Demands

Last night's elections results are more or less final with the Democrats retaining control of the Senate and the Republicans taking control of the House. Just with the very fact that Republicans took control of the House, Republicans are immediately claiming that this is a "referendum" and that the voters are "sending a message" that they disagree with the "Obama/Pelosi agenda" and the pace of change.

It's no surprise that conservatives have had high expectations and have been extremely demanding to turn the country around. After all, it should be fairly easy to turn around an economic recession and set the country on the right path, right? And, therefore, the President is a failure for not meeting every goal, right? So now that conservatives are in charge, all the country's problems will be solved more quickly and easily. So, because that is the case, I've come up with a list of demands (in no particular order) that I would like the new Republican congress to meet.

1. Turn the deficit into a surplus
2. Reduce unemployment to 0%
3. End all wars and bring peace to the world
4. Make sure no home is foreclosed
5. Make sure no one defaults on his/her debt
6. Reduce childhood obesity by 75%
7. Reduce adult obesity by 50% (adults are dumber and lazier while children are still malleable and easier to influence, therefore the lower percentage number for adults)
8. Explore (with more enthusiasm) alternative energy sources such as wind and solar
9. Encourage more research into potentially curable diseases such as Alzheimer's, MS, Parkinson, etc.
10. Repeal Don't Ask Don't Tell
11. Repeal the Defense of Marriage Act and federally recognize same-sex marriage (can't blame me for trying)
12. Pass a law that guarantees everyone will have health insurance (oh wait...)
13. Fill the hole at Ground Zero with something, anything. (Seriously, the ancient Greeks built the Parthenon in 9 years, why can't we build something.)
14. Bring manufacturing jobs back to the country. (Hey, how about building solar panels and wind turbines or cleaner cars?)
15. Do something to improve education in this country so that we're not lagging behind other countries in the world.
16. Ban offshore oil drilling
17. Repair the nation's failing infrastructure
18. Provide training programs to people who will lose their jobs as we move away from oil dependence so that they will have new skills that can be applied in new fields

And I want the Republican led congress to make sure all of these demands are met within 22 months and they can't spend any money to make these things happen. If they spend money and don't achieve these things right away, they will be considered failures and there might be another "referendum" in the next election cycle. Now, get to work people...

This is just a partial list of my demands, and I'll continue to add to it as I think of things. Stay tuned...