Sir;...I agree that Mr. Obama is a bungler....And it is for continuing on the bungling path of the former president in Iraq, and Afghanistan....It is in supporting the financiers who have bled this country dry when they could no longer draw their meals out of our lives... And it is in not giving up any presidential powers, and in not bringing the criminals in the last administration to justice, for torture, and for starting illegal wars, and for spying on American Citizens without warrant... He wants to keep the power the republicans have built up, and in doing so will hand those outrageous power intact over our next quasi dictator...We do not have democracy...This country was constituted with a severely flawed democracy.... The extra constitutional organizations of party have put an impediment between the will of the people and responsive government... The house; as the only democratic part of the government, in limiting their numbers limited their responsiveness, and so, limited their power... The presidency has won all by default, because no one showed up to contest the outrageous powers of the office... But no amount of power can give a man brains... The Supreme Court; having no democracy what so ever, has no conscience... It is isolated and insulated from public opinion... So not one part of the government works as intended; so it is time to sweep it all away... And I will trust my neighbors on the right to show more sense than the government, which has so often led them into stupidity... And it would help if all the other aids and assists to stupidity, like the so called conservative media, and the Christian ideologues would fade away... Who could get that lucky??? Thanks... Sweeney

America can't afford anymore bungling or shattered hopes by any politician, whether Democrat or Democrat!
President Obama was 'asking for ideas on tightening federal belt', and I've listed a few below, for whatever they're worth to deaf ears and mindless politicians! One can only hope!
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Dear President Obama,

You've asked for ideas to tighten governments' belts! Taxpayers would like to bring
several critical issues to your attention that would be a beginning to paying off trillions of
dollars, borrowed without Taxpayers' consent, and put America back on tract by 2035!
Not one word heard “we, the politicians that's driven America into bankruptcy, will cut
our salaries and retirements!”

Government should run like a business; President, Vice-President, Secretary, Treasurer
and a few people that work, as its' obvious, some of these greedy politicians have too
much time on their hands! This is why America needs change! Its' time to cut politicians
salaries and retirements to $12,000.00 yearly! Take all politicians assets, pay off the
trillions they've borrowed and sell them a one-way ticket out of America.

What an insult to the small businesses, struggling to make ends! Their salaries and jobs
are being cut! Therefore, its' time for cuts and layoffs for politicians!

Politicians created Nafta and Cafta, taking Americans' stability, causing a breakdown in
society! Without manufacturing jobs, how could you afford housing, furniture, autos, or
anything? It shouldn't take a rocket scientist to figure out brains stopped working - greed
took over! Instead of government bailouts, handouts, Freddie, Fannie, HUD, AIG, Banks,
Automakers, Social, Welfare, or any company or organization in bed with government
and politicians, these ‘endless money pits' must be cut, as they're not working!

'Fair Tax', to include property taxes, should be top priority! Everyone that wants to be a
responsible American must pay their fair share of taxes, and stop making it the burden of
the cash-straped homeowner thats' bearly getting by.

Until politicians changes their ‘endless money pit spending habits', step up to the plate
and take responsibility for the bad debts they've created, ‘you're not solving the problem'
- ‘you are the problem!'

Ever hear of freedom of speech? President Carter is right. Nothing President Obama has done even comes close to the embarassment of the W. Bush administration. Someday. the Dixie Chicks will be vindicated.