Can We Believe the President Anymore?

President Obama is on the verge of imploding. There is a book by Stephen R. Covey called the Speed of Trust and shows how a high trust environment will produce multiple times the output of a low trust culture. High Trust cultures are difficult to create and even harder to maintain but the payoff is rather large. The president talks a great game but does not seem to be able to back up his lofty talk with reality. Whether health care or the economy we are never sure whether the president is telling the truth or not. Saying one thing and doing something completely different has become all too common in Washington.
Let's look at Energy
Nuclear Power. During the State of the Union Obama stated he supports "building a new generation of safe, clean nuclear power plants" but in his budget funds have been slashed for Yucca mountain in Nevada. So he says lets push nuclear power but at the same time makes it impossible to deal with the waste. Talk but no money does not show support of the subject.
Gas & Oil Leases
Contrary to public statements supporting off shore drilling to decrease reliance on imported oil the president's budget shows decreasing revenue from the leases in 2011 signaling the administration's true intent of phasing them back not increasing the drilling. Even if one does not agree with his position, at least stick to your beliefs instead of trying to be everything to everyone.
Whether it is transparency, or lobbyists, or posting bills online for review, or Health care, we the people have no idea whether the President means what he says or even believes what he says. He trys to sound wonderful to everyone listening without worrying about accomplishing what he says. What the country is losing is very important to our future, our ability to believe in what the president says.