I guess the Honeymoon is Over!

You can make some of the people happy some of the time, but you can't make all of the people happy all of the time. Everyone who has ever been elected President of the United States must know this truth better than anyone else!

Everyone loves you on the campaign trail, on Inauguration Day and up to the first couple of months after election. After that, approval ratings start going down and you become the prime target of Letterman, O'Brien and Fallon. The worse the President's ratings are, the better theirs are!

Why can't we be happy with the person that we elected into office? Why do we assume that they are perfect and can do no wrong? We must assume that, because we get so upset when they make a mistake! Now, I agree that when someone is leading the country, they should do their very best to be a good role model, and we are sadly lacking this with many politicians these days. Barack Obama appears to be a pretty good role model however, and I think we should stop complaining and get behind the man that we elected into office a few months ago! (Would you rather have George W back?) :P

Come on Americans, Barack Obama won the Presidency by a landslide - and you made that happen! The honeymoon period is over, and his approval ratings are falling steadily. Do you think you made a mistake? If you are not happy with some of his decisions, contact your congressman and be the change you want to see. If all you do is sit at home complaining about what is happening in your country, you will never see the change you want. If all you do is complain no matter who you vote for, then keep your complaints to yourself!

We need to get a better attitude about our leadership in America; remember, no one is perfect, and no matter how much you like a person, they will let you down at some point. You can't control the actions of anyone else, but you can control your reaction!

Why Don't They Just Ask Us?

Health care seems to be the "hot topic" now, probably ever since Michael Moore had the guts to make a documentary about it! If I recall, America's health care system came out under Cuba's!

As a Canadian, I am proud to say that we are number 2 in the world in regards to our health care. True, on a government sponsored health care system the waiting time is a LOT longer, but as a Canadian citizen, I can feel good knowing that no matter where I am in this country, I will be taken care of if something happens. There are many people who would never be able to afford health care if it were to be privatized. If it ever came down to a hospital bill of thousands (or hundreds of thousands. as it is in a lot of cases) of dollars, or a 2 hour wait, I've got a lot more time than money!

I've been hearing the discussions and debates about Barack Obama's plan to reform America's health care system, and to be honest, sometimes it just makes me laugh. They are so scared of this plan being put into place! Do they not know that public health care works in a lot of countries? Don't they realize that they have a neighbour that has done it successfully for years? They could call in a favor and just ask us for some advice - I'm sure we could help them out quite a bit. And I'm sure we would as well. Even if they asked rudely, we are nice people! We would still gladly help out.

But...like most big brothers, they are too used to helping the little brother, and probably think that little brother can't help them...

Hopefully they do eventually reform their health care, so that millions of people can afford to go to the hospital when they are ill or injured. (Americans are well known for being proud to be Americans, but when that guy in Michael Moore's film "Sicko" found out it would cost him $72,000 to sew two fingers back on, I'll bet he wished he had been born somewhere else!)

Please get a grip America...let's move onto something else. The only people fighting the reform are the rich anyways, because they are scared of being treated just like everybody else.

Miss California Uses Freedom of Speech

I can't believe how much controversy there has been in the last few weeks over one simple answer to one simple question. I'm talking of course, about Miss California's surprising stand on gay marriage at the Miss USA pageant.

I didn't follow the pageant at all, but I sure heard about it! People are saying that Carrie Prejean should have known her judges and answered the question accordingly, but if that is what contestants should do, then what is the point of having questions as a part of the competition? Perez Hilton started the question with the words, "In your opinion..." Well, she gave her opinion. When you ask for someone's opinion, you cannot get upset when they give it! That is not how it works...

If the judge had worded the question differently, for example, "Tell me what I want to hear..." what would people be saying about that? Probably that the judge had taken the integrity out of the question by asking it that way. Yet, people expected Carrie to lie and tell them what they wanted to hear - to say what was politically correct.

Standing up for what you believe in should never be looked down on - no matter what. People always come down on Christianity for being intolerant, but they don't realize that they are being intolerant when they don't let Christians have an opinion. There is tolerance for every religion under the sun, but there is no tolerance for Christianity. And there never will be, according to the Bible.

Here in North America we are blessed to be able to express our opinions, and have freedom of speech and freedom of religion. We can choose what we want to believe and how we want to live our lives. There are many countries where this is not possible because people are not free to have an opinion. So the next time you start to judge a Christian because of what they believe, think about what it would be like if your country suddenly took away freedom of religion. Freedom is only freedom when it applies to everyone - even Christians.

Besides, its not like Miss California was rude or degrading - she expressed her opinion very respectfully. Barack Obama is extremely well-liked, and he said the exact same thing in a speech not too long ago...but I don't remember any controversy surrounding him!