Let me start this post by declaring my ignorance of the origins of 'blue vs red'...how 'blue' came to 
represent Democrats, and 'red' came to represent Republicans escapes me...
I would have thought that 'red' would be more appropriate for those 'bleeding heart liberals', most of whom are Democrats, and 'blue' would be more representative of those with 'conservative Republican values'...you know...TRUE BLUE CONSERVATIVES...
In any case, it is what it is...AND SO...
Isn't it curious, though, that a significant number of 'red states' have the lowest rates of unemployment in the Country...
Here's the order:
1. North Dakota
2. Nebraska
3. South Dakota
4. Utah
5. Wyoming
6. Iowa
7. Oklahoma
8. Montana
9. Louisiana
10. New Hampshire
Further, the states with the greatest rates of growth are for the most part 'red'...According to 'The Hill'..."the most severe fiscal and economic basket cases largely are concentrated in places such as New York, New Jersey, Illinois, Pennsylvania, Michigan, Oregon, and, perhaps most vividly of all, California. The last three have among the highest unemployment rates in the country"...
And after watching most of the 'health care summit', and its aftermath, I am convinced that Washington just doesn't get it...
LEAVE US ALONE...red, blue, or white...we're raising the 'white flag'...We don't trust you, Washington...
The irony of all this is that when we elect a person with a huge ego and a tremendous thirst for power, WE THE PEOPLE want just the opposite...
Perhaps a quote from the New Testament is appropriate here:
Matthew 20:25-28 (New International Version)
Jesus called them together and said, "You know that the rulers of the Gentiles lord it over them, and their high officials exercise authority over them. Not so with you. Instead, whoever wants to become great among you must be your servant, and whoever wants to be first must be your slave- just as the Son of Man did not come to be served, but to serve, and to give his life as a ransom for many."
Yes, there is no room for 'EGO' here...We are the home of the Red, White, and Blue...
And still the Country of WE THE PEOPLE...!!!
