RIM - ________ In Motion

Can you fill in the blank?

RIM, better known in the tech industry as Research In Motion, is the company responsible for the well known Blackberry product line. Recently, since the release of it's new product, the Playbook, RIM has been criticized for "losing it's way."

Now, I've never owned a Blackberry, but I remember being green with envy at my friends' Berries. All that constant connection was very attractive to the tech geek in me. That was, until the iPhone was released. Focusing in the mobile marketplace, the iPhone, followed by the Android OS, was infinitely more enticing than the boring ole Blackberry. Blackberries are great for secure email and BBM, but they just can't compete in the "coolness" category. RIM tried to jump in the popular tablet fray with the Playbook, but they only half heartedly jumped in.

With the market changing so rapidly, RIM is at a crossroads. They have to make a decision on what direction to take the company. And they need to do it fast. Otherwise, they'll end up "the next Nokia...laid low by the unwillingness to adapt..."

Sound familiar? Damn right it does. You can substitute RIM for another three letter acronym: USA.

There, I said it.

The United States is a crossroads right now. For years, our country has been able to coast along doing the same ole, same ole, and been perfectly able to dominate in our market: the world. Now, however, the world is changing faster than ever, and we are no longer the leaders taking the first steps on the moon. Our economy is crumbling and our current administration keeps having money-pile bonfires on the White House lawn.

We someone to pick a direction for this nation. Not only pick a direction, but be confident in that direction. You can't just half-ass something. That's not the American way. We need someone who is an economical and job ninja. I believe that someone could be Mitt Romney.

Could it be someone else? Sure, but Romney has the experience, both in the business world and the political world, to pull it off. Don't believe me? Read the post on An American Blog for the number crunching proof. I need a job. My friends need jobs. America needs jobs. Romney knows how and he will get it done. This, in turn will get the economy rolling again and set America back on her feet.

So I ask you again: can you fill in the blank? ________ In Motion.  Research In Motion? Nope. Wrong.

ROMNEY In Motion.