I'm watching you Obama

I just read an article about political conversations being a part of day time TV. Specifically, an LA Times article regarding The View. I love the View. My dream would be to serve as a regular co-host on The View...hear that Babs??? Apparently the ladies will be dissecting President Obama's State of the Union Address and discussing key initiatives he plans to implement in 2010. Well guess what Bill and Barb - I too dissected the SUA and have opinions and questions on many of the key points! I love to see that I am so on topic and ah hem, aligned with what the View is working on! I totally deserve a job there. The guy below clearly agrees.

Seriously though, I think it is fantastic that day time TV geared toward women is focusing on current events and politics. Women are not just interested in fashion and sex. Yes, those are high up there on our lists, but in these modern times we are just as entrenched in hard news items. Now as you probably can tell, Daddy-o is big on discussing politics. He is probably one of my most favorite people to sit down with and discuss the current estate of affairs. (And yes, if someone famous were to play my father in a movie it would WITHOUT DOUBT be Jack Nicholson). Since he still lives on the ranch in AZ with Mrs. Steinman, Daddy-o and I have a Skype date on the books to go through the points and decide what we want to happen, what we don't want to happen and then of course we will keep tabs on the President's progress. I am sure he and I will agree on many points and disagree on many points as well. Should be interesting......

Because I think every American citizen should be apprised of the President's goals I have listed my own little dissection of the SAU. It's 5 pages front and back, hand written, so can't promise I will include all of them in this post - believe me you will thank me for that one. So please look for future installments.

Now let's get started.

• Elimination of capital gains taxes on small business investment and provide tax incentive for large and small businesses to invest in new operation facilities and equipment. The first part sounds good to me, not sure how great the second part is. Insight from a professional please???? Or just a really opinionated person will do too.
  

• Asking Congress to enact a comprehensive energy and climate change bill. This encompasses a cap-and-trade model that may include incentives for companies that do the following: oil/gas development, accelerated construction of nuclear plants and new research for clean coal. What's the point you ask - to create green collar jobs and remain competitive on emerging clean energy technologies. I think this sounds good to me. Anyone that can provide further details or a solid example please share with us.
  

• Freeze spending on domestic programs and if Congress doesn't work to do this Obama will utilize executive power and veto anything. The day after the SAU, Obama announced that he was cutting federal spending on NASA. That's quite ok with me. Senators and other state officials from Florida are clearly pissed because some people will be losing jobs. How do you feel about it? Do you know of any other programs that have recently been cut? Or can you think of a program other than NASA that should have been cut first?
  

• Remove ALL combat troops from Iraq by August 2010. It still appears to be one big shit show over there so I am not sure how safe this will be. I think it's clear to many people that we should have never gone in the first place, however we went and we've made some things better but we have also made a big fat mess. Like in pre-school, you are responsible for cleaning up your own mess. Thoughts?
  

• Most troops in Afghanistan will be removed by 2011 and Afghan security forces will take control. Scary. Again, I believe in peace and feel for any family and friends that have loved ones over seas - you would always rather them be home, but Afghanistan is entirely unstable. How squeaky clean is the Afghan security force? Riddled with corruption or headed to a better place?
  

• To repeal "don't ask, don't tell" in the U.S. Military. I am an avid supporter of this. Please refer to this recent CNN article that really puts this law into perspective. If someone is willing to serve our country they deserve to be entirely themselves and benefit from the civil rights that every other American enjoys. http://www.cnn.com/2010/OPINION/02/03/darrah.personal.history.gay.military.experience/?hpt=C1
  

• Propose a fee on the biggest banks. Ok, I need further information on this one. Does he mean only the big banks that accepted bail out money or every big bank? Additionally what criteria defines a "big bank?"

That's all for now kids. I hope to have more solid opinions on the next installment as Daddy-o and I will have had our Skype date by then. If you have strong opinions or questions you'd like me to ask Daddy-o, among other trusted sources, please let me know via the comment section. Look forward to a democratic dialogue!