One year later, "hope" and "change" are more like "nope" and "derange"

It has been exactly one year since President Barack H. Obama took the oath of office as the 44th President of the United States of America. The man who has promised hope and change to America finally got to where those who trusted him wanted him to be. Finally, change has come.

Unfortunately, the only change we got was back to the Carter Administration.

12 months into the presidency of Barack Obama, and we are even worse off than when George W. Bush headed back to Texas. Whether it be through health care or economic crises, we have seen that President Obama is as incompetent, if not more incompetent, as I feared he would be if he got a hold of the Oval Office.

Let's look back at some of the highlights of the first year of the Obama administration:

-Right of the bat, a number of nominees for cabinet positions like former Senator Tom Daschle and Nancy Killefer have to withdraw and now-Treasury secretary Tim Geithner comes under fire over back taxes that they each failed to pay, all owing at least $30,000.

-The stimulus bill that put many workers out of work, but gave a number of "czars" government jobs that the taxpayer has to pay for.

-His radical health care plan is angering a number of Americans for its unconstitutional demand that the citizens of the United States buy government-run health insurance or else pay a fine.

-After promising to bring our troops home, American troops are still in Iraq and he just deployed 30,000 more troops to Afghanistan. In other words, troops are still fighting 2 unconstitutional wars after one year of the administration.

There are a few good things that have come from Barack Obama's policy. Namely, Gov. Chris Christie (R-New Jersey), Gov. Bob McDonnell (R-Virginia), and of course, last night, Sen.-elect Scott Brown (R-Massachusetts) who took the seat occupied by the late senator who Obama has hailed as the one who's legacy is the driving force behind Obamacare (apparently, the President has the car in reverse instead of drive).

It is apparent that this administration, which everyone thought would bring promise to America, is turning out to be a disaster and America is not having it. The American people are ready to take back their government, let's see if President Obama gets the message before my 2011 report.

Happy New Year! Hope you have a blast, um, WELL...

To be quite honest, I'm so glad that 2009 is over, and I'm going to start blogging again. Yes, we did get some victories (thank you Chris Christie and Bob McDonnell), but that doesn't clear up the fact that almost one year ago, the man who promised to change America "fundamentally" took hold of the post he currently holds today.

But 2010 should be a year of big expectations, namely changing Trenton by demoting Madame Pelosi, getting rid of Dingy Harry and Dodo Dodd, and bringing about real change to the culture of Washington.

But first things first.

After the failed Christmas bombing by the underwear bomber, I think it's time for Paul Giamatti to go back to making movies and stick to playing John Adams if you so choose to stay in politics. For those who don't get that reference, let me clarify my musing in laymen's terms: Janet Napolitano has to resign. It is clear that Napolitano, who heads the Department of Homeland Security, has no idea what she's doing, and one can make the argument that, to be quite frank, she doesn't care. How do we know? Shortly after the falied attack, Napolitano asserted that the system "worked" (a statement later contradicted by her own boss, President Obama).

So obviously, Republicans are calling for Napolitano's resignation. But as of late, some key Democrats have called to Napolitano to quit as well, such as New Jersey State Senate president Richard Codey and former advisor to Sen. Joe Lieberman (I-CT) Dan Gerstein.

But I want to take that one step further. I believe that the Department of Homeland Security should be abolished. Hear me out, we are in economic straights right now, and another bureaucracy is not going to help solve that problem. Granted, perhaps created in a moment of panic by President Bush shortly after 9/11. But as we have seen, it is no more effective than if we just left it in the hands of the Department of Justice (which has too much power as well, but that's a different discussion). The experiment is costing the American taxpayer X-amount of dollars that we already don't have.

Get rid of Janet Napolitano, get rid of unnecessary bureaucracies, and bring real change in November!