Obama Speaks

     The media is all prepped and primed for the President's State of the Union speech tonight at 6pm(PST).   His topics will focus on his agenda for 2014 and beyond, with 3 years remaining of this 2nd term.   The 2 main topics: Immigration reform and Income Inequality.   The term, income inequality has gotten lots of focus of late.  It seems that Washington is now worried that the Great Recession has made inequality greater, or more unequal, or more painful, or more hurtful, or more shameful, or more something.   The White House 'spinners' will try to address the concerns to be expressed by the Chief Executive tonight.
     We can only hope the Prez does not come off as another socialist trying to flatten out the trend lines found in economic measurements  of incomes.  Since government policies include inflation as necessary to the system, it's a dilemma for policy makers to decide anything worthwhile about income inequality.  Raise minimum wages?  Inflationary, true.  Control the pay of banking executives?  Anti-capitalist. Create more high quality jobs? Yes, but how do we do that?
    Watch and listen tonight for answers to these and many other pertinent questions.

Weather Alert
      Believe it or not- RAIN is predicted for Northern California.   As early as Thursday, there is a chance of 1/3" of rain across a swath the state which hasn't had a bit of rain in over a month.   Let's hope it's true.  Maybe the storm door is beginning to open.  Wouldn't that be nice.   Maybe some snow for the last holiday of the season: President's Day.