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Once the crisis explodes, change will happen, and balance will be restored to our country. Growth and opportunity will result. The basis for this growth and optimism is based upon three easy principles.

First we have a free spirit in our Nation. Our history has been one of creativity, innovation, and opportunity. What a great gift we have. If others try to hold us down, we will find a way to overcome any obstacle.

Second, we have been gifted substantial natural resources. The opportunities to reassert our productivity in the world in oil, gas, mining, steel making, automobiles, rail, and ship building are almost unlimited.

Third, our nation has a labor force that has the capability to be self-sustaining.

I remember during the dark days of 1979 when we were experiencing double-digit inflation and interest rates and every said America was on its last legs--who could forget President Carter's "malaise" speech?

But yet, we snapped out of it quickly when the late Ronald Reagan came into office in 1981. It was so refreshing to see the famous "Morning in America" ad campaign for Reagan's 1984 re-election--Reagan instilled an optimistic attitude that resulted in the boom of the 1980's.

This is why I am one big supporter of Sarah Palin the day she announces her candidacy for President of the United States. Perhaps the most-vetted politician ever (the Left in its attempt to destroy her "shot the wad" and totally missed), Palin's optimism that America can be great again will literally sweep over the nation like what Reagan did in 1980.

America is a country that has suffered three major wars on its own soil (Revolutionary War, War of 1812 and Civil War) and multiple economic collapses (Panics of 1857, 1873, 1893 and 1907 plus the Great Depression) and always constant griping about the latest immigrant group (does anyone remember from American history how poorly the Irish, eastern Europeans, southern Europeans and Asian immigrants were very poorly treated between 1845 and 1924?), all events that could have ripped this country apart. But yet, we survived all these calamities, and have become probably the greatest nation-state this world has ever seen.

Yes, the current economic uncertainly will be a challenge, but I see Americans coming together the get through the tough times and come out stronger than ever.

I have never been as optimistic about the future of our great nation as I am today despite significant leadership shortfalls in our elected leaders. The solutions to our crisis are so apparent and so easy to enact once our Congress either gets in the fight or gets out of the way. The sheer unwillingness of Congress to stand firm on a national program of controlling spending is mindboggling. It can only be explained by recognizing that entitlements are and stimulus funding is how politicians get reelected.

These statements are not reconcilable. People on the dole cannot be allowed to vote. Voting enables them to enslave others using the government as their slave master. Congress cannot be fixed until this stops.