginia Republicans added seven new seats to their majority in the House of Delegates, giving them two-thirds of that chamber's votes—the party's largest margin in history. The GOP also took over the Virginia Senate in results that were especially notable, given that Virginia Democrats this spring crafted an aggressive redistricting plan that had only one aim: providing a firewall against a Republican takeover of that chamber. Even that extreme gerrymander didn't work.”

Kimberley A. Strassel

Every single Republican incumbent won. There were fifty-two in the House and fifteen in the Senate. This will be only the second time in Virginian history that Republicans claim control of state government since the Civil War. And this on the heels of Republican Governor Bob McDonnell being elected in 2009 and three U.S. House Democrats being ousted in the 2010 midterm elections.

“Elected state Democrats—who form the backbone of grass-roots movements—couldn't distance themselves far enough from Mr. Obama in this race. Most refused to mention the president, to defend his policies, or to appear with him. The more Republicans sought to nationalize the Virginia campaign, the more Democrats stressed local issues.”

Kimberley A. Strassel

This is a loud message Virginia has sent to Barack Obama and liberals in D.C. If Virginia is any barometer of how the rest of the country feels then Barack Obama has a lot more work to do. And considering everything he and the Democratic Party exhausted in Virginia, to no avail, good luck, Mr. Obama. Fool us once, shame on us; fool us twice, shame on you.

758.4 miles to go.

Here is what happened one year ago on Day74.

Day438 Thursday 11/10/11

ran 3.2 miles
Just in case you might have been under the impression that Barack Obama was a guaranteed one-term president after his dismal performance so far, don’t ever assume that to be the case. Beyond what you may think, give or take a couple of percentage points, half of this country pays federal income tax and the other half does not. I think that statistic says a lot, and the only slight minority of those who do not pay federal taxes is exponentially growing and catching up with those who do earn enough money to pay federal taxes. When that slight minority catches and then surpasses, at a sprint, the old majority, logic and reason will all be abandoned and America will become the final competitive nation to go down the path that so many other countries went down and failed at utterly. But there will be no one to bail us out as we had bailed others out. We will be owned and the world will have a new super power.

Barack Obama is not a stupid man. He is extremely intelligent, calculating, and charismatic. I think he knows exactly what he is doing. I do not think he has made one single mistake, at least not in his eyes, and I think he is laying down the foundation for an America that most have only read about in books and left alone as a mere matter of fiction.

The choice America makes on November 6, 2012, will be bigger than any words can explain. It will be an epic intersection in American history where we will, as one nation, reluctantly either turn left or right, and there will not be an exit to turn around at for a long time in either direction.

761.8 miles to go.

Here is what happened one year ago on Day73.

Day437 Wednesday 11/09/11

ran 3.7 miles

Click on the chart for a better view to see how ridiculous it is every time a Democrat compares OWS to the Tea Party.

765.0 miles to go.

Here is what happened one year ago on Day72.

Day436 Tuesday 11/08/11

ran 4.3 miles

Today was filled with a lot of important news.

• Herman Cain is standing with conviction against the sexual harassment claims against him and treating them with the absurdity they appear to possess as more and more information is revealed.

"I have never acted inappropriately with anyone, period. The charges and the accusations I absolutely reject: They simply didn't happen. They simply did not happen."

Herman Cain today at press conference in Phoenix, Arizona

"As far as these accusations causing me to back off and maybe withdraw from this primary race, ain't gonna happen, because I am doing this for the American people and for the children and the grandchildren."

Herman Cain today at press conference in Phoenix, Arizona

• For the first time in American history all radio and television broadcasts will be interrupted at 2 p.m. EST tomorrow as an Emergency Alert System test conducted by FEMA and FCC. For every legitimate reason these two government entities have for conducting this test there is an equally questionable reason why they are attempting to determine whether they have the power to completely interrupt or assume entire control of all radio and television broadcasts.

• Yesterday, during the G20 Summit, French President Nicolas Sarkozy and Barack Obama spoke candidly to one another about Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, not realizing their microphones were still on.

Sarkozy said, “I cannot stand him. He is a liar.”

Obama replied, “You’re fed up with him, but I have to deal with him everyday!”

There is some quality foreign policy.

• And finally, this is a really big deal, there was an election today in Ohio, which will set a precedent for the future of health care and the collective bargaining rights of unions. The results of this election will also give a useful reference point of where exactly this country stands regarding liberal and conservative ideas. Obamacare and collective bargaining rights for unions are obviously more liberal interests, while the freedom to choose your own health care provider and maintaining balanced state budgets are more conservative values. There are still many precincts that have not reported but at 8:16 pm here in Louisiana, the votes that have been turned in represent a landslide to keep union’s collective bargaining rights and to preserve the freedom of Ohioans to choose their health care providers and plans. A win for the unions and a loss for Obamacare.
  

768.7 miles to go.

Here is what happened one year ago on Day71.

Day435 Monday 11/07/11

ran 3.6 miles
Here is a site worth checking out: www.failedliberalideas.com. The site offers a series of questions asking the reader if they think particular liberal ideas are productive are not. Upon rating how good or bad of an idea the reader finds each individual liberal idea to be, stats and facts pop up at the bottom of the page citing the predictable epic failures the liberal ideas spawned.

I went through a few of the questions and stumbled upon something interesting I was completely unaware of and would not have expected to read, which leads me to this from www.theamericanresistance.com.

“For over 200 years, the United states only granted amnesty in individual cases and had never given amnesty to large numbers of illegal aliens. Then in 1986, Congress passed the Immigration Reform and Control Act (IRCA) which gave amnesty to all illegal aliens who had evaded law enforcement for at least four years or who were working illegally in agriculture. This resulted in 2.8 million illegal aliens being admitted as legal immigrants to the United States.

Because of chain migration, those granted amnesty have brought in an additional 142,000 dependents - relatives brought in to the United States to join their family members.

The amnesty of 1986 was supposed to be a "one time only" amnesty. Yet since 1986, Congress passed a total of 7 amnesties for illegal aliens:

1. The Immigration and Reform Control Act (IRCA) Amnesty of 1986 - the "one-time only" blanket amnesty for some 2.8 million illegal aliens.

2. Section 245(i) The Amnesty of 1994 - a temporary rolling amnesty for 578,000 illegal aliens.

3. Section 245(i) The Extension Amnesty of 1997 - an extension of the rolling amnesty created in 1994.

4. The Nicaraguan Adjustment and Central American Relief Act (NACARA) Amnesty of 1997 - an amnesty for nearly one million illegal aliens from Central America.

5. The Haitian Refugee Immigration Fairness Act Amnesty (HRIFA) of 1998 - an amnesty for 125,000 illegal aliens from Haiti.

6. The Late Amnesty of 2000 - an amnesty for approximately 400,000 illegal aliens who claimed they should have been amnestied under the 1986 IRCA amnesty.

7. The LIFE Act Amnesty of 2000 - a reinstatement of the rolling Section 245(i) amnesty to an estimated 900,000 illegal aliens.”

I had no idea how many illegal aliens had been granted amnesty since 1986, which has led to the growth of the staggering numbers of illegals we currently have. Amnesty for these millions is currently being drafted and when you think of it in exponential terms, the only thing amnesty achieves is encouragement for more illegals to enter America on the backs of the tax-payers.

773.0 miles to go.

Here is what happened one year ago on Day70.

Day434 Sunday 11/06/11

ran 2.2 miles
Today ends week sixty-two of running against Obama. I ran 23.1 miles this week, averaging 3.30 miles per day. Today also puts us exactly one year out from the next presidential election. On Tuesday, November 6, 2012, Barack Obama will hopefully be deemed a one-term president and the House and Senate will hopefully be weeded once again and replaced by new members who refuse to waste tax dollars and find deplorable the idea of increasing our national debt in any way, shape or form that our current president is so content to do. This next year is going to be a long, ugly journey but it will make it that much sweeter when we get this guy out of the White House. From chaos comes order and it is darkest just before dawn.

Here is one of a multitude of examples why I fundamentally disagree with this man and question his judgment constantly. Below is the prayer that President Franklin D. Roosevelt read to America over the radio on June 6, 1944. The prayer was read on the evening of D-Day before American, British, and Canadian troops were to storm Normandy. Barack Obama decided against including the prayer at the World War II Memorial in Washington D.C.

When you have a gun in your hand in a strange land and you are fighting an overwhelming enemy for your life, for your family, and for your country, you do what brave, grown men do, you pray. That is what the president of the United States of America did on that evening in 1944 as millions listened and held hands praying with him. It is a piece of American history and our culture that is constantly attacked by the left. Barack Obama and those who agree with his ungrateful view that “God” should be mentioned as seldom as possible regarding anything American are insulting and disrespectful. This prayer happened. It consoled, even if just a little bit, millions of soldiers and the family they had back home. How can you choose to not include such a monumental element of D-Day at the D-Day Memorial?!

"It is unconscionable that the Obama administration would stand in the way of honoring our nation's distinguished World War II veterans. President Roosevelt's prayer gave solace, comfort and strength to our nation and our brave warriors as we fought against tyranny and oppression."

Representative Bill Johnson (R-Ohio)

“My Fellow Americans:

Last night, when I spoke with you about the fall of Rome, I knew at that moment that troops of the United States and our Allies were crossing the Channel in another and greater operation. It has come to pass with success thus far.

And so, in this poignant hour, I ask you to join with me in prayer:

Almighty God: Our sons, pride of our nation, this day have set upon a mighty endeavor, a struggle to preserve our Republic, our religion, and our civilization, and to set free a suffering humanity.

Lead them straight and true; give strength to their arms, stoutness to their hearts, steadfastness in their faith.

They will need Thy blessings. Their road will be long and hard. For the enemy is strong. He may hurl back our forces. Success may not come with rushing speed, but we shall return again and again; and we know that by Thy grace, and by the righteousness of our cause, our sons will triumph.

They will be sore tried, by night and by day, without rest -- until the victory is won. The darkness will be rent by noise and flame. Men's souls will be shaken with the violences of war.

For these men are lately drawn from the ways of peace. They fight not for the lust of conquest. They fight to end conquest. They fight to liberate. They fight to let justice arise, and tolerance and goodwill among all Thy people. They yearn but for the end of battle, for their return to the haven of home.

Some will never return. Embrace these, Father, and receive them, Thy heroic servants, into Thy kingdom.

And for us at home -- fathers, mothers, children, wives, sisters, and brothers of brave men overseas, whose thoughts and prayers are ever with them -- help us, Almighty God, to rededicate ourselves in renewed faith in Thee in this hour of great sacrifice.

Many people have urged that I call the nation into a single day of special prayer. But because the road is long and the desire is great, I ask that our people devote themselves in a continuance of prayer. As we rise to each new day, and again when each day is spent, let words of prayer be on our lips, invoking Thy help to our efforts.

Give us strength, too -- strength in our daily tasks, to redouble the contributions we make in the physical and the material support of our armed forces.

And let our hearts be stout, to wait out the long travail, to bear sorrows that may come, to impart our courage unto our sons wheresoever they may be.

And, O Lord, give us faith. Give us faith in Thee; faith in our sons; faith in each other; faith in our united crusade. Let not the keeness of our spirit ever be dulled. Let not the impacts of temporary events, of temporal matters of but fleeting moment -- let not these deter us in our unconquerable purpose.

With Thy blessing, we shall prevail over the unholy forces of our enemy. Help us to conquer the apostles of greed and racial arrogances. Lead us to the saving of our country, and with our sister nations into a world unity that will spell a sure peace -- a peace invulnerable to the schemings of unworthy men. And a peace that will let all of men live in freedom, reaping the just rewards of their honest toil.

Thy will be done, Almighty God.

Amen.”

President Franklin D. Roosevelt - June 6, 1944

776.6 miles to go.

Here is what happened one year ago on Day69.

Day433 Saturday 11/05/11

1,300 MILES!!!

ran 3.0 miles
Only 780 miles left to go! Tomorrow puts us at exactly one year from the day we will vote for the next president of the United States of America. One year until we can start turning this mess around, looking less like the beginning of Greece’s demise and more like America.

Here are some stats and facts about the state of Vermont (to check out stats and facts about more states click on “states of the union” on the right):

• Vermont was the fourteenth state to join the union on March 4, 1791, one year before Kentucky and one year after Rhode Island.

• Population, as of 2010, is 625,741.

• Senators are Patrick Leahy (D) and Bernard Sanders (I).

• The representative is Peter Welch (D).

• Vermont has three electoral votes. Historically, the state has voted red since the founding of the modern Republican Party in 1854 through the election of 1988, except for 1964. In 1992, Vermont voted for Bill Clinton and has been a blue state since. In 2008, Barack Obama defeated John McCain 68% to 30%.

778.8 miles to go.

Here is what happened one year ago on Day68.

Day432 Friday 11/04/11

Some stats and polls from Rasmussen Reports:

• Barack Obama’s presidential index rating shows that 19% of American voters strongly approve of his performance while 42% strongly disapprove, giving Obama a presidential index rating of –23. The month of October claimed Barack Obama’s lowest approval index yet.

• Overall, 44% of voters at least somewhat approve of Obama’s performance while 54% at least somewhat disapprove.

• Despite the allegations against Herman Cain, he continues to lead the Republican field of presidential candidates.

• Cain: 26%

• Romney: 23%

• Gingrich: 14%

• Undecided voters claim 13% and all other candidates are in single digits.

"I believe that Barack Obama owns the Occupy Wall Street movement," Rudy Giuliani said at the Defending the American Dream Summit. "It would not have happened, it would not have happened but for his class warfare. And remember, as it gets worse and worse because it's going to get worse and worse, where it came from. Barack Obama. He praised it. He supported it. He agrees with it. He sympathizes with it. And as it gets worse and worse, I believe this will be the millstone around Barack Obama's neck that will take his presidency down."

Rudy Giuliani quoted by www.realclearpolitics.com

781.8 miles to go.

Here is what happened one year ago on Day67.

Day431 Thursday 11/03/11

ran 3.6 miles

I remember watching videos like this over a year ago for the riots in Greece. I was shocked to see what was happening and even more shocked by how many people were saying that this would happen in America. At the time I didn't believe I would ever see this degree of protesting and rioting on our own soil. But, sure enough, here it is.

For so long, American government has revolved around a two-party system of Democrats and Republicans. We were all born into this enduring system and it is all we have ever known. It is a challenge to envision anything different that we can all at least half way agree on. But something is unfolding right before our eyes. It is no longer about party in the capacity that you have views that are similar to one or the other and you, therefore, vote for that party. This country is looking less and less Republican and Democratic. It is comprised of those who pay taxes and those who don't. Roughly 53% of Americans pay federal taxes. We pay these taxes because our households earn more than (I can't remember the exact figure) twenty-something thousand dollars per year. The other 47% do not earn that bare minimum and they in turn suck off the teat of the government like milk-drunken babies. While the achievers currently hold a modest majority, the under-achievers are creeping closer and closer to an overpowering number that is comprised of an utter lack of logic and all rationality. Our traditional two-party system is being taken over by two new parties. I don't know what their names will be, but one feels entitled to anything they desire regardless of how lazy they are and the other understands they are not entitled to anything unless they earn it.

785.8 miles to go.

Here is what happened one year ago on Day66.

Day430 Wednesday 11/02/11

ran 3.2 miles
It was on this day one year ago that Americans cast their votes during the midterm elections to claim sixty Republican House seats, six Republican Senate seats, and seven Republican governorships. Obama deemed this defeat a “shellacking”. I think he could have used a more severe term.

Ultimately, this shellacking represented a national rejection of his first two years, in which he had a Democratic majority in the House and Senate, when he could have passed more efficient and productive legislation. Instead, he signed Obamacare and divvied up a stimulus package the size of which our minds are not even capable of comprehending without illustrations of football fields with pallets of hundred dollar bills stacked up against skyscrapers. Now, he wants a jobs bill, which is another stimulus package. The only plus is that it will not amount to quite as many skyscraper-sized football fields of money stacked on pallets. It is not as much money, but our president will probably not be allocating as many billions of tax-dollars to solar companies that go belly-up as hundreds of people lose their jobs and the few guys left at the top walk away with golden parachutes paid for by the tax-payers.

Barack Obama has outspent Bush, who he had so harshly criticized during his campaign and constantly blames for so many of our problems, in two and one-half years. Bush had eight years.

If you want people to follow you, you must lead by example. There are a lot of people in this country who balance their budgets despite how irresponsible our president and our congress have been. We do not have credit cards that allow us to purchase things that future generations pay for. The federal government seems to believe they do have one of these elusive credit cards. There are few other scenarios in a practical world in which a person, a business, or a government can spend to this extent, devaluing their own dollars at a rate that so far exceeds logic and progress, as that which is occurring in America right now.

We had momentum in 2010 and an important message was sent to Washington D.C. Stronger momentum is necessary to continue that message in 2012.

789.4 miles to go.

Here is what happened one year ago on Day65.