Random Thoughts in my Brain

I am just getting back from Chattanooga, so I need to make this short.  I have just a few random thoughts for today:

Back to the president's speech last week.  I wrote an entire blog and commented as I was watching the speech.  However, I have gone back and reviewed parts of the speech and caught one line that I think can sum up his entire speech.  Obama said, " What kind of country would this be if this chamber had voted down Social Security or Medicare just because it violated some rigid idea about what government could or could not do?"  Some "rigid idea"?  THAT is how this President sees the Constitution.  As a "rigid idea".  This should be the takeaway from the entire speech.  He sees no limits on government's power because he rejects that "rigid idea".  If there were any doubt of how little Barack Obama knows and cares about the Constitution, it was put to rest with that line.  The rest of his speech was simply designed to tell the GOP that if the economy doesn't improve, it's their fault.


On 9/11, Dena and I went to Chattanooga.  A parade and a ceremony were taking place that day.  It was good to see the gathering firefighters and the huge flag that had been hoisted with two gigantic cranes.  I certainly enjoyed watching the comments on Twitter that day.  The common thread was that people felt unified that day.  Out of a horrific tragedy, the good in people surfaced and we all united for a short time.

Paul Krugman is lost.

CNN's Republican Party debate was not good.  Specifically, Perry lost the crowd when he insisted that the Dream Act is a states issue.  The Dream Act grants in-state tuition to illegal alien students at taxpayer expense and the Tea Party supporters will have nothing to do with it.  This may be the issue that hurts Perry for the nomination.  Perry with have the same problem with this issue as Romney has had with Obamacare.