Kim Heisel, Round Two!
Dear Mr. President,Growing up, my parents always taught me lessons. They said to do the rightthing, even when it's hard, to play by the rules, to work hard. They told me to stay in school. When I got older, they told me to pay my bills on time and cautioned against living beyond my means. They told me think about my future, and to save for my retirement. They told me to put money in an emergency fund so I could cover three to six months of expenses. These lessons are probably the same ones you, and most other parents, teach their children. I listened, and now I am fairly successful, with a good job and a good education.I also own my house. A house I bought the

Will reform pass?
Dear Mr. President,Much of the news today was focused on the health care reform debate going on in the House, but one thing was missing: you still haven't visited the troops injured in the Fort Hood shooting. President Bush and Laura Bush made it. Where were you? You had time to go to Capital Hill to pressure the House Representatives into passing the largest government take-over in history. Could you not spare a few hours in your day to talk to the troops?Do you think that the shooting at Fort Hood was an act of terrorism, or just an "isolated incident?"Will you veto the health care reform bill if it passes with higher expenses than you targeted?

Reaction to Fort Hood was inappropriate
Dear Mr. President,I didn't want to comment on this yesterday, but your press conference about Fort Hood was entirely inappropriate. Your attitude was flippant at the start, and you showed no real emotions for the loss of life during the event. Some might recall the reaction from George W. Bush when he learned of the attacks on 9/11, but at least he had an excuse in that he didn't want to scare the children. What is your excuse?At least you ordered flags to be flown at half-staff. I'm not the only one who thinks your reaction was lacking. Even NBC Chicago, your hometown news source, chimed in:Obama's Frightening Insensitivity Following Shooting

Pray for Fort Hood
Dear Mr. President,Tonight, I ask that you pray for the soldiers killed and wounded by a hate filled man at Fort Hood. I will be praying for the wounded tonight and hope that we don't lose any more soldiers overnight. Please, do everything in your power to help these soldiers.Sincerely,Jon Taylor

So many things to talk about!
Dear Mr. President,There is so much going on this week that I can barely keep up! Federal Reserve rates were left unchanged, Cash for Clunkers gets another bad review, banks get an extortion attempt, health care reform gets delayed, Republicans claim victories, and we wait yet another day for a decision on troop levels in Afghanistan. Whew! What a rush!I really should devote one letter to each issue, but I can't let time go by or I will never catch up. Since the Federal Reserve left rates unchanged, it leads me to believe two things: first, the economy isn't as strong as we would like, but secondly inflation isn't yet a concern. Instead of a postive market reac