Random Thoughts from Honolulu, Hawaii

The Obama administration just reported the 2010 budget deficit will be $1,470,000,000,000.  That’s just for one year.  The administration tells us not to worry; the 2011 deficit will be a mere $1,420,000,000,000.

I just saw a television news report that said the U.S. government is borrowing 41 cents of every dollar it spends.  Let me say that again; 41 cents of every dollar it spends.  That’s like you earning $59,000 this year, but deciding to spend $100,000.  Could you really do that for one year?  Two years?  How long do you think this nation can do this?  What kind of leadership do we have in Washington?

Once the United States entered World War II, it took less than four years to defeat Germany, Japan and Italy.  We’ve been fighting in Afghanistan for nearly nine years.  I am more convinced than ever that we’ve chosen to conduct this war in the wrong way.  This enemy cannot be bought off with dollars, running water or electricity.