My role is not so much to lobby but be a sounding board for people. That's a more effective place for me to be.

The debt ceiling at some point has to be raised. I don't think there's anybody that questions the fact that if we ended up getting in a situation where the U.S. government was sending out IOUs like the state of California did at one point, that ends up creating quite a brand problem for our country.

It is not really our country so much is the problem, it's sort of the parasitic relationship that Canada, and France, and other countries have towards us.

If your focus in life is on being productive, when things are not happening... one has to ask oneself, 'Is this worth a grown man's time?'