Update....thoughts (economic).....go Cougars!

Sorry it's been a couple of weeks since the last posting. I didn't want every posting to be political and the last few weeks most of my thoughts have revolved around politics. Not much new has happened for us. I'm still looking for a full-time job and have some applications out and in the meantime Alice and I are enjoying our time together and with the kids.

One quick semi-political thought, it's on the economy. When would you last say the economy was as bad as it is now? With the political campaigning of the last few months, especially from Obama, the economic condition was made out to be the worst since the Depression. Several claims have been made that Obama will inherit the worst economy since FDR was elected. A great effort to try to immediately link Obama to a good (not great) president of history (not to mention their recent efforts comparing him to Lincoln...that gave me a good laugh). Anyways, in our lifetimes a President has inherited an economy in much worse shape than this one. Guesses? Ronald Reagan inherited the Carter economy which had much higher unemployment, inflation, not to mention interest rates more than double what they are now. Mortgage rates in the late 70s skyrocketed to the low and middle teens. And what solved those problems? Reagonomics. Unfortunately, I don't think Obama will learn from that historical lesson. Especially since when during the early primaries he actually complimented Reagan, the Democrats jumped down his throat for it and he quickly "clarified" what he actually meant to say. Government IS the problem, not the solution to the problem (a sentiment 60% of Americans in the last election agree with according to exit polls across the nation). Enough of that.

In other news, the state of Utah is abuzz with excitement for the annual Holy War. This year has pretty high stakes, although it doesn't feel any different for me. Every year feels the same, and I get pretty maxed out on my hype for this game regardless of the stakes. I mean, it's BYU vs. Utah, can anything really make me want to beat them even more? I don't care if there are championships or millions of dollars in BCS bowl games on the line. Take all that away and I'll still want BYU to beat Utah just as much as I always do. The greatest reward in the game isn't a championship or money, but simple bragging rights, plain and simple. It's superiority and dominance over the Pukes up north. Nothing else really matters...at least for me.