And The Day Has Arrived

Yes, you can now say with glee ... President-Elect Barack Obama. Are you happy? Is the world suddenly sunnier?

Well, many people think so ... just look what people were saying on the radio this morning, Obama will be the president, how will things change?

Girl: I will be able to afford to go to college because it will now be less expense ... my tuition will go down and books will be free.

Middle Age Man: my heath care costs will go down ... I will be able to go to any doctor and get service and the doctor will pay me for coming in ... and smile.

Man: I will be able to make a living and keep more of my money because the tax cuts will not only reduce my taxes, maybe even eliminate them but I will get money back.

Woman: the wars will be over soon and the troops be home to help hunt for the Easter eggs ... there will be world peace and harmony ... the lion shall lie down with the lamb and the meal will not be lamb chops.

Gay Fellow ( he said so, it was not his speech pattern ) ... gays will be allowed to marry, inherit, visit in the hospital, get social security benefits and more ... except of course in California or Florida and all the other states that ban gay marriage and gay rights but that's okay I live in Massachusetts.

Young Man: life will be better, change is here.

Young Girl: the sun is gonna come out tomorrow.

Now I do not want to be a naysayer but lets throw some cold water on the euphoria.

On election day, in anticipation of the Obama win ... the Dow went up around 270, the day after the wonderful, historic event ... the market went down 280 points on Wednesday and last night was down almost 500 points in Wednesday night in overnight trading. I guess the markets are done celebrating this historic win and are now moving on the reality part of our show.

Yesterday, South Korea's stock market closed down 7.6%, Japan closed down 5.6% and other Asian markets out there were running for the hills. So much for the warm thoughts the world has for the new president.

Obama has begun to name, or leak, his new potential official advisors and maybe cabinet people. The candidate of CHANGE ... lets see

Rahm Emanuel formerly of the Clinton administration where he was affectionately known as "the Hammer" because he was effective at ramming his ideas down the throats of both his friends and enemies. Did I use the word "enemies" when talking about the future administration of CHANGE and HOPE and GOODWILL. Well Rahm said in an interview, "its my way or the highway and winning is the only thing, so vote my way or get out of my way".

Treasury, a place which certainly needs new ideas and real leadership. How about Robert Rubin formerly of the Clinton Administration or maybe Lawrence Summers formerly of the Clinton Administration. Good to have new faces. The plan to solve our current economic crisis? Well, an idea being floated is that the technology sector is about to take off and go through the roof. Amazon is said to be going from $20 a share to $450 a share, Intel is set to go through the ceiling on the potential of a new chip they have not begun working on, twenty new companies are expected to make initial public offerings with no product, no business plan but they are technology companies so don't worry. Yes, the plan will be to replace the housing bubble with a new and improved technology bubble ... it worked to make the Clinton team look like geniuses so why shouldn't it work for Obama.

Defense: Obama could not stand the surge, could not say publicly that it worked ( oh it worked, so he will able to draw down the troops ) so he will keep the man who planned the surge, Robert Gates ... Secretary Gates you keep your job.

Secretary of State: a leading candidate is the smooth talking John F. Kerry because he demonstrated to the American public that he has a total grasp of the issues facing America

National Security Advisor: Dennis Ross, former Jimmy Carter staffer. Yes, Dennis was very good at giving solid advice after he was out of office. In fact, after Jimmy Carter wrote his made up history memoir of life as he wished it would have been, Dennis was kind enough to write the rebuttal presenting his memories as he wished they had been ... with him objecting during the process instead of afterwards.

So, CHANGE will be brought to you by former Clinton and Carter staffers ... imagine you objected to Hillary!

But don't worry ... CHANGE will come because Congress is now oh so more Democratic and they are the party of forgiveness and openness and the umbrella party. NOT, the Democratic leaders have been running around, waving bottles of champagne telling anyone that will listen ... we are going to have it our way ... damn the Red States ... damn the Republicans.

The Republican Party is the party of, or is supposed to be, the party of less government when it comes to finance, business, less regulation, strong defense particularly against countries that pose no direct threat, make friends with dictators and screw the global ... but I will watch closely what you are doing in your bedroom.

The Democrats, on the other hand, definitely want to stay out of your bedroom, you should be able to screw whoever you want ... because then we can stifle growth, innovation, we can regulate to our hearts content, to mandate public behaviour so the people will behave properly, we will promote policies that will ensure that public education will continue its downward spiral, business will continue to move jobs out of America to avoid the amazing mass of regulations to save the spotted tig, you know there are only 4 of them left and since we do not know where they are we need to save all the potential sights they might inhabit and of course we need to eliminate coal and oil as fuel sources ... coal because it supplies more than 50% of the electricity in America and oil .,, well who needs to drive a car. But don't worry the unproven, tens of years away alternative energy sources should be funded with billions and billions of dollars of subsidies because no good idea ever came about without billions and billions of dollars of Federal subsidies. And I could go on and on.

So, President-Elect Obama ... we wish you well as you staff your CHANGE team with former Clinton and Carter people and attempt to work with the Democratic Congress that took the agenda of moderate Clinton and outsider Carter to a pulp. You on other hand have never objected to what the Democratic leadership proposed and certainly in your campaign you never pointed out how your policies would differ from Nancy Pelosi, Harry Reid, or Henry Waxman ... so of course your life will be simple ... all you have to turn your vague trust me statements into actual productive policies. Well, you got two months to get ready.

Reported comments by President-Elect Obama right before his historic speech Tuesday night, after he was informed that Senator McCain had conceded ...

Oh, my God, I am going to be the next President of the United States of America ... Oh, shit, I am going to be the next President of the United States of America!