Alternative Energy, Now a Past Item?

What is going on in this world today? Do we really know and are we being told the truth?
Before writing anything I like to watch the news and also go through the internet to see what is current. Lately there seems to be nothing but bad. The tensions in the middle east, North and South Korea, Iraq, Afghanistan, and of course the oil spill in the gulf. These are the bigger stories. Do not forget the Mexican drug wars, illegal aliens still coming to the US, and the economy in the US.
There is another issue that is escaping media attention at this time and that is a vote in congress in October that is going to affect our constitutional rights to bare arms. The NRA is fighting this hard and a lot of that news is being kept quiet, mostly I believe by our own government, starting at the top.
Has anyone really looked at this president. Still questions (by some) about his birth certificate, has spent us into such debt that is overwhelming, given us a health care package no one wants or can understand, has issues with the American flag being shown during tv speeches, sent a bust of Winston Churchill back to England that has been in the oval office since the end of WWII, made the US apologize to France because he had a previous engagement and could not attend a formal dinner, and now wants to quietly change our right to bare arms. These are just a few that annoy me.
Currently there are Americans who have worked their entire lives and have lost their jobs, and congress won't sign a bill extending unemployment payments due to concerns over the debt crisis! We all must remember that this is a government of the people, by the people and for the people!
In much the same way big business has controlled much of our lives. Why can't a car get 100mpg? Why is alternative energy still not very popular? What of solar energy? What of wind power? Is power from magnets for real? Where have all the jobs gone to? The economy?
This is America, we can voice an opinion. It is still the best place to live. We can also help ourselves and look to the future. This president, in my opinion, is not the future.