Reality Sets In

Reality has set in! Just look at what the stock market did today. Down 300 points.

Since the November election of Barack Obama, the nation and the stock market have been like a person anticipating the vacation of a lifetime. We have been looking forward to inauguration day with so much excitement, hope, and irrational exuberance that we have been able to avoid any thoughts about the economic reality we presently find ourselves. We have been able to get through the long work weeks and dreadful state of the economy by focusing on the happiness and joy January 20, 2009 will bring. Planning for a party always seems so much more fun than planning for your own funeral!

Well, today is like the first day back from vacation and all that remains is the drudgery of returning to work and paying the bills. Our overspending has caught up with us and there is no denying it now. Our creditors are tired of us telling them the check is in the mail and have wised up to our irresponsible ways. We have to face the facts and the hard work required to get us out of the mess our frivolous spending and quest for outsized gains has placed us in.

There is no longer any reason to irrationally think that Barack "Jesus" Obama will magically make all the bad things go away the second he finishes taking the oath to become President of the United States. See link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P36x8rTb3jI


I have always been proud of my country! Today's inauguration just adds one more thing that makes me proud to be an American. I pray for Obama's success at changing our country for the better. It is the greatest country in the history of the world. Not perfect, but the greatest.