Bipartisanship and finding a new job

So, our new president has decided to have a press conference in which he will entertain questions form stalwart institutions such as the Huffington Post.

Mr. Obama glided through the questions without making any obvious news. Then, he
turned to Mr. Stein, 26, who last month became the White House correspondent for
his publication.
“Are you willing to rule out — right here and now — any
prosecution of Bush administration officials?” Mr. Stein said, asking whether
Mr. Obama intended to endorse an investigation by a so-called Truth and
Reconciliation Committee.

I can only imagine what might have happened to George W bush had he decided to field a question from Rush Limbaugh or TownHall.com. We would never had heard the end of it. Yet he allows a question from the same website that allowed its viewers to celebrate the death of Tony Snow. I hope it isn't a sign of things to come. Now, don't get me wrong, I respect the president and I hope and pray that he does a wonderful job, but this seems to show a lack of judgement. I do not, however, like the direction that he seems to be taking these last few days. It seems that our dear leader is taking the low road when it comes to placing blame. He said that we were not going to continue the failed policies of the last eight years. He said during his campaign (which was run as brilliantly as a presidential campaign can be run) that he did not want to resort to the politics of fear, yet as he is experiencing- perhaps for the first time in his political career- resistance to his plans, he stoops to the exact form of political rhetoric that he lambasted the Bush administration for using.

President Barack Obama warned on Thursday that failure to act on an
economic recovery package could plunge the nation into a long-lasting recession
that might prove irreversible, a fresh call to a recalcitrant Congress to move
quickly. Yahoo
News
“A failure to act, and act now, will turn crisis into a catastrophe
and guarantee a longer recession, a less robust recovery, and a more uncertain
future,” Obama said in his prepared remarks. Breitbart

So now we are forced to make a decision: either pull the trigger on this monstrosity of a stimulus package, or refuse to throw good money after bad. I am of the opinion that this economic stimulus package is not going to be good for the economy. It won't be as bad as the last one, in which we have no idea where the money went, but I still do not believe that this black hole of economic ideas is going to fair any better than the crazy spending habits the last administration. But for the president to resort to fear in order to bring us all online is ridiculous.

Again, I hope and pray that this stimulus plan actually works, I could certainly use a job right now, but I have my doubts. I see no possible way for this great country to spend its way out of debt. We print more and more money resulting in inflation, and the problem still doesn't go away. What's the next plan? Spend $2 trillion? $3Trillion? When is enough going to finally be enough? The tough economic times are getting tougher by the day. I am not even working at my construction job because people are a little hesitant to put money into this economy. Many people are holding on to their paychecks. What is the tourism trade here in Virginia Beach going to look like this spring and summer? Scary times abound.

On the other hand, there are thousands of jobs being advertised on the internet. Unfortunately, there are hundreds of thousand of job seekers going after them. I am registered on at least 10 job sites, including Monster and CareerBuilder (just to name a couple), and get job alerts every day. I do my duty and apply to the ones that I think I am somewhat qualified for and wait for the phone to ring, which it never does...
Until today.

I am excited that I have a job interview. I have a feeling that I am going to overplay my hand when I actually sit down with the interviewer, if I do not do my homework on the company. I only voice this fear because I don't want to be disappointed if I don't do well. I hope this isn't the case. I plan on preparing this afternoon for the questions and how to make myself the best candidate for the job. Perhaps this is only the tip of the iceburg and I will begin to get more interviews as the days go by. I think I may be on the verge of better days. I think this because I have updated my profile in what may be the most important job search website that I am associated with. The Virginia State employment Commission has a very good site and they also have very good job counselors, 2 of which are veteran preferred counselors. My counselor showed me a few mistakes that I had made on my profile and she showed me how to makeit look better for the employers. She also told me to come by anytime for some coaching... maybe I'll go ask her about this one. I cannot let myself get discouraged. I know that I am going to find the right job at the right time.