I read the news today, oh boy...

I had to shut the news off last night. How depressing...I can't shake the feeling that the appocolypse is upon us. Bank failures, Wall Street greed, and McCain running around telling everyone that the fundamentals of the economy is strong. Wow.

The bailouts are interesting to me because the government has done little to treat the root of the problem - namely the bad loans that are out there. Americans are being foreclosed on (almost 10k a day) and defaulting on loans. The exposure is still being understated by most banks and financial institutions. Some estimate that the US taxpayer is already into this for $1.5 trillion. Yeah, I bet you had to swallow hard to say that number.

It is so obvious to me that we need a complex, multi-level thinker as the leader of our country. Comparing Obama to the Republican idiot running for president is almost unfair. McCain is simply not a smart man - his choice of Palin for political reasons rather than "putting the country first" is prima facie evidence of his shallow thinking process.

I'm counting on the smart people of our country to recognize the right leader for our times. I hope I'm right.