Exerpts & comments of Obama's speech to Congress and the nation February 2009

Part I

The weight of this crisis will not determine the destiny of this nation. The answers to our problems don’t lie beyond our reach. They exist in our laboratories and universities; in our fields and our factories; in the imaginations of our entrepreneurs and the pride of the hardest-working people on Earth. Ok lets see 5 months later few can afford to attend the brain drains that are our public universities, Select labs are getting no strings attached "stimulus" $$, the fields of CA have been drained of water to save some friggin little fish, our few remaining factories are shipping jobs to China and India where they laugh at the awesome stupidity of Cap & Tax, entrepeneurs cannot get loans and the hardest working people on earth are losing jobs by the millions. Good job Bama.

Those qualities that have made America the greatest force of progress and prosperity in human history we still possess in ample measure. What is required now is for this country to pull together, confront boldly the challenges we face, and take responsibility for our future once more. Well we like taking responsibility for ourselves so get the F out of our way, keep your hands our of our pockets, out of our homes, out of our medical records and let us get on with it. Government IS the problem.