Now that the new President has been inaugurated he has already made significant strides backward in issues important to conservative people who have strong family values. Clearly he can do no wrong in the eyes of the media and many who follow the latest trends, but I wonder how long all of that hype will last for him? 100 days? 1 year? Until the first scandal, oh wait he's already had that hasn't he? Each president seems to get a free ride or honeymoon period until he wears out his welcome. How long will it take for Obama to wear out his welcome.

I like many am in awe that we elected a relatively young, African American leader, who is ambitious and intelligent. Beyond that I really don't know what my fellow Americans saw in him beyond his ability to inspire through flowery prose(a lot of politicians specialize in this...). I don't understand why we thought he could fix the economy when all he promised was more government programs. As a person who works for a system that is completely funded by the government (or almost completely anyway) I can honestly say that the government is the least likely way for us to get out of our current fiscal crisis. In my humble opinion we need less government programs to lead us out sooner than more in my humble opinion. Economists know that small business is where new job creation happens the most, and these same small businesses are the ones hurt the most by Obama's proposed "tax and spend" philosophies. It will be interesting to see what happens as he attempts to continue to be the darling of the media while facing truly hard challenges our country is facing. Will he have the resolve to deal with an out of control budget deficit added to by his predecessor? Will he have the gumption to consider paying down the national debt in hopes of increasing our credit rating in the world and strengthening our long term cash position? Admittedly I'm not an economic genius, I can hardly handle the measly budgets I'm responsible for without going over some months, however, the principals of sound financial management are seldom followed in the public arena of national governance. Do we have any reason to think he can honestly effect that? Not if you look at his current proposals for economic recovery we don't. More spending that won't be recovered for several years at least, and more than likely never.

But what concerns me even more is the disregard for Human Life he has already shown. In his first hours in office President Obama has already reversed an executive order that preventing US Funding for overseas organizations that perform abortions. I haven't done the research yet, but I wouldn't be surprised if he overturns the EO that kept federal dollars from being used to do stem cell research on fertilized eggs awaiting harvest, each of whom I and many other fellow Americans consider to be human lives awaiting implantation to a womb so he/she can be born. He will no doubt appoint judges that support Roe v. Wade, as he is on record as supporting abortion and said in a political forum hosted by Pastor Rick Warren that knowing when human life starts is "above my pay grade". Personally, I think that was a cop out for what he knows he believes, as his voting record and other public statements he's made make it clear he is "pro-choice".

I don't know what prompted me to post these thought other than it's on my mind here recently. While I respect what the new President has been able to accomplish, I don't agree with much of his positions. I wonder how long it will take for the rest of America to throw out the rose colored glasses we seem to be seeing him through and get back to issues that are important to our very soles.