Mental Health Break: America needs more politicians as passionate as Phil Davison...

This campaigner for Ohio Stark County treasurer obviously cares a lot about this position, and possibly sets the new standard for politicians throughout America.  Here is some input on Davison's exciting speech that has become a viral sensation.



http://voices.washingtonpost.com/postpartisan/2010/09/phil_davison_vs_the_youtube_ge.html

Obama's breathing down China's neck about currency issues

     President Barack Obama is pressing on China to revalue its currency today saying, "the Chinese don’t take actions, we have other means of protecting U.S. interests.”

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/09/24/world/24prexy.html?_r=1&ref=world

Opposing candidates find common ground

      California state Governor candidates, Jerry Brown and Meg Whitman are both on the same page when it comes to Prop. 23, the initiative that would suspend the state's landmark climate change law. They agree that this could kill jobs and overall harm California's economy.

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2010/09/23/MNDN1FINRK.DTL&tsp=1

Majority of New Yorkers reject the ground zero mosque

A poll shows that 2/3 of the locals around ground zero don't want the mosque that close, giving America a less inviting feel.

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/09/03/nyregion/03poll.html?scp=6&sq=ground%20zero%20mosque&st=cse

Florida pastor maybe seeing the error of his ways?

Rev. Terry Jones recently had second thoughts about creating national Koran burning day on 9/11, possibly because he realized its incredibly offensive or possibly because Obama referred to it as a "recruitment bonanza for al-Qaeda" a few hours before the reverend made this decision.  Either way, now that the earth is flat and globalization is a necessity for any thriving country, America may have just dodged a bullet that could have closed many doors to our nation.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/09/09/AR2010090900743.html?hpid=topnews

Car companies in competition

     With the automobile industry trying to kickstart again, certain car companies all over the world are prevailing while others continue to wither due to the recently flattened playing field that is earth.
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/09/03/business/global/03toyota.html?ref=international_trade_and_world_market

Don't forget about climate change

      Could the economic crisis in America be overshadowing our other big issue; climate change?  To environmental economists Mathew Kahn and Mathew Kotchen, they fear that Americans are forgetting that global warming exists.

http://economix.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/08/31/climate-change-and-the-wealth-of-nations/?scp=2&sq=climate%20change&st=cse

The Burger King is leaving America

       With respect to Tom Friedman's Hot, Flat, and Crowded, this article adds more truth to the fact that the world is getting more flat, and foreign countries can now take over American franchises...
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2010/09/02/financial/f062753D18.DTL