Well, the president of our small bank where I grew up visited all the time, but he and my dad where long time buddies.

UPDATE: This took another 20 seconds to find, and was a Press Release from the White House addressing the issue on April 22 (the day after the spill): http://www.whitehouse.gov/the-press-office/statement-press-secretary-presidents-oval-office-meeting-discuss-situation-gulf-mex Wow, imagine if Rush would have spend 30 seconds researching...I guess his fake 98.6% accuracy rating needs to be a lower fake number, huh?

Rich, this is the ways of presidents.

Foreigners may have no protests; no demonstrations, no waving of aforeign flag, no political organizing, no bad-mouthing our president or hispolicies.

Bush was an idiot, and I thought the worst possible President.

True, if you find one that doesn't have their head up their @$$ and doesn't read negative press like this:http://activerain.com/blogsview/1691636/is-short-sale-flipping-criminal-activity-"In addition to banks losing money, this practice damages the unsuspecting homeowner who is selling the home in the short sale because they then face the possibility of a higher deficiency judgment if the lender seeks to recover the unpaid balance, or if there is forgiveness of debt, a higher income tax bill (unless the homeowner is exempt under various tax forgiveness plans of the IRS).Borrowers are "on the hook for larger deficiencies," Ann Fulmer, vice president of Interthinx said in an interview with Bloomberg Television.

Democrats on President Obama's financial commission are now calling the mortgage interest deduction a “tax entitlement†and are pushing for elimination.

Thomas Edison failed 10,000 times before creating the incandescant lightbulb and Abraham Lincoln lost 7 elections for multiple offices before winning presidency.

Short term: If Ron Paul gets elected president the gold bubble is probably over.

Go meet your local REI club presidents and ask for a referral - or look at the local groups on BP.