Drastic Alternatives

Barack Hussein Obama will have to decide what it is he wants to happen. Does he want the unemployment rate come back down to normal? We all assume he must want that - at least he says so. In order to do that, however, he would have to change his policies and admit he was wrong. He would have to abandon the idea of wealth re-distribution; reparations; central planning; single-payer everything. He would have to declare himself a friend of industry; capitalism. He would have to begin thinking in terms of American exceptionalism, which involves believing that what's good for America is also good for the rest of the world.

As there is no indication of our president yielding on any of these issues, I would guess the economy will continue to fight him for the remainder of his days. In normal times, under a more conventional president, we, the people, could expect things to improve after this current administration has been voted out. If, as many now suspect, the Republicans are in on it as well - and that we will be doing nothing by our vote except changing hats - our jobless malaise may well last indefinitely.

The key point to watch in all this is whether or not our government will hold off on ‘cap and trade’ legislation for as long as it takes to re-evaluate the science that’s driving the issue. (Remember, McCain was totally on board the ‘global warming’ bandwagon as well.) If not, America is screwed three days to Sunday and Americans should begin to consider more drastic alternatives.