Pomp & Ceremony

Well, it’s official… Official because our illustrious President-elect has said so. Things are going to get really bad… And worse he says if he doesn’t get his stimulus package pushed through Congress quickly. Did anyone actually think “The One” could save us? Obama is not God; He’s not a prophet; He’s just a man, a man in over his head.


Americans need to stop looking for our government to “save” us. It’s our government that put us in the state we are today. We need to look at ourselves in the mirror. We need to take control of our own lives. We need to step up to the plate, put our shoulders to the wheel and push through this depression. FDR’s methods had limited effect on pulling us out of the last depression, and perhaps Obama’s will help to some degree with this one. But NO proposal can “save” us without American’s learning to save themselves FIRST.

How do we do that? First we need to learn to live within our means! Plastic will be the ruin of our country, and perhaps the world. Plastic money (credit) AND plastic crap! As during the first depression, American’s need to put a stop to frivolous spending… Our own as well as our government’s. Secondly, we need to stop the hideous amount of waste which threatens to bury us. Why in hell do we go to a restaurant and order two entrees… When one is typically more than enough to feed two people? We don’t even bother to take home “doggie-bags”. That sort of waste is widespread. I watch my children do it all the time. They call me “cheap”… but who do they come to when they need a little cash to tide them over? Me… the cheapskate!

Obama needs to set an example. Perhaps putting a stop to the upcoming inaugurational bullshit. The cost of secret service alone must be astronomical! Put that money into the kitty.. Is the 20th going to save our country? No. Is there a chance that a terrorist-event looms on that day? Yes. Is the pomp and ceremony so important? I don’t think so… And for all those American’s who’ll be watching it on TV because they don’t have a job… I doubt they’re very impressed either…