Well, we have a new prezzer.

obama-reuters-halo In the end, this election was a stink-burger of an election in my esteemed opinion. Not only did we have no third option to speak of, but my man (Ron Paul for anyone who might be semi-retarded and unable to guess) was barred from running for a third party by an agreement he had to sign with the GOP.

We can expect to see some credibility back to the White House at least, but it does not fix the underlying problems that face our nation, our economy, or our society. We have a failing school system, we have an endemic problem of being a consumer based economy, and finally we are dealing with global climate change.

We need to stop bailouts, and let car companies that cannot manufacture cars with 50 mpg vehicles die outright. They already have low emission cars like that in other countries, while our big three just languish and say they cannot do it. Well if you cannot do it – then shut up and die. Simple as that. If you want to compete, then actually compete for once. Stop begging for handouts you idiots.

Wall Street’s problems arose when the Government began to give them a free ride on credit. The problems happened when the credit ran out. Well – stop giving them credit! If some companies fall, they fall. New ones will rise up to take their places. A free market has never actually been done in the united states before, because Big Brother is always afraid that someone is going to crash the school bus. Well guess what happens when two people steer the same bus? It crashes.

Our energy policies are dramatically poor. We’re relying on the B.S. concept of ‘clean coal’ to save us. Har har. There is no such thing as clean coal.

In any case, Obama might be a bit brighter than that three watt we just replaced, but his policies only reflect the agenda of someone committed to his ideal, which I strongly disagree with. We do not need to save anyone, we need to start letting big corrupt companies die so that others can take their places. We need to encourage manufacturing that is environmentally sound, and we need to start penalizing countries that are building thousands of coal plants each year (I’m looking at you China).

We need to get off fossil fuels for electricity needs first and foremost. There are alternatives which can generate massive amounts of power. We have the technology for Nuclear plants that are safe (because of generation III technology – most plants are still Generation 1 and 2, which is sad and dangerous) and can provide energy needs, along with more research into Fusion.

Cars need to across the board be made much more efficient, in fact companies in Asia have been doing this since the 70s. If Japanese companies can make a better car, then I guess they should dominate the market. We could help by giving them incentives to manufacture cars for the American market here in the U.S., which would generate jobs and manufacturing. We could also stop this silly outsourcing craze by going to sound economics (getting rid of the personal income tax, cutting the federal budget by 2/3rds, and allowing companies that use clean low to no emission manufacturing to have tax breaks and benefits so that they are competitive – along with penalty taxes on pollution creating industry from which we get overseas goods).

Well, here we go for another four year ride of uncertainty, doubt, and hope.