President Obama Must Act

The President needs to reduce our national debt and preserve the best of our Social programs.

Barack Obama

(PASO ROBLES, Calif.) - President Obama cannot talk himself out of Afghanistan and Iraq; he must act.

NBC's Richard Engel

He listens too much to General Patreaes and not enough to the people he leads; nor to Richard Engle, our greatest reporter on the Arab World the nations on which he reports because he speaks their language. He is a brave man, and honest too.

Ron Reagan, son of the late president Reagan, and Chris Matthews, both today asked Barack Obama, as Commander in Chief, to end the war because it is a lost cause. If we must fight, let’s do it here.

If they are willing, troops could take jobs at home in support of first responders to emergencies of every sort; the U.K. comes immediately to mind. If we do not suffer its fate, it might be because we have the manpower who, with a little training, could control such situations.

Rep. Barney Frank made that point with which I agree. Lindsay Graham and John McCain would disapprove, but I wonder if they speak for the Tea Party which wants desperately to reduce our national debt.

I can think of no better way for the President to demonstrate his sincerity in the interest of our nation and his reelection, than to convince the Republicans of his willingness to reduce our national debt and preserve the best of our Social programs.

Kenneth G. Ramey, Salem-News.com's Religion and Philosophy Writer, confronts the hard issues of politics and religion from a logical point of view that combines interesting insight with history into the truth, or lack thereof, that underlies the strengths and weaknesses of the Religious Right’s determination to use American politics for its own misguided, or selfish, interest. It’s rare for a writer to balance his writing between religious values and the secular guarantees of the Constitution and the Bill of Rights with the knowledge that Ken possesses, and to do it so effectively.

Ken was born in Minnesota but was raised in California since 1932. He is the youngest of four boys raised by his mother alone during the dark years of the Great Depression. He Graduated from SFSU in the 1970s when in his mid-forties, majoring in Spanish North American History, and added three years of post-graduate study, much of it in Philosophy and Religion. We live at a critical time in history and believe Ken's views represent the view of many who are tired of the commercialism and false interpretations about religion today. Watch for Ken's articles on religion, philosophy, politics and history. View articles written by Kenneth G. Ramey You can email Ken at: darken1@sbcglobal.net