Feral Code Monkies

I knew we had spent a ton of tax payer money on bail-outs, but it hadn’t really clicked just how much was wasted on greedy, self-righteous corporate slobs until I saw this video.  I don’t know enough about her certainly to make a judgment about her on the whole, but in this context, I must say that Senator Claire McCaskill rocked the house.  OK, fine, the Senate.     Take a watch.

And so it begins.  Barack Obama was of course sworn in to the Presidency yesterday, and the world was on stage to watch:

I must admit that I’m excited as heck for this.  After the last 8 years of policy, President Obama should bring an interesting change to Washington.  Already, he’s moving to make the Whitehouse more answerable to the people of this country, which is a great thing.  He’s introduced limits to pay rates of his administration, and has told his staff to err on the side of publicity, rather than secrecy, when it comes to the dealings of the government.  You can read an Associated Press article on this here.

However, as excited as I am about the future of this country under President Obama, I’m not without reservations.  Presidents and politicians have told us numerous times in the past that they were for one thing, or were going to fight for something, and then didn’t.  Obama is well on his way to being a fantastic president, but only time will tell if he can deliver, or make great strides in delivering, those items that he’s talked about on the campaign trail.  We all know that some things take time, so as long as I see work toward his goals, if not achievement, then I’ll be happy with him, and be willing to give him another term come 2012.