We are the champions!

Have you ever noticed how one side of an argument is always right? And it just so happens, it's always the side you're on. This is most notable in politics. Last night I was watching President Obama address congress and he received something like 34 standing ovations during his address. There were several times where the Republicans only gave standing ovations and times where Democrats only gave the standing ovation. The rest of the time it was a bench clearer and both parties were standing and applauding at the same time. After Obama's heart lifting and hope giving speech, the Republican "spokesperson" Louisiana Governor Bobby Jindal was all over Obama's economic plan like white on rice on a paper plate in a snow storm.


He was letting us know how the Republicans are there for the people. He assured us that his party is very bi-partisan and does not believe in growing the power of the Government but growing the power of the people. I wish I could believe him on his pleas to prove how much he cared for me but I just can't. The biggest reason why is the people they had running the show for the last 8 years. G-Dub, that's what I call him, did quite a bit of taking power from the people and with the help of Cheney, managed to shoot the checks and balances system in the face with a shotgun. Is it unfair to chastise an entire party based on a small group of people, no, but it's done every day. Maybe, if I look deeper into the party I could find some other politicians who have done what they can to screw the people over. Actually you know what, of course I can. There are members of congress on both sides of the fence that are pretty self serving.

I'm not picking sides, I'm simply saying that what's been tried for the last 8 years hasn't worked. This Obama character seems to have picked up on that. It seems as though the Republicans have too. They, like most people, fear change. This is evident by the nit picking and slamming of his bail out plan. I'm not entirely sure this bail out plan is going to have the desired effect, either, but hell what's the worst that could happen. The economy tumbles and we have a post apocalyptic event without something to make the teams a little smaller, for example a deep comet impact that decimates the world population. Too bad we won't be able to blame that on G-Dub as well.

Back to the bail out, round 2. The thing I like most about it is the infrastructure jobs and projects. This is one of the better parts of the plan, we need jobs and infrastructure. This should have a positive impact on the economy. One of the not so good parts of the plan is giving tax payer money to the banks so the banks can lend it back to us, this just doesn't make sense to me. I'm not sure the answer is giving money to the people to pay off their loans either. But hey, I'm not even an economist, I'm just an observer, like Isaac Newton. Money that comes in the form of tax cuts seems like a good idea, mostly because it's money that I earn, and (gasp) I get to keep. I might just invest that into something American made, like a keg of Budweiser, wait F*ck, that's not gonna work. Maybe I'll save up this tax cut and take a class on Economics and save the world from the economic apocalypse. Now if you'll excuse me I'm going to go enjoy some first amendment.