New year... New priorities?

Sorry for the lack of recent blog posts, but what a time to jump right back in.
President Obama has a whole heap of things on his plate right now. The massive disaster in Haiti is now at the top of everyone's mind. It is hard to think about healthcare bills and tarp funds while there are so many people in Haiti who are absolutely devastated. Projected deaths are in the hundreds of thousands and there is widespread destruction. My deepest most heartfelt sympathies are with the Haitian people. The United States has a great team of people responding to this disaster including diplomats and foreign service agents... Not to mention Secretary of State Clinton. No doubt the carnage in Haiti left in the wake of the massive 7.0 earthquake is weighing heavily on the President, but while the relief effort continues, we must continue on our recovery here at home as well. Our economy seems to be on the rebound; unemployment is still an issue, but as a lagging indicator we should see some relief soon. The banks are making enough money that they are getting back to the business of paying out huge bonuses, and our government is now considering taxing them more to cover the taxpayers costs on those TARP loans they received to avoid failure. In addtion to the economic issues here at home, we are still involved in two wars. Iraq is winding down and we have pulled out our combat troops. If all goes according to planj which, in the Middle East is a crap-shoot, we can withdraw all of our troops this year. We currently have our military might centered on Afghanistan trying to help the new re-elected Karzai government defeat the Taliban resurgence. Not to be left out, Yemeni Sheikhs are threatening Jihad against us if we send troops over to help the government in Yemen to stop the rise of Al-Qaida. Oh yeah...there is still North Korea and Iran.
The Federal Court in Los Angeles is now hearing testimony in the gay marriage trial which it seems is destined for the Supreme Court. We have a lot of tasks to tackle, and we need to avoid the partisan politics to get them done.