Rick Santorum has dropped out of the Presidential race today!

April 11, 2012,

Something of historic proportions is happening in America. I can sense it, feel it, smell it, I know what it looks like, and can see how Americans are reacting to it. Yes, a perfect storm is brewing. There is something happening within America that has been evolving for the last couple of years and now that Rick Santorum has dropped out of the Presidential race today, the pace has dramatically quickened.

It doesn't seem that long ago when 'Government Sachs' left Lehman Bros. to twist in the breeze only to get tripped up by the fallout...like AIG, GM, GE and Chrysler, just to name a few! Absurd when you consider that the entire mortgage mess was created by a Democrat-led congress that demanded and then codified into law the requirement that banks must make massive loans to people they knew, or ought to have known could not or would not ever pay back! Why? We still do not have an answer! The only explanation came from Obama when he said that, "there is enough blame to go around!" We learned awhile ago that the Federal Reserve, which seems to have little or no real oversight by anyone, has loaned trillions of dollars over the past few years, but will not divulge to whom or why or disclose the terms. That is your money. Who has this money? Why do they have it? Why are the terms unavailable? Who asked for it? Who authorized it? And I always thought America was 'a government of the people and for the people'! All this time, I thought elected leaders took an oath to uphold the Constitution. Your government has intentionally down-sized industry by turning their backs on your manufacturing machine.....the Golden Goose who kept on laying golden eggs, creating jobs and prosperity for those who chose to work hard and take risks!

From a Canadian perspective, the beginning of the end came when Clinton disposed of the Glass-Steagall Act in 1999; granting bankers unfettered control over your economy after that control was taken away from them during the Great Depression, and the result has been devastating! Many changes occurred after that, too but there was no need to intentionally degrade your school system, ignore your history, and ignore your founding documents. Your way of life is exceptional, sought after and is worth preserving! Now, too many students cannot write, think critically, read, or articulate what they believe in. It's beyond us why parents are not revolting and teachers picketing. Why do School Boards continue to back mediocrity? After all, Americans have now established the precedent of protesting every close election (violently in California over a proposition that is so controversial that it simply wants marriage to remain defined as between one man and one woman. Did you ever think such a thing possible just a decade ago?) Congress has corrupted a sacred political process by allowing unelected judges to write laws that radically change a civil way of life. And why did Congress support mainstream Marxist groups like ACORN and others with your tax dollars to turn your voting system into a banana republic. Moral hazard has been staggering in its length, breadth, and depth.

Thankfully, the mortgage industry is now in slow recovery after a terminal collapse but housing prices in some states, like Florida are still in free fall. Major industries are stabilizing, but with 33% fewer jobs. A reduced banking system is hanging in after being on the verge of collapse. Social Security is nearly bankrupt, as is Medicare, Fannie and Freddie. Confidence, like credit are precious commodities....proving beyond a reasonable doubt that if you don't know what they mean, you'll have a hard time attracting either! Yes, the house has passed a budget the last 2 years and a multitude of other bills, however, the Democrats control the senate and nothing is being passed or discussed or makes it to committee where they could iron out an agreement.  To put it quite simply, under Harry Reid, the senate is not doing their job, so yes, the house is impotent but not because they have not been working because they have. 

The big question from north of the border is that we all see what is happening in America but we don't see enough folks doing anything about it!  It is almost like too many in America are just sitting back and watching a horror story unfold!  It's like too many of our friends to the south are transfixed by rhetoric.  Many Canadians see it, so surely Americans see it, too, but why aren't more doing something about it??? We just do not get it. Are Americans hoping that someone else will change things?  I have never been so concerned for America as I am now.

I'm confident that change is indeed coming in November but it will take time to undo this mess. The good news is that, at least this will be the end of a wayward beginning so that our American friends...and Canadians, too can begin to rebuild trade and prosperity between the two most trusting trading partners on earth.

Americans have a choice this November! Our fingers are crossed!

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