Why Obama is a Failure and Why We Didn't Have Any Other Option

I know I haven't posted in awhile, but now I have something to post about that isn't my personal life.

When Obama was elected I literally cheered and danced about my apartment excited about change. Now I'm so upset with him I could cry. The only change that has happened is things have gotten worse.

Example 1: CARS was a terrible program that failed miserably. It lost us money and had no positive economic value whatsoever (If you owned an 89 Grand Caravan chances are you can't afford a new vehicle.).

Example 2: All gasoline now is made of 10% ethanol. In older vehicles and some newer ones, the ethanol destroys fuel lines, clogs injectors and causes evaporative emissions and fuel consumption to increase, not decrease. Just the thing the government was trying to combat with the CARS program (Hello, anyone home McFly?). These problems result in expensive vehicle repairs, even in brand new vehicles that aren't designed to handle ethanol containing fuel. Again, if you're driving an older vehicle, you likely cannot afford the repairs. I think the theory behind this bassactward logic is to actually force citizens to give their already fuel efficient vehicles up for a new car that can handle the new fuel, which in turn forces auto makers to produce more cars that handle this fuel. But remember, ethanol fuel causes a significant and noticeable decrease in fuel mileage. Have you noticed gas prices have not gone down? I have. Corn is used to produce ethanol, which doesn't seem so bad because it is technically a renewable resource and I'm sure it makes corn farmers in Iowa pretty happy (the price of corn has shot up as a result.). But there are four problems with this: 1) The runoff from the insecticides have washed into the Gulf of Mexico, destroying the ecosystem. Fish, algae, turtles, birds, the whole nine yards are being poisoned as a result. 2) The price of wheat has increased, so foods made from wheat (which is damned near everything) have shot up as well (In Texas it's not as bad, but on a visit to see my parents in Missouri, I was shocked to see the price of bread because wheat farmers have abandoned wheat in favor of the more profitable corn.). 3) There are only so many places corn will grow successfully. Farmers must rotate their crops so the soil will regenerate the nutrients required to grow the corn meaning any given corn field can only yield so much every couple of years. 4) The fuel additive needed to eliminate the ethanol in this new fuel is very expensive; about $30 a quart. As far as I have found there is only one manufacturer of this additive (Stabil) and one ounce is needed for every 10 gallons. So one and a half ounces per fill for an average vehicle will require 3 ounces per month (granted you only travel 30 miles per day, and you own a relatively fuel efficient vehicle) increasing the price of gasoline by about 3 cents a gallon, granted you pay $2.55 a gallon.

Example 3: If you're not familiar with the Gonzales flag, it is a flag from the Texas Revolution that depicts a cannon with the words "Come and take it" written below it. That's how I feel about "gun control". I don't own a gun, but if I wanted to have one, I want the right to own one. Obama wants to take guns from the honest people who have registered weapons (They have to be registered, how else is the government supposed to find them?). This isn't going to take the guns from gang members, because they buy black market, unregistered and illegal (Guns like AK-47s and other fully automatic rifles.) weapons. Sure there are the few crazies who shoot up military bases (Ft. Hood), and other random places, but that is a far lesser threat than gang members who shoot entire families because they are retaliating for whatever dumb reason. Gangs are always going to find away to aquire weapons and taking them from good citizens isn't going to stop that.

Why we didn't have any other choice:

1) Sarah Palin would've been and is a worthless politician and leader. Her book is so unpopular there is a television commercial which gives her book away for an additional $4.95 to the price of the product. She's the dumbest person I have ever known of.

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2) McCain has lost his marbles. The dude's nuts. Just look at any interviews from his election campaign and you'll see. There are just too many to embed.

See? We had no other choice. Just like in South Park, we had to choose between a Giant Douche and a Turd Sandwich. Just because we got the one we wanted doesn't mean its good.

I hope you read this, especially if you drive a hybrid

I posted this on 20sb.net as a reply to a whole bunch of people wanting to debate topics. It seemed like there was a lot of, "Can't wait 'till this gets started!" and at lot less, "Yeah, so what do you think about this!?!" So this is what I wrote and I liked it so much I posted it twice. I hope you enjoy it, I hope you learn something and I hope it pisses some people off (only because I know it will).

I voted for Obama, but I think outside the health-care issue (which I've not been following too closely, I'll admit), he's done nothing but hurt our economy more. Do I think McCain would have fared better? Definitely not. However I'm unable to fully support him right now due to decisions he's made that were downright stupid.

CARS? Are you serious? Not only was that a phenomenal failure among economists, but it pissed off AN ENTIRE INDUSTRY (That wasn't already fucking pissed at him anyway). Although the program was designed to remove less-than-stellar MPG rated cars from the highways and replace them with "greener", more fuel-efficient vehicles, some economists and ecologists agree it did no noticeable difference in the economy or ecology. Reasons being many, including: 1) Hybrids have a comparable carbon footprint to large SUVs due to the mining, manufacturing and shipping of the lithium-ion and nickel-cadmium batteries used to supply power for the hybrid motors. 2) This program just told America, "Please, go buy ANOTHER car you can't afford and will never pay off. Please, go get yourself into more debt because your debt is what GOT US HERE IN THE FIRST PLACE." (I'm not saying everyone or anyone who has ever had their car/boat/home/etc. repossessed/forclosed intentionally never paid their debt, I'm just pointing out the harsh difference between what the government was telling us to do six months ago, versus what this government sponsored program is telling us what to do now.) Meanwhile #3 seems to take the irony cake...3) Sodium silicate is the chemical that is used in replacement of engine oil to lock up the engine in a "clunker". After the engine reaches operating temperature the sodium silicate begins to turn to glass, seizing the engine. During an engine seize, the vehicle may burst a full radiator (full of ethylene glycol, you must remember, as these are older vehicles requiring only the old standard "green" antifreeze), or split a block (although they drained and replaced the engine oil some remains), potentially starting a fire (from any NUMBER OF PLACES ON AN OVERHEATING CAR), and then a huge mess to put it out. All because this little 2001 Ford Explorer only got 17 MPG. If you can seriously tell me that burning a quart of used motor oil or dumping 2 gallons of antifreeze into our groundwater (Really. It's an explosion. You can't seriously expect them to COLLECT all that fluid.) is better in the long run than replacing a few older vehicles that I'm sure some less-than-fortunate family would more than LOVE to have, I think you deserve an award.

Bam. So there it is. I don't think your Corolla's dumb (yeah, I kinda do), and I don't think your Aveo is dumb (I just think you're dumb for buying that Korean piece of shit. I kid, I kid. No. Really. Trade it in.), I just think that if you have something that gets you around and passes inspections, why not just keep it? It'll probably cost you less in the long run.