Obama Set to Hit the Road for Midwest Bus Tour, Martha's Vineyard Vacation

Provided teh private sector wiht somemuch needed confidence that we were movng in the right direction

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The perpetual hope for the return of the much vaunted Confidence Fairy. They're trying austerity in Europe but the Confidence Fairy hasn't shown up and the resulting market troubles even effect us over here. What businesses really need are many more paying customers...nothing else.

Skip--"When are the Republicans going to focus on job creation like they promised last election?"-- First off, they only won control of the House, not the house and the Senate, and not the presidency. They passed Cut cap and balance that would have gotten our spending under control, prevented the downgrade (according to S&P), provided teh private sector wiht somemuch needed confidence that we were movng in the right direction - But Reid and Senate democrats Killed the bill before it was ever voted on. They have tried to repeal Obama care, which would help businesses feel more confident that they could release some of their money and actually expand.. Of Course the Democrats will not be a part of that. Republicans tried to make the Bush tax cuts permanent to stimulate company expansion and growth, that got shot down too. They are one branch of the government.. What do you expect them to accomplish when everything they do is shot down by the tax and spend democrats??

SUSAN | AUG 12, 2011 5:06:23 PM...."Yet nobody wants to spend, ie invest. Therefore, no jobs. Get it?"........

Reduce regulations. Oil and gas could create 230,000 jobs if we returned to the same level as 2007. No federal 'investment' required; but think of all of the individual employment taxes as well as eventual excise tax and royalty revenue

Susan -- "Ell, A jobs plan would require spending, also known as investment. Yet nobody wants to spend, ie invest. Therefore, no jobs. Get it? "-- Wrong, a "jobs plan" does NOT need to include spending from the government, in fact as the stimulus showed us, "Spending" doesn't create jobs..What creates jobs is economic policies that are PRO JOB in nature. Just the opposite of basically everything this president is doing.. Pushing to raise taxes in a down economy, ramming through a healthcare bill thats so convoluted and anti business that 2000 "waivers" have already been handed out to prevent it from destroying entire companies, threats of new taxes that while they are touted as taxes against the rich, will actually affect a majority of small businesses, the downgrade of our credit rating because the government is unwilling to get spending under control..These are the things that destroy growth.. and throwing more money around that we don't hav will do nothing to improve the situaion.

Colwells in Carolina: Midwest Family Vacation

Dustin took a week off work and we jetted off for a terrific summer vacation to visit family in the Midwest. We braved the nighttime smoke on our drive to the Wilmington airport, and before we knew it, my grandma had picked us up from the shuttle stop and we had arrived! Dustin temporarily misplaced his wallet, which got us into major freak-out mode, but we eventually traced it back to falling out when we ate lunch at a little diner in town. We re-collected the wallet, ordered some sinfully delicious Aurelio's pizza (so super cheesy!), and then picked my dad up at the O'Hare airport. Saturday we woke up bright and early and primped for some family portraits. They had us do some really funny poses (picture laying on the floor with Dustin straddling my back, yeah, awkward) but they amazingly all looked really natural and cute in the photos. Since we were flying and luggage space was tight, I am taking my copy of the photos home after I visit my mom in August, so no pictures to share right now. In the afternoon we took a trip down memory lane. The whole family piled into our cars for the 1-hour drive back to Naperville, Illinois. It's a great town, and I lived there before we moved to Georgia in 1999. We walked along the pretty Riverwalk downtown, and ate dinner at one of our favorite restaurants: Lou Malnati's. They have some of the best deep dish pizza I have ever eaten. Buttery deep dish crust, super gooey cheese, and lots of sauce on the top. My mouth is watering to even type about it. Their pizza is so good that they actually ship it frozen with dry ice for people to have a taste of Chicago anywhere in the country! After dinner, we relived our childhood by playing a twilight game of mini golf. It was so great to see so many familiar places. Plus it doesn't hurt that summer visits are definitely more comfy than the winter visits we have made in the past :) On Sunday we headed to the family picnic. Both of my parents come from families with 5 kids, so our family reunion tends to get really big, really fast. I made some buffalo chicken dip and a cherry dump cake to share with the family, and everyone brought so much yummy food to eat! My grandma made some German potato salad, and there was seven-layer salad, baked beans, cupcakes, Texas brownie sheet cake, pasta salad, and the list of tasty food goes on and on. The girls got some sun and gabbed, while the boys played several rounds of volleyball.

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