The Volante's Political Blog

The second debate between Barack Obama and John McCain provided nothing new. This reporter is getting tired of chewing on the same rhetoric day after day and night after night. There are, of course, tidbits of sound bites that could be mentioned, however, none of which I find sufficient to elaborate on.

I am beginning to get frustrated with the whole thing obviously, and can’t wait for Nov 4. However, I did find one question to be thought provoking.

I will paraphrase here, but the question went something like this:

At no time since the Great Depression have Americans been asked to sacrifice outside of the military. What will you ask the American people to sacrifice in order to get the country back on track?

McCain proposed freezing spending, and Obama said the government is going to have to fix the problems. Neither really implied the American people would have to make sacrifices. My frustration peaked at this point. Before being a journalist, I am an American. I hold nationalism in very high regard. My love for America is the bedrock of my interest and passion for journalism.

Human existence and trade coupled at the dawn of man. Along with the birth of assets and monetary commodities came financial responsibility. Beings rationed their resources or died.

Recession, or even depression, will cure American apathy and reinstate a sense of nationalism. We are all in this together. The sooner we realize it, the sooner we can do something about the problems the baby boom generation left us to deal with.

Where do we begin?

It’s simple really. Read a newspaper, watch the news, chitchat with your neighbors, and above all else, don’t constantly think of yourself.

JFK said it best.