Obama: Dark Times Ahead

called a tough decision in postmodern politics, boils down to the plunder of public funds, since at the same time social and health care spending is being drastically cut. This shameless plunder was initiated by the Reagan administration in the 1980s, epitomized by its slashing of federal funding for school lunches. This was partly achieved by declaring tomato ketchup a “vegetable” and eliminating more expensive real vegetables from the menu.

Postmodern politicians—and Obama will definitely not be an exception—are heading elaborate kleptocracies under the guise of democracy. Since they have no character, they have no conscience either and hence have no qualms about telling lies all the time. As a matter of fact, they get so accustomed to confusing truth and fiction, that they end up living in a fake world, surrounded by fake people like themselves.

Politicians like Obama are not real people, nor are they normal in any sense. Their view on the world is so twisted, so upside-down, that they would be considered psychopaths when living under normal circumstances, surrounded by real people. We all know psychopaths are dangerous and should be avoided whenever possible. Unfortunately, we cannot escape from people like Obama for the simple reason that they have been elected (or appointed, but who can tell?) to be our leaders.

What can Obama do? What will be his options?

Upon assuming office, Obama will find himself at the head of a bankrupt country. Bankrupt in many senses: financially, socially, ethically, psychologically. The US has become the victim of its own destructive policies. It is now finally being confronted with the consequences of decades of stupidity and ineptitude: financial swindling, the dismantling of the welfare state, the official endorsement of medieval interrogation practices (torture) and the terrible loss of face for being unable to win a couple of minor colonial wars in Somalia, Afghanistan and Iraq.

Obama will simply not have the money nor the resources to tackle the problems the US is facing. Only the very best and brightest, most courageous individuals will be able to begin saving the US. However, there aren't any indications Obama has the wherewithal, nor do those he has been appointing so far seem to have any of the required superior qualities.

Obama will not have many options. As a matter of fact, it is to be feared he only has one: a flight forward into even more violence. It is now certain that the Obama adinistration will shift its focus from the mess the US has made in Iraq to the unwinnable war in Afghanistan. In other words, under Obama, the US will continue careening from one SNAFU to another, leaving behind a trail of dead bodies, destruction, misery—and deadly radioactive radiation from the depleted uranium shells fired by US troops.

If anything, the US debt will run even higher, but it is never going to be paid off. Yet the bill will have to be paid someday. By whom? Why, by the old and new poor in the US and by foreigners, no doubt about it.

Now that Obama has been elected president, all one can say is, to paraphrase Winston Churchill: there will be blood, toil, sweat and tears. The US will be further impoverished, but probably, Obama and his cronies will end up being quite a lot richer than they are today.