For the first time in my life, I feel there is a man in the Whitehouse that I can agree with, that I can trust in, that I can look to for leadership, true leadership that inspires.

Barack Obama is that man.

I haven’t felt a love for this country since I was a tiny boy and Kennedy was still in office. I was barely 3 years old when he was killed in Dallas. Those images changed me. I felt I couldn’t believe in my government or it’s leaders. Then the was Nixon, again, no trust, no belief in the office. No integrity. Carter was a moment of hope when I was a young man about to go out on my own. I had some hope then, but world circumstances made a second term impossible and along came Regan and the years that followed. That all felt like a movie was going on in the Whitehouse. Then Bush Sr. and his Gulf War. Clinton seemed a little better, but he didn’t inspire me, and he was a liar. Again betrayed. The bush administrations have been a nightmare of total disbelief. How could we allow this man to lead??

Starting today, I can again beleive in my President, my country. Thank people of America!!

Today, for the first time EVER, I felt compelled to fly the stars & stripes because I love my country and it’s people. I wish my Father could have seen this.

Bye Sarah and John!

It was fun laughing AT you not WITH you!!

CNN, MSNBC, FOX, they’re all saying that Obama is our next president.

I certainly hope so… I really do.

Perhaps we can be led through hope rather than fear.

Well it’s still early, 5:42pm here in Hawaii, 11:42 EST, but the numbers are looking pretty good for Obama!

I’m cautiously optimistic at this point, subdued excitement if you will.

I have to get back to the real world now.

While watching last night’s presidential debate,  I saw a side of McCain I don’t agree with. When cornered on issues, he is quick to become defensive and emotional. A little too emotional to be a diplomat, a leader. I don’t want someone in office that might invade yet another country based on some damn emotional issue!

She opens her mouth and fakes the answer rather poorly, over and over again.

You would think she packed a lunch in her shoes, her feet of course being in her mouth so often!

Here’s the AP story

No, I’m not kidding…

SarahPalinBlows.com

I’ve posted some pics on flickr of this very stylized gate I’m fabricating from stainless steel and copper.

Week one of “self employment” wasn’t so bad. I finally stopped by the unemployment office and registered. It took about an hour and I’lll get my first check in two weeks.

The Large Hadron Collider went online this morning at CERN. Personally, I don’t think they’ll finds the Higgs particle. I think they’re going down the wrong rabbit hole, but that’s just me and my intuition.

I’m keeping busy with work. Yesterday I worked on a Scooter for an hour or so in the morning and in the afternoon I started fabricating a really nice steel gate for a client. In an odd way, it feels kind of good to be working independent again.

I have to go file for unemployment sometime today. I should start getting checks in a couple weeks. It’ll be enough to cover the major bills and car payment. I can earn the rest OK.

OK time to get to work. I need to find a good source for scooter parts online.

Ciao!