When we had to sell the house due to divorce I had to plan a future carefully.  There is a lot at stake.   I decided to go lean and mean the next year while staying close to the area I plan to live in longer term.  One thing I thought of was the things I enjoy doing.  So with me and the boys being members at the Y, it made sense to be close.  And our Blockbuster and our park... and... etc....  After skating all over Manhattan this last weekend you'd figure I'd be half dead but tonight was especially cool.  Skated to the park, read a book.  Skated over to the Y and took a kickboxing class, then lifted weights etc...  Then skated down to the grocery and bought single server cherry and chocolate ice-cream. LOL.  I had to splurge. Skated home.  Not a drop of gas paid for. 

Imagine if we made accommodations on our roads for bikes and skaters.  We'd be in better shape, we'd spend less on gas and life in general would be a bit more friendly.  A guy can dream can't he?

Here is my take.  If you know me, I'm a Republican.  I'm center on social issues. 

My vote is up for grabs.  I have never voted Democrat for President, not because I don't want to, it's just where my votes happened to have gone in the past.  I won't vote on one issue either.  However one issue is hot for me, that is oil and gas.  More specifically how we are powering our vehicles.  If you've read my past articles I think corn is being wasted on ethanol and hybrids are a stop-gap but no solution.  We can go electric and some companies have.

We have a plant here in Delaware that can be converted to an electric car assembly line.  Jobs for Delaware, less... scratch that NO dependency on foreign oil.  Let the Saudis swim in their oil and keep it.  

Our country being great is not my agenda.  It's about a number of things.  Doing the right thing by our planet, saving our economy and not being dependent on other countries for our own well being.  

Our next President needs to figure this out.  Our next President needs to do more than talk change, they need to make it happen.  Obama talks a great game, but I'm not thrilled on substance.  McCain talks a weak game but strangely enough has offered more ideas.   But neither has offered the right solution.  When they both snipe each other by putting down the others ideas.... that bothers me. 

Mr. McCain and Mr. Obama... I'm looking for your ideas and offerings, not your put downs.  Put up or shut up is how I work. 

I'd love to read this article two years from now and see if ANYTHING has changed other than the price of gas.  None of us have a crystal ...   more »

Today I met with the head of the Republican Party.  Nice guy.  We looked over the maps and what my agenda is and how I could help in my community.  And that is really where I'm at. 

I'm not your typical Republican and apparently that fits in to the quality of your standard Delaware voter.  The rest I won't discuss as good planning is where I am now.  I'd rather get things done and tell you about it later than pop-off here about how I'm going to get from point A to point B. 

Ultimately I will run for office to serve my community, how I'll cope with the political side of getting things done is no mystery.  I get how the system works but not entirely.  That is where I am now.   It is like driving a car for the first time.  You've seen it done for a very long time, but there is still an apprehension to get by when you take the wheel for the first time.

I have to send you to YouTube.com for this one.  But it's worth it.

"It's all about the dum dum duda dum dum!"

http://youtube.com/watch?v=klouwuNbrNg&feature=related

I'd like to dedicate this song to one person I know and she knows who she is.  After all I know that money is the key to everything.  Everything. 

"It's all about the dum dum duda dum dum!"

Sometimes I find another world
inside my mind
when I realise
the crazy things we do
It makes me feel ashamed to be alive
It makes me wanna run away and hide

It's all 'bout the money
It's all 'bout the dum dum.......
And I don't think It's funny
to see us fade away
It's all 'bout the money
It's all 'bout the dum dum...
and I think we got it all wrong anyway

We find strange ways of showing
them how much we really care
when in fact
we just don't seem to care at all
This pretty world
is getting out of hand
So tell me how we fail to understand?

It's all 'bout the money
It's all 'bout the dum dum.......
And I don?t think It?s funny
to see us fade away
It's all 'bout the money
It's all 'bout the dum dum...
and I think we got it all wrong anyway
Anyway

Cause it's all 'bout the money

It's all 'bout the money
It's all 'bout the dum dum...
And I don't think it's funny
to see us fade away
It's all 'bout the money
It's all 'bout the dum dum...
and I think we got it all wrong
Anyway

It's all 'bout the money
It's all 'bout the dum dum...
And I don't think it's funny
to see us fade away
It's all 'bout the money
It's all 'bout the dum dum......   more »