We're heading into 2009...

...and Wal-Mart introduces layaway.

Yep, that's right.  Layaway as in layaway from the 1950s.  Layaway as in pay for an item a little at a time, and when you pay enough, you get the item.

Apparently, things are so bad now that, as we head into 2009, we're reverting back to layaway.  They're running ads on it as I type this little missive.  I expect to see ads next for avocado-colored rotary phones and boxes of Calgon (Calgon, take me awayyyyyy!!).

Give me a break.  I know that people that shop at Wal-Mart see this as a benefit.  But to the rest of us?  Panic.  And now is not the time to appear as though we're panicking.  Now is the time to project confidence in the SPIRIT of the American people.  The PASSION of people who doggedly pursue their piece of the American dream.

Look, not to politicize this post, but it is clear that there's a candidate that wants to re-instill passion in the American people.  Give them confidence to be bold.  There are some qualities that I really respect in people.  Strength. Accountability. Passion. 

In Barack Obama's world, there are two kinds of people: the poor and those who need to take care of the poor.  I am sure Obama thinks bringing layaway back is a pretty good idea.  I think that he wants to bring programs like layaway back from the dead.  You see, Obama does not want people to have wealth.  He wants everything to be equitable.  It's why he thinks $250k is rich and why we should raise capital gains taxes, raise YOUR taxes.

Aye...I think I am all over the place with this post.  My point is let's not go back to the 50s to get programs to fix today's problems.  Look, the stock market is cyclical.  There's nothing you can do to stop these problems from happening.

There's ways of making sure the subprime mortgage crisis never happens again.  And one way is to NOT PUT DEMOCRATS in charge.  Clinton's policies of loosening regulations and standards so minorities and poor people could buy houses was an AWFUL decision.  Cost close to two trillion dollars.

So I guess my point is, why do it again by electing Obama?  Because if you're not poor, you won't benefit under an Obama presidency and a congress with the lowest approval rating in history.

But hey, that's just me.

This is The Word of Roland.