How Is The US Doing Under Obama?

Not so good. I was browsing real estate sites today, and it was really very depressing, unless you are an investor.

I set my perimeters for $150000 or less, and headed to Arizona and Texas. I thought I would find a few properties, boy was I shocked!

Lots of short sales and foreclosures. Look at that, you can get a 3000 to 3500 sqft house in San Tan Valley for $140,000! Winter vacation hear I come!

Or how about this Texas house?

What's the price? $149,900...unbelievable!! What really depressed me was that many of the homes were empty, so where have all those people gone? They have walked away from their homes because they can't afford the payments anymore. It reminds me of the Trudeau NEP reign and how people in Alberta did the same thing, just walked away from their homes.

Obama is spending like mad and it is not helping Americans. Until those homes start to sell and small and medium businesses start hiring again, America is going to stagnate. They will become the next Japan. Printing money is not the answer.

If you don't feel too much like a vulture, you might want to think about investing in some US real estate. Our dollar is close to parity, and after looking at properties in Sun City Arizona, my bones feel warmer thinking about winters down there. Why do Canadians retire and still live in coldville? I know I will keep living in Edmonton in the summer, you can't beat our soil for growing veggies but winter in Arizona sounds good right now. What bothers me is that all their yards are rocks, no grass anywhere, but that's a small problem. Time to plan a trip to Arizona, check out some properties in person, thanks to Obama.

Too Much Time On Their Hands!

I already miss the proroguing of Parliament. I haven't been able to watch QP this week, but I don't really need to because it's just back to the same garbage as before Christmas. It's time for MP's to take a look at their responsibilities. First and foremost, they need to listen to their constituents. We don't need 308 MP's going to Ottawa to argue about this bill or that. We have too many laws and bills now. Maybe OUR representatives could start cutting some of the red tape and rid Parliament of endless bills that just tie us down as citizens. Every bill that gets passed takes away a little bit more of our freedoms. Here is how stupid our society is getting:

Britain's latest nanny-law targets unruly dogs

Britain already leads the world in spying on its citizens with closed-circuit cameras. There are 4.2 million cameras in Britain, one for every 14 people, and twice as many as China uses to keep control if its 1.3 billion people, according to the Daily Mail.

You'd think that would satisfy the government's need to intrude on the lives of the average Brit, but not even close. The latest scheme is aimed at extending state control over dogs.

The Independent reports that plans are under consideration to force dog owners to buy insurance to cover themselves in case their pet attacks someone, and also to require that every dog be microchipped.

I know it's Britain, but it appears their legislators have way too much time on their hands. Make work so that MP's can justify their salaries?

How about let's adopt the Texas method:

The Texas Legislature meets in a regular session every two years, convening on the second Tuesday in January of every odd-numbered year. These biennial sessions are limited to 140 days. The governor can also call additional special sessions as necessary, which cannot exceed 30 days.

They meet every two years, do they get anything done?

81st Texas Legislative Session (2009)

The governor signed 1,656 bills and resolutions, vetoed 38 and allowed 12 to become law without his signature from the Regular Legislative Session that ended on June 1, 2009. Two additional bills were passed in a Special Session held July 1-2, 2009.

If 17 days of prorogue sent our opposition parties into a frenzy, can you imagine the Conservative government proposing they only meet every two years for 140 days? Yikes!!! It's not going to happen of course, because the opposition feed off of Question Period. They are addicted to getting their faces in front of the cameras. Case in point Jack Layton during the Canada-USA gold medal hockey game, front and center and making sure not even a female gets in his way. So rude and lacking class Jack.

Here is an idea to make Canada better. Go through all our laws, starting with the very first one, and if they no longer apply, get rid of them. Update them, and write them without all the legal terminology. Give the government back the right to MAKE the laws, and cut off the Supreme judges power to decide what the law REALLY means.

Start with the HRC's. I know the Conservatives are scared that not enough people support getting rid of the HRC's, but it's time, after 4 years in office, for the Conservative government to grow some resolve, and take some positions that might not be popular with the lefties (Hint: they are not EVER going to vote for you anyways). Federal Conservatives need to look to Alberta, the reason Wildrose is so popular is that the provincial conservatives are acting like liberals. It's time for the federal Conservatives to at least act like conservatives.

Our MP's have too much time on their hands, and have lost their way. All MP's need to get back to their ridings and listen to what the people are saying, not what their parties are telling them to say.