Camacho/Supreme '08As much as I want to believe that Obama wants to make a difference, I just know that he'll eventually disappoint. On top of repairing the damages from the past 8 years of neglect, the next administration will face a whole host of economic and international that will come in the next 4 years. There's just too much to do and people will have to be disappointed for real progress to be made.
CNN as described the culminating perils as a "perfect storm". Let's look at the progression: 9/11, Iraq (and everything that comes with it), usurp of VP powers, domestic phone taps, Guantanamo, global warming, Katrina, Justice Department, 10 trillion deficit, Iran, rising Russian influence, oil prices, economic crisis, and I'm sure there are more that are not coming to me at the moment. There's no way a single person get fix all this in a way that can live up to the hype Obama is promoting.
The one ticket that can save us, the Stewart/Colbert ticket, is unelectable. The other ticket that can save us, the Camacho/Supreme ticket, does not exist.
One thing is for certain, don't buy into this whole tax cut nonsense. It doesn't matter who the next president is, taxes are going up. This has to be the sacrifice that this generation of Americans have to assume the responsibility for. Our 10 trillion debt is tied into every current and future problem that the United States is facing. Our consumer tendencies have to be put aside for now so that we do not pass this burden onto the following generations.
