For some odd reason, I couldn’t stop thinking of these four particular topics:

1. With President Barack Obama's proactive approach to improving the nation's current conditions (stimulus package, homeowner help plan, health care summit, etc), do you feel that it could lead to too much government control or do you feel that he's genuinely working to change things for the betterment of most Americans?
2. A college study linking sex to music
3. Chris Brown beating Rihanna
4. Personal goals in life

Well, rather than give out some tired, played out post stating my own personal viewpoints, I decided to try something different. I assembled four diverse Xangans -- whose unique styles of writing I’ve long since admired -- and I obtained their respective perspectives on the four subjects mentioned above.

Your panelists for this four-part series of entries are (as told in their own words)…

Franksabunch (FRANK) - a half-superhero, half-Taiwanese American physician from Honolulu, HI, who's been blogging for almost five years.

Lotta_Valdez (CARLOTTA) - a Mexican American student from Houston, Texas, who's been blogging here at Xanga for five years.

Trunthepaige (PAIGE) - I am American, that is something I am rather grateful for, but not proud of... Because I had nothing to do with were I was born. I'm an Architectural Sales Representative, from Seattle, Washington, who's been blogging here for three years.

VaneDave (DAVE) - a black/latino comedian from NYC, who's been blogging here at "The X" for five and a half years.

Out of courtesy to you kind readers, I will post one topic per blog entry as part of a series. Today, I will only cover Topic #1. .

Topic One: With President Barack Obama's proactive approach to improving the nation's current conditions (stimulus package, homeowner help plan, health care summit, etc), do you feel that it could lead to too much government control or do you feel that he's genuinely working to change things for the betterment of most Americans?

Franksabunch:  I think people forget that socialism/communism failed. Anyone who thinks otherwise should compare the number of people who move to America from China and the former Soviet Bloc countries to the other way around. When all is said and done, you'll find that the powers that be will have their hands in all aspects of your life, and that isn't necessarily a good thing. I think Barack Obama is a very intelligent individual and talented leader, but he's still a company man, and that means big government, taxes and spending. The market will eventually equilibrate. I've worked really hard to get where I am today, and I don't particularly like seeing 45% of my money paying for the irresponsible choices of corporations and other people. Capitalism isn't perfect, but it's still the best system in the world.

Lotta_Valdez:  I disagree with some parts of the stimulus package, but I like the idea as a whole. In order to build a truly strong nation, you need to provide your citizens with education, healthcare, and infrastructure. It’s time to prioritize these things again instead of letting corporations run amok.

Trunthepaige:  Obama believes his ideas are very much in the national interest. Unfortunately, he is far more concerned with using the economic crises as an excuse to recreate America -- turning this nation into a European style “mommy” state. He is far more interested in that goal than actually working on the real economic issues. His first priority was not an economic fix at all. Remember, this was a banking and mortgage crisis. Those are two issues he has yet to do much about. Despite already allocating a trillion dollars to projects unrelated to the economic crisis. No, his first priorities were to initiate his more controversial and expensive socialistic ideas to grow the federal government. He seems to think you fix a problem -- caused by excessive deficits, bad laws regarding mortgages and the economic bubble this caused -- by pouring vastly more money into everything, but fixing nothing. His goal does seem to make every American dependent on the government to some extent for their basic needs. That simply is not what this country is all about. He is creating a new nation in the mold of failed European models, as opposed to fixing some problems in the most successful system ever created. In the end, it seems we will not have enough money left to fix the banking and mortgage issues. Actually, we ran out of money a long time ago. We are just running out of credit to mortgage ourselves and our children into the next century.

VaneDave: There needs to be a balance in what the government controls. Barack Obama was elected to maintain that balance. Their are situations where the government has exerted total control in the past, such as ignoring the will of the people and continuing the war in Iraq, and there are situations where the government has not exercised enough control, such as allowing sub prime lending to kill the housing and banking industries. We are in unstable times right now. It might be necessary for President Obama to be a bit more proactive than usual for at least the short term.