Obama has won. Now we must move forward.

This is not a congratulatory post for Obama. But the simple fact is he won. After a long, hard fought battle we will have four more years of President Obama. Contrary to what the left is going to say - all of our woes - political, domestic, foreign - are not going to vanish.  And despite what the right is telling us - the country is not going to suddenly stop being the United States of America.

With the elections over we, as a country, must now face the future and all the issues that we have been blinded by the flash and pomp of our election. We still have a dangerously high unemployment rate.We still do not have a national budget.  Iran may or may not be trying to build a nuclear weapon. Reality Tv is still growing and helping to dumb down the masses.

The only way that we are going to break the gridlock is for BOTH sides to compromise.  We can no longer afford the schoolyard fighting or gang partisanship and we have to work to move the country forward. This means some hard realities are going to have to be realized.

Spending on social services and programs is going to have to be cut.  There is no way around this.  I also believe in order to get Federal benefits that you must earn them.  Work at a local shelter, pick up garbage on the side of highways, work in a communal farm.  But you can't just hold your hand out.

Tax loopholes are going to have to be closed. Corporations get away with murder because of the taxing structure they have bought - I mean lobbied for.  If you take a job overseas then no breaks for you.  If you bring jobs, full time, decent paying jobs back to the States then we'll talk. 

Like it or not the Military is going to have to be trimmed. I'm not talking about gutted it but the times of a full land war are over. Wars of the future will be fought by small groups of specially trained soldiers along with coordinated airstrikes and artillery. 

I also feel that politicians should have their wages and benefits slashed to whatever the lowest fast food worker is making. Why?  Because politicians are elected by us.  Why in the hell should a senator or a representative be making multiple times the amount of the average person who voted them there? Why should they be allowed a Cadillac benefits package when so many Americans have to choose between having gas to go to work or making sure their child(ren) have food to eat.

Big oil tax subsidies?  If you are making billions in profits then you don't need subsidies. Farmers who are being paid NOT to grow food?  I'd love to get into that racket. I'd love to be paid to not contribute to anything.

Folks on welfare who are not making an earnest effort to get off to dole?  Put a limit on it.  Or enforce having to prove that you are looking for a job.  Keep popping out kids every 10-11 months?  Well no more extra for you.  If you are unable to properly use protection or expect to get more money because you've added another mouth then you should be steralized.

Above all else we must hold our elected maggots feet to the fire. Promises have been made, goals have been set. It is time to hold them accountable. Both sides. Dems don't just point the finger at the Republicans. Republicans don't just focus on what the president has said. We are in this together. The issues that have arisen did not do so in a vacuum and neither side is without blame. Compromise is not all my way or the highway. That is the voice of a petulant five year old.  Compromise means giving up something you want or hold dear in order to move towards the future.

Obama has been elected president for four more years.  Remember what goes along with that.  Four  more years of watching Joe Biden try to pull his feet from his mouth.