Swine Flu

I know all Americans are worried about the swine flu. I hear that pork sales are going way down which is good. Maybe I will be able to get some cheap meat. What bothers me the most is the whole blame game by politicians. How can you blame a President? Its like blaming a President for an earthquake or a Volcanic eruption. Please be aware that this is something that came up and just happened. President Clinton changed the way flu shots were done. It used to be that many different companies would manufacture the flu shot. Clinton made it so one company would manufacture them. Then when it appeared there was an issue Kerry brought it up and blamed Bush. Well he should have blamed Clinton for the policy change.

Many choices made by Presidents don't show themselves right away. Take social security for instance. JFK is always thought of fondly. Nobody mentions that it was him who made possible the government spending social security. He rolled the social security into the general fund. Looking back that was a bad move. We tend not to overly change the views of if a President was good or Bad. Regan was thought of fondly while Carter was not. Not much has changed over the years. Bush will be criticized forever, but what if he did keep America safe? I think he screwed up the planet by not worrying about pollution, but he did not buy and drive all the SUV that were out there causing oil demand to increase as well as greenhouse gasses. We as Americans have more control as a group. I found many people complaining about the environment don't do anything to help it. They just complain.

Politicians are no different. Don't blame Obama. Although I think many still blame Bush I find it funny that they will allow Obama a free pass. Obama requested and lobbied for the bailout money that a democratic congress passed and yet Bush is blamed for it. Are people that naive or influenced by the media? Republicans don't have answers and neither do Democrats. Every once in a while we need a change if for nothing else to look at everything from a different viewpoint. Don't just think whatever Obama does is good or whatever Bush did was bad. They both did and will do good things, but they both did and will do bad things. Control what we can control. Don't complain about our environment while driving a gas guzzler. The big thing is don't blame one party and not the other. Too many people get hung up saying Republicans are horrible. That approach by too many people will only take us where we don't want to go. Opposition is good in all things. By changing majority control of our government from one party to another is our only way of reminding our elected officials who is in charge. We as Americans need to be the ones in charge.