With the new administration in town, it’s time to settle some scores and make sure that everyone knows that there’s a new boss, with a new agenda, and that things will be running his way, which is something that Barack Obama has certainly done so far. First with his inauguration speech, then again with his Weekly Addresses – whereas Bush was just plain afraid of the media (probably because they bombasted him every chance they got), Obama is genuinely excited to be in office and enact some change.

But $825 billion doesn’t sound like change.

With a stimulus package already going out, costing us $730 billion, what’s another $825 million to the taxpayers? But the main question – aside from “where is it coming from?” – is “will the Big Three be seeing any of it?” That’s the main question, and one that we’ve spoken about before in this here blog, but this time the question is more serious. Obama is serious about change, whereas Bush just didn’t really care what happened to the money, as long as it was spent. Will Obama be putting guidelines, regulations and rules on the money that he’s handing out, or will things go a bit different?

Another question is that, should the Big Three get some dough, will they blow it? Their CEO’s aren’t coming around any time soon, so is it possible for the compaines to fix the financial turmoil that they find themselves in? I think that a chunk of change from the government isn’t enough; they need a swift kick in the ass, too. We need to make Detroit realize that their cars just can’t compete against the foreigners, and that’s a bad thing for our economy. They need to start making better cars, because let’s face it: do you want a truck that can haul a bunch of stuff, or do you want a truck that’ll warm your hands?

That’s the latest commercial from Toyota, and it has many comparisons to Fords, Chevys, and Chryslers, with more on the way. Fact is, foreign cars are just plain better, and if Detroit wants to compete, they’ll have to make their cars better.