Man or Messiah?

I would not want to be Barack Obama, no sir. The poor sod is being touted by the liberal media as the next messiah - the man who can turn water into wine, heal the sick and free the captives. That is a pretty tall order. He has one US predecessor to draw inspiration from and perhaps copy to an extent. FD Roosevelt had a similarly difficult situation on his hands when he came into power during WWII, while that maniac Hilter was mincing around in his jodphurs thinking HE was the messiah and costing everyone a lot of money. There was other irritating political stuff going on too like unemployment and inflation. I digress. FDR got the cash injection bit right with his appointment of some clever fellows at the Federal Reserve who gave banks cash on the condition that they spread the wealth around but he got it wrong when it came to job creation which led to the kind of 'Indian giving' that Seinfeld doesn't want to talk about.

Obama's biggest headache, I am reliably informed by the The Rolling Stone Magazine - the venerable or is that venereal old man of punditry, 'will be finding enough job-creation projects that can be started quickly.' Doing so will help push funds into the economy before it takes a nose dive into the Hudson that not even Chesley B. Sullenberger III (pilot behind the miracle on the Hudson) could prevent. Failure is not an option. Can you imagine? His spin doctor will have to do some pretty nifty management of national (nay global) expectations. I want to be his PR person less than I want to be him.

Reviving the economy is going to cost money. How much? very likely to hit a trillion dollars. HOW MUCH? look at it this way: the Bush administration wasted at least twice that much on an unnecessary (I think I'm allowed to say this now) war and tax cuts for the wealthiest. Do the math. Cheap at half the price. Now is the time to borrow mate - interest rates are at 0 (don't tell anyone). Another tip? look at what the conservatives want and do the exact opposite. And in the meantime, let's hope that the real Messiah can hold nature back a little bit and keep us from reaching the tipping point in terms of the environment and climate change until we all get back on our feet again. All of a sudden the odds of winning the lottery don't seem that vast anymore.

Whatever happens, and I'm going to try to be positive here, one thing is for sure - 2009 is going to be a crap-a-doodle year. I'm off to get a scratch card.