The time for a change is upon us and much celebration is occurring. I am just not sure how Obama is going to do it. I am not saying he can’t do it, a big part of it will be figuring out exactly what “it” is, but it appears to be one heck of a task.

I am also unsure where all this faith that Obama can change things so much for the better comes from. He is just one man. As far as I can tell, he has not been up to Mount Rushmore and channelled those blokes so he is pretty much a n00b in the same situation as the presidents who came before him.

The first problem I see is that the US is in so much debt it is not funny. At 10.5 trillion dollars every man women and child owes a staggering $34,500 dollars to the rest of us. If this change is going to occur it is going to have to be the cheapest dam “change” in history, or their debt levels will get even higher. I suspect if this happens it will definitely result in a change but not necessarily for the better.

He doesn’t seem to be starting out on the right track in the money stakes with his inauguration costs blowing out to the vicinity of $170 million, which dwarfs Bush’s last inauguration by a factor of 4. Sure, it is important to come to the office with a sense of substance but come on. I guess a lot of this will be increased security costs much of which are a result of changes in the world over the last few years, but man that is a lot of cash

It is one tough job he has gone and got himself. Credit to him for putting his hand up but its time for the party to end and the hard work to start.