Michelle Obama has been bad mouthed over the last few days about her comment on finally being proud to be an American.  I have to say I believe the opposite of Mrs. Obama.  I am no longer proud to be an American.  Let me tell you why.  Come November we will go to the polls to elect a new President, House of Representives, and 35 Senators.  I am convinced no matter who we elect or in what combination of parties that the government will not change and will not do much to help Americans except for their typical welfare give aways and home bound pork projects.  Of course to pay for these things there will have to be more debt spending and tax increases on the "Wealthy", which usually means on working people who get and up and work everyday and don't ask for government handouts.  Meanwhile, those of us out working will have to pay high gas prices to get to work because no matter what a politician says, they will do NOTHING to decrease our burden on foreign oil either by drilling in Alaska or off shore in the Atlantic and Gulf of Mexico.  Even if John McCain and the Republicans do manage to win the White House and Congress back, the democrats and their liberal special interest groups will never allow the drilling to happen.  On the other hand the Republicans will never put forth the proper funding to find alternative sources of energy.  Newt Gringrich has made a good point in his new book and in speechs that the best way to fix the energy problem is to offer a large cash prize to the person who can invent the next great source of energy and that this would produce faster results then government grants.  My wife has made a good point, we would only have to drill in Alaska for ten years while new energy sources are found.  The problem is that no one in government will do that because the U.S. automakers and oil companies would lobby against that and congressmen and women don't want to give up their nice "gifts" from these powerful lobbists.  It is also sad that our govenment condemns corrupt governments around the world and at the same time our government for the most part is just as corrupt if not worse.  If you are somebody who believes that our federal government and officials are not corrupt and dishonest and don't have the nation's best interest at heart and are only out for themselves, then please e-mail me.  I would love to hear from people like you because I can get you a good deal on ocean front property in Arizona. 

I guess that none of this will matter any way.  Barak Obama is going to win the Presidency in a landslide because John McCain is a terrible candidate and the young people of this nation will flock to vote for Obama because he is "young and hip" and it is the "in" thing to do by voting for him.  Well, at least when he is elected and we become an Islamic Republic, the crime rates may go down.

I guess in conclusion, when I go to vote in November, I will be voting a vote of No Confidence in our government and hope other Americans will join me and then we can start the process of true government change.  Thank you and god bless.