Implications of the Lost Olympic Bid and the Reason for the Silence

What can we learn from this past week's news concerning the highly promoted trip to Germany in hopes to win the Olympic bid for the 2016 Olympics to be in Chicago? PLENTY--and most of what we learn is from our national leader and the position of our country.

1.) Obama does not hold the national appeal as we may believe! Globally, his bargaining power does not reach as high as other people who tried to promote him in the past seem to think as others didn't feel drawn to his swagger as we may have believed. Perhaps they only thought that he was there to apologize and didn't realize he was actually there to have the Olympics in the U.S.

2.) Obama felt that it was more important to discuss the Olympics and where such events should be rather than deal with our other issues (the ones he was hired to cover). Maybe he just really wanted to go to Germany with his wife. I mean, after all, they've already vacationed in Hawaii, NYC, and other getaways that would offer him relaxation from his tough position in the White House.

3.) Obama assumes that he will be in office during the 2016 Olympics, and this will be his last farewell.

I know that I have been harsh on our leader in this post, and I still intend to keep my promise to respect him (and question) as our leader. He has caused some uproars and given many reason to raise eyebrows, but I will still not slaughter him, and I will make sure that I keep my wicked comments to myself... which is the reason for my silence.

I have taken an extensive sabbatical from HMD simply because I didn't have anything positive to say. I know that I had many opportunities to discuss key political events this summer such as Van Johnson, death of Ted Kennedy, and even the resignation of Sarah Palin. I still may backtrack and pop in a post about the monumental events that transpired (I will be speaking on the Palin resignation shortly), but during the past few months I couldn't focus on political issues because I had to be taking action rather than ranting.

I have now made a vow that I will be proactive in the whole process. I have seen what some people who are on the conservative side have done to our side, and the smearing that they have done to people has given me reason to not want to stand with them. Therefore, I will be different during this whole process, and stick to my motto to HOPE TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE.