No need to roll over, Rob, believe me, I've got my gripes about Obama too, and I think he's made mistakes, but I think he's trying to do his best. And I really do believe he's trying to meet his opposition half way, and they are not.

I also am disappointed he wasn't able to do more with his majority, and I feel he squandered some opportunities. At least part of that is his fault. As for the American voters of 2010, well, let's just say I don't think America will make that mistake again.

There's a lot about the Conservative program that does have merit: government is too big, taxes are too high, regulation too much, spending is out of control, and the bureacracy is unmanageable. Liberals don't necessarily disagree with this, I certainly don't, but we need conservative discipline to rein in the government, to keep it under control. But there's a lot about conservative philosophy I feel we need fear, also.

For both sides, the electoral; process is corrupted by campaign funding and lobbyists. That is the biggest problem of all

But there are fundamental things I believe in, too. I believe government does have a role to play, and that a major part of that role is protecting the people from corporate greed and private indifference. And I believe only government can do that, business, left to itself, will not. I believe the single most important force that creates wealth and prosperity is the American worker, and that is what is the government's purpose to nurture, protect and promote. The American business commuity exists to harness and channel that force, but it is secondary to it. It plays a supporting role, an infrastructure. It is the man who does the work that counts. The business man plays a role as manager, leader, planner, investor, risk-taker and innovator. For that, he deserves to be rewarded handsomely. But the reason we HAVE a business community is to provide an environment for the worker to produce. They are what matters.

When the workers are not prospering, the country is not functioning properly, regardless of how well business is doing. And I do not believe that if business prospers the workers will automatically benefit. In fact, I think it is a deliberate lie. A thriving private sector is a necessary but not sufficient condition for a prosperous worker.

To use a military analogy, both privates and generals have their role in an army, and generals are very important. But the privates do the fighting and the dying. Its their war, that's why we need an army in the first place, not to provide the generals with career satisfaction.

And I also apologize if I snapped out unfairly. I just have become very sensitive to being characterized as a fool, or a villain because of my political opinions, I may be wrong but I'm not stupid, and I am not a villain. I feel the way I do for a reason, and I have given it a lot of thought. I apologize for my error, but not for my motives.

I once was told by a man I greatly admire, a boatyard CEO and Naval Architect, what went into his designs. His answer was very instructive to me:

"Every yacht is a compromise, depending on its mission, you pay a price for every virtue, something is given up for every bit of performance. Every single design decision I make has a justification, objective or subjective, based on both its individual effect, and how it interacts with the rest of the boat. There is a reason why I do this instead of that, it may be a result of a calculation, or experience, or experiment, a business decision, or just guesswork, but I have thought it out and made that decision for a reason. The sea and the market will decide whether the sum total of those decisions works or not."

Thats how he builds his boats, and runs his company. Thats how we should run a country. I don't believe in formulas.