The Post- July 4th Work Beat Down

Well, sitting in the office the day after July 4th really sucks... but its raining outside anyway so I guess its good to be making money. I had a great time out at the Huston lake house for the 4th, the weather ended up cooperating and we even got out on the water for a bit. Good friends, good food, and lots of fireworks made for a great weekend. A question for another time: Why the heck is America so obsessed with blowing things up? Every dock on the lake seemed to have its own set of pyrotechnic experts it seemed. Maybe its because the burn ban that seems to be in effect every summer was finally lifted, unleashing everyone's inner 12-year old. We put on a pretty good show ourselves, even though often the threat of getting blown up is more exciting than the actual fireworks themselves.



I read an interesting article today, an Op-Ed piece in the Wall Street Journal:

In it, DANIEL HENNINGER writes about how no matter what voters or politicans will be saying in the coming months, the elephant in the room on everyone's minds remains terrorism. The issue of our battle against terrorism will continue to be the number one issue even if no one wants to say it:

"That's right. It's not the economy this time, stupid. It's terrorism. No matter how low George Bush falls in the polls the next 18 months, "what to do about terrorism" is going to be the No. 1 voting issue in November 2008 because the Glasgow/JFK/Fort Dix/Heathrow/Madrid bombers are still going to be at play in November 2008.
This may well be the election decided by the Worry Wart Independents. But don't be surprised if a lot of them walk out of the voting booth that day and say with a straight face, "I voted to solve the health-care crisis." Right."

I think this is a really interesting topic, and one that will come into play a lot more in the coming months. I agree with what Glenn Beck has been preaching for months, that the American people don't really want to "Get out of Iraq." I belive its something more than that. We want to win. We are Americans, and we hate losing. I think the person that wins the presidency next Fall is the one who instills the confidence in the American people that we are going to win this fight, we have it in us and we have the right people in charge. It won't be the person with the best health care plan, or the best tax plan, or the best view on stem-cell research. It will simply be who can make us believe we are winners again.

Rocking some Amy Winehouse these days...