For about 8 or 9 months, having given the President a bit of a holiday to get into the swing of things, I have been taking digs at Obama. I don't like him. So what? I think that he has been overcome by events, and has proven to be less of an effective leader than most people believed he might be. He's got Congress, he's got the White House and he's got his hands full. Nothing in particular is convincing me that he is extraordinary. So now I think I will go back into analysis.
I had a very good time raging through some preliminaries with Dr. K who believes healthcare is a right. But on the third day we got into the details of the economics of hospital billing, etc. He's not a web guy so I can't have much more conversations with him, those that were beginning to be productive. There's a kind of rage people have to go through to get all their arguments out, and then they start asking and answering questions. That's the interesting part.
I'm still somewhat interested in the Clash of Civilizations and the way America deals its power abroad on the world stage. The economics of Europe are the pressing issue for what it bodes for the future of the EU. The PIIGS can really ruin things in a way that the Middle East doesn't. And I find it interesting how Europe may become the center of attention in the near future - especially as I remain seeing Obama as a Euro style Social Democrat to the extent that he works from ideology. At any rate, everyone's ideology is submerged except for the diehard baggers who will finally seat a candidate or two - nothing in comparison to Gingrich's Contract for America. We deal with the practical.
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