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Gifts for all occasions in the Galleria! Subscribe to the "What is the Deal?" mailing list. The "What is the Deal?" Deal-of-the-Week: New products at The Sharper Image June 6, 2004 What is the Deal with Change? By Jan A. Larson Everyone faces the prospect of change in his or her life from time to time. Sometimes people instigate change and sometimes change is thrust upon them. The 2004 election is about change, but the question is, do we or do we not choose change? At this point, there are two major issues on the table that will likely decide if the American electorate chooses change, those being the state of the economy and the war in Iraq. There is no question that everything isn't perfectly peachy with either. In a perfect America, everyone that wanted to work would be working and the economy would be growing at a healthy clip. In a perfect world, there would be no dictators to oppress a population or terrorists that seek to kill everyone that doesn't think as they. Unfortunately, we don't live in a perfect America or a perfect world. There are plenty of changes that each of us would choose if we had the power to make them happen. John Kerry is running on a platform of change. He believes that if we don't like things the way they are, we will vote for change. Not necessarily change for the better, but simply for change. For the last six plus months, Kerry has blasted the Bush administration's policies and actions. Everything, and I mean everything, that the President has done has been 100% wrong according to Kerry. Kerry doesn't want Americans to simply vote for change, but to vote for an idea of Utopia. It isn't hard to sit back and be a Monday-morning quarterback, criticizing from the sidelines. Kerry has done a masterful job of complaining, but has done little in the way of offering solutions. He lambasted the President on employment and promised to create 10 million jobs without offering details other than it involved higher taxes. The latest employment figures, however, indicate that the President's tax reduction policies are fueling job creation. Doesn't sound like something that we should change. Kerry has ripped the President for not having a "plan" for Iraq. When the President put forth a five-step plan for Iraq last week, Kerry's handlers, according to some reports, advised him not to offer an alternative plan. I guess if you don't have a plan, you can't be criticized for having a poor plan. I wonder if Kerry will have a plan before the election? John Kerry? A plan? Now that would be a change. Kerry has blasted the Bush administration for "alienating" our allies. I would offer that France and Germany, along with Russia, betrayed the United States, not the other way around. With friends like that, who needs enemies? Change relationships with France and Germany? Sure, but they will have to be the ones that change. Kerry would turn to a corrupt and ineffective United Nations to make decisions that affect the security of the United States. There is nothing that the United Nations has done in the last two decades that would support such a foolish notion. Is this the kind of change that we want? So far, at least, John Kerry is banking on the American public's dissatisfaction with the economy, the war and everything else he can blame on President Bush. He has offered no real, workable solutions, but yet thinks that offering change for the sake of change will be enough to put him into the White House. For my money I don't want questions, I want answers. The President offers answers - you may or may not like them, but Kerry offers nothing. -- Send feedback to the author. The "What is the Deal?" column will appears weekly on the Pie of Knowledge website. Guest submissions are welcome and encouraged. To submit an article to "What is the Deal?" click here. To subscribe to the "What is the Deal?" mailing list and receive early notification when a new column is available, click here. The Pie of Knowledge will never, ever divulge email addresses to any third party for any reason unless so ordered by a court of law. Contributions to the Pie of Knowledge are greatly appreciated. 
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