Oh, come on Charley, you know that can't be true. The president hasn't been nominated for the Heisman -- you have to be a great college football player to be in line for that. My answer to you is to just wait and see. Also, although the baseball season is still going on, I think he might just be in line for the Cy Young award as baseball's best pitcher. After all he did throw out the first ball in Chicago didn't he? That should be enough to qualify, don't you think?

If you think the above warnings are silly, lacking greatly in achievement, please explain to me how our president won the Nobel Peace Prize. I know I am losing friends fast among the liberals, who are now running our country, with every word I say, trying to understand what is going on in our world. But come on now, don't you wonder how that was achieved? I tell you again, as I have often done, I am praying for our president, that he will be known as one of the best to serve in that office, but the Nobel Prize? That award has always been associated with great achievement, in the field in which it is awarded. Where is the achievement in this case?

If apologizing for the actions of the United States in the past, if extending the hand of friendship to Middle Eastern countries who openly hate us are part of the process, if bowing to the King of Saudi Arabia qualify, then I understand. But where is the achievement?

Our president approached Iran with the idea of opening talks that might sway their vow to eliminate Israel from the face of the Earth, their answer to that was to test fire missiles, capable of striking Israel. Same with North Korea -- they test fired long-range missiles. And how about Libyan dictator Moammar Gadhafi, who made a mockery of our way of life in a speech before the United Nations?

He is an idiot, this we know, and verified that by welcoming home the Lockerbie bomber who killed hundreds of people.

Whatever the effect charm may have on people, charm is not making any headway with the militant "hate the United States" despots around the world. I don't think Teddy Roosevelt won a Nobel Prize, but his "speak softly and carry a big stick" philosophy would be a welcome one in today's environment.

With whatever mistakes our country has made, make no mistake, "we the people of the United States" must still believe in the foundation that made us great -- a belief that truly all men are created equal and that effort and perseverance in our personal lives is to be rewarded with success.

We make the effort, we look to our God for guidance and help, and we continue to be the land of freedom and opportunity. We shrink from that, we dishonor the brave souls that have gone before us, to preserve our way of life.