Things Are Tough All Over

I just finished watching President-elect Barack Obama give a speech at George Mason University – ok, I admit, I only caught it because it pre-empted the Price Is Right. But I still watched and listened intently as the future leader of the free world apparently had something to say.

During his 20 minute speech, he talks about his plans for our struggling economy and his unprecedented policy for fixing it. I won’t go into what I think the speech was about, because honestly, I didn’t understand all of it. But one quote that did stand out to me was when the President-elect said “A world that depends on the strength of our economy is now watching and waiting for America to lead once more. And that is what we will do.” The rest of it sounded a lot of like what I learned of the FDR New Deal programs in the 1930s. And that really brings home the seriousness of the situation our country is facing to someone who’s only heard horror stories of the Great Depression as depicted in movies and novels. Things are certainly tough all over.

So what country star would you like to hear write and/or sing a song about the looming financial crisis?

P.S. You can’t say Alan Jackson. Let’s be original here.

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