The U.S. is hitting a wall

We have finally done it, finally found the limits of our own abilities, and we are standing on the cliff. We cannot fight two wars, a financial crisis, energy problems, and rising health care costs all at once. We are going to have to choose, and this next election is about this: Which candidate is going to step off the cliff, and which one will walk slowly away from the precipice?

McCain/Palin want more war, particularly with Iran, with no good strategy about how to win/get out of the two wars we are currently in. They will be spending every US dollar they get in taxes on war and bailing out Wall Street.

Obama may be screwed, in the sense that his energy and health care initiatives are likely to go nowhere for 2 years at best. But, he clearly is more pragmatic, less likely to make rash decisions, and more willing to confront the reality of the times we live in. Quote of the day from Andrew Sullivan:

We have less to fear from reality than from denial of that reality.

http://andrewsullivan.theatlantic.com/the_daily_dish/2008/09/500-dollar-oil.html