The President Speaks: Energy

As I stand outside of this new energy efficient industrial complex, I want to thank Congress for its timely legislation. I was never so proud to sign a bill that benefitted so many people throughout the world.

But I also want to thank the owners of this complex, who went above and beyond federal requirements. Not only will this complex produce less pollution than any plant in the world, the products produced here will be some of the worlds most efficient. On top of that, when the product no longer works or you the customer can no longer use the product, it can be easily recycled in a quick and efficient manner.

But what interests me the most about this complex is its architecture and landscaping. It is not beautiful, yet it feels good to sit outside during lunch. One does not moan as one approaches the building like when going to work at most places. Once inside there is no shortage of breathe or an oppressive stimulation of the senses.

When you are inside you feel alive. You breathe deep. Your stimulation comes from feeling good, not defending the assault on your body.

In a sense, this complex is creating energy efficient renewable people that are difficult to wear out. This is a tremendous accomplishment, a world with increasingly less pollution and increasingly more energetic people.

Our natural world will retain and regain its splendors. Americans willl look better and feel better. We will become as beautiful inside as people working inside can. The challenge is to make this beauty endure. Business has to stick to creating superb products and healthy work areas. It must not change its focus to pleasing investors, but must retain its focus on making quality merchandise.

Investors must not seek to get rich quick, or utilize methods to cover up what they are doing with their money. Investors need to think in the long term. Reasonable long term gains expected from an investment in ecologically efficient companies will ensure that an investor’s wealth can be spent in a world that is a pleasure for an old person to live in.

I have great faith that business leaders will continue to rise to the occasion. I am not so certain of our investors. That is why I try to persuade them to have restraint.

This is a new era for the nation. Seldom is the working person presented with a work environment like what we have here today. There will be more of these environments, ushering in a new sense of happiness and optimism.

It is important for Americans to build upon this happiness and optimism, to share the good will their bosses are exemplifying. The new sense of relaxation, health and constructive stimulation can do wonders for individuals, famlies and the nation. Everyone must let these benefits take root.

It might be tempting to abuse the good will of the employer by calling in sick like you have always done. Now that you feel better, it is important that you mature so that the nation comes to feel and be as good spiritually as it does physically.

Our environmental crises is also a social crises. In addition to businesses cleaning up the environment and making work a healthy place and no longer a nightmare, the American citizen must do his and her part to rid themself of the bitterness and mistrust that has plagued our nation for so long.

Spend more time talking with each other now that you are not stressed and the grounds around work and the rest areas at work are conducive to conversation and mental health. With less stress and more healthful stimulation, you can discard your old habits of being busy and acquisitive.

You can begin to show the faith in each other and consequently the nation, that more and more employers show in you. Where employers are more willing to give up absurd profits, Americans need to stop buying so much and be content with much less. When you do this, you will have less of a sense of self-importance and be more willing to see others as friends rather than as threats or someone to outdo.

This faith in each other will be the bedrock of a great new America.

We are not great now.

If we rid ourselves of our toxicity, then thrive on healthy stimulation, we will develop good habits that we can vow to keep even when times become difficult. For it is the average American, not business or government, that determines our character.

Copyright © 2025 by David Vaszko

The President Speaks: Opening Day

It’s a thrill for me to be throwing out the first ball today. Though I am as cold as the rest of you, we are all warmed by the promise of the new season, the hope that springs eternal in our hearts.

Baseball, more than any sport, inspires hope. I think this is because there is no time limit. No matter how far behind you are, with skill and courage and a lot of luck, you can still win. Time will never run out.

This feeling that time will never run out is part of the season. Days are getting longer then stay long. There are no worries. We feel the future will always be like this, that there will always be youth, there will always be heroes and there will always be another season to improve our talents or finally use them to their fullest.

When Fall comes we see players in a different light. Rookies look even younger. The sparkle in the veteran’s eye is one for the ages. Long shadows on the field have us dreaming of next year’s glory or cheering the end of an era.

On this bright chilly day a new year is about to begin. We step out of the shadow of winter into this beacon we call baseball season.

It is my pleasure and honor to throw out the first ball.

Copyright © 2025 by David Vaszko