I just watched President Obama make some comments about his meeting with Republican Congressional leaders on the topic of tax rates for 2011 and beyond.  I also watched the Republican Congressional leaders make some comments after the meeting.  Amazingly, the comments were consistent.  It appears that representatives of both sides will be meeting very quickly to negotiate a resolution to the tax debates before the current lame duck Congressional session ends.

I am hopeful that we will get a reasonable compromise before year end but I would not be surprised if nothing gets done. The track record on both sides is poor, so we can't trust these people get anything right.

The voters have declared they want reduced government impact on their lives with reduced spending and a reasonable level of taxes.  We shall see if our elected representatives got the message.  So far the words have been good,  but I agree with a TV commentator who said "show me the money" with real action.

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My wife, two sons and I traveled from three different US airports to Las Vegas for Thanksgiving.  There were no fundamental differences in the screening process for any of us.  No one needed any enhanced screening.  We didn't see anyone receive any enhanced screening during the times we passed through security.

I believe the media made a big deal out of the recent TSA procedural changes when the reality is that it was really a non-event.  If airline passengers are careful to eliminate all metal from their pockets and clothing when passing through security they will not have a problem with their initial screening and never require enhanced screening.

We have all seen people try to get through the TSA screening process laden with metal objects in their pockets and on their person.  TSA has no choice but to fully check out these folks.  There is no need for any airline passenger to create a problem for themselves.  All that is required is for everyone to make some minor adjustments during their screening process and everything will be easy and speedy.

My wife and I left from Las Vegas Sunday afternoon on one of the busiest travel days of the year and had absolutely no problem getting through security quickly and easily.  I must give TSA credit for doing their job very well today.

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Check out my new article, JFK Revisited, based on James W. Douglas' recently updated book, "JFK and the UNSPEAKABLE, Why He Died and Why It Matters".  If you are interested in the truth and the rule of law in the United States, you should read this book.  If you care that a President of the United States was killed by people operating within the US government, you should read this book.   The book is long and it can be difficult to read in places, but the book is extremely detailed and contains hundreds of references to source documents. 

In the meantime read JFK Revisited for my analysis and conclusions.

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Please check out my Man Cave Report video concerning CNBC Power Lunch Host Michelle Caruso-Cabrera's new book, "You Know I'm Right" "More Prosperity, Less Government".  The Man Cave Report video link is on my home page or you can Visit-the-Man-Cave at http://www.relaxedfitezine.com/m.news/45/visit-the-man-cave.

Ms. Caruso-Cabrera's book serves as an excellant outline of the all the tasks that are needed to restructure the US government before market forces or our international trading partners force our country to make massive changes in an emergency situation.  The US government is much too large for our economy, doesn't perform many of its functions particularly well and is too intrusive in the lives of its citizens.

Check out "You Know I'm Right".  You will be very glad you did! 

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Visit the Man Cave and see my new video report at http://www.relaxedfitezine.com/m.news/45/visit-the-man-cave.

Topics this week are the election results and the Federal Reserve fiat money printing announcement.

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President Obama just finished his press conference concerning yesterday's election.  I think he did a pretty good job of admitting that the people have spoken and his agenda must be changed going forward.  I think he is clearly reaching out to Republicans in an attempt to gain some common ground moving forward.  We will see if Obama will make meaningful changes in his policies as he governs a population that does not agree with his core liberal/progressive values.  Hopefully, our new government will make progress sooner rather than later.

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It is about 9:15am the morning after the mid term elections.  The mid-term election results are summarized on the home page of MSN. 

In the House of Representatives, the Republicans won 239 seats, the Democrats won 183 and 13 seats are undecided at the moment.  The Republicans have won a clear majority from the national electorate.  The new House has a clear mandate to reduce government spending and make progress in reducing the deficit.

The Democrats now hold 49 seats in the Senate and the Republicans hold 46.  There are two independents that lean Democratic and three seats are undecided at the moment. There are some Democratic Senators that almost sound like Republicans.

I hope President Obama and his administration get the message from the electorate.  The US is a center to center-right country.  We are not a socialist country, not a liberal country, not a progressive country.  If Obama wants to have any chance at a second term he must move to the center and work diligently to solve our nation's financial issues in conjunction with the Republican House leadership and the Senate.  We expect reductions in spending across the board in all areas, including DoD, Social Security, Medicare and every other budget line item.  We don't expect to pay higher tax rates than we are paying in 2010.   We want our Federal government to live within its means, just like every American.

We expect action quickly.  The country needs stability so the private sector can get comfortable about the future and begin investing and creating the new jobs that are desperately needed in many parts of the country.

We are hopeful that the future will be brighter than the past two years.  Time to move out and take on the big tasks and complete them.

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Check out my new article with a review and commentary on Walter Isaacson's book, "Einstein - His Life and Universe".  If you are interested in Albert Einstein you should read Isaacson's book.

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