Election Day

I voted today. Bah. I feel like a tool voting in a system like this. Also, I am still registered in Ithaca, so I actually had to drive two hours to vote. That makes me feel like a bigger tool. Honestly, to me both of the major parties are fairly similar (anyone who actually thinks Obama will pull us out of Iraq like they want is nuts). The Republicans love war and reducing taxes while not reducing spending (now that one is a recipe for disaster). The Democrats want to turn us into a complete socialist state, which is pretty much what they did by cutting all the deals they needed to in order to get the bailout passed. They actually are thinking about proposing legislation to socialize our 401(k)s. It's too late in the night for me to find the article where I read that so I'll post it tomorrow if I can find the motivation, but apparently some senior Congressional Democrats want to make a Social Security-like fund for our 401(k) contributions to go into. Ugh, if I have to explain why that sounds like the worst idea ever, just go away.

Whatever. As always I will say the following: I didn't vote for Obama, but he's going to be my President and I hope he does a good job.