To see pictures from my trip to Washington DC click here.

Wow. Can I just say that I am a bit freaked out by current trends in government spending, government intrusion and the current/former self-avowed COMMUNISTS who are advising our President (and all he would ever do in debates when asked about HIS youthful Marxist ideals was chuckle a bit and avoid answering)?

• Government Bailouts of financial institutions and businesses followed by government seizure and takeover (Does the former USSR come to mind?)
• STIMULUS $$$
• Cash for Clunkers
• Cash for Appliances
• Socialized Health Care
• Cap and Trade
• Spending, spending, spending, spending, spending… Money that we DON’T have!!!
• The new “Diversity” guy

Sydney: Mom, do you ever get that feeling that you don’t want to do something even though you have to do it?

Mom: (stunned silence followed by a sigh of resignation and a consortium of thoughts revolving in my mind…) Yes, Sydney, I do get that feeling sometimes. (Daily – hourly sometimes – and admittedly, mostly involving the rearing of children).