If you love George W. Bush you’ll still love him; If you hate him you’ll still hate him; If you are like me and fit neither extreme you probably won’t be moved from that position either. One thing that he is most proud of was that under his watch we were not attacked after 9/11. I appreciated the speed with which the government moved into “protect” mode after those attacks. Did they go too far with the Patriot Act…probably.
I think that I remember an episode of M*A*S*H where a documentary was being filmed and it captured a lot of the hijinks in which the hospital personnel participated. Alan Alda’s character, Hawkeye, was asked how they could goof around in such as sad and dour place. His response essentially was they they either tried to laugh or they would go crazy from their task. A friend (Thanks Denise) passed along this video of comedian Steve Bridges imitating President Obama and in that vein I hope you enjoy the laughs lest you go crazy…
“O mighty Lord, I pray to you to hasten the emergence of your last repository, the Promised One, that perfect and pure human being, the one who will fill this world with justice and peace. Make us worthy to prepare the way for his arrival, and lead us with your righteous hand. We long for the Lord of the Age. We long for the Awaited One. Without him – the Righteously Guided One – there can be no victory. With him, there can be no defeat. Show me your path, O mighty Lord, and use me to prepare the way for the coming of the Mahdi.”
A while back I presented the Czech Republic’s President Vaclav Klaus as a True American Hero for his demonstrative free market views that paralleled those of America’s Founding Fathers. If you paid any attention to the United Nations’ events last week you were inundated with coverage of Mamoud Imanutjob (I know it is spelled wrong, but the man doesn’t deserve my time to get it right) and our fretful leaders’ anemic response. The United States needs to quit throwing money away at this group of thugs parading around in thousand dollar suits lamenting the plight of the poor.
News briefs are a collection of interesting news stories…
This session is all about our Organizer-In-Chief:
Brief 1: Dorothy Rabinowitz wrote an opinion piece for the Wall Street Journal yesterday peering into the inner workings of Obama’s mind. Rabinowitz describes him as “the alien in the White House” since he is more in tune with his ideology than average Americans. As President of the United States he is, perhaps, the leader of the free world and he seems to gravitate to that role yet forgetting that his is our President first.
Exxon Valdez, Hurricane Ivan, Ruby Ridge, Monica Lewinsky, Iranian U.S. Embassy take over, Bay of Pigs, and Hurricane Katrina were all disasters faced by White House different administrations. Besides the worst economy and near 10% unemployment Obama has his first “natural” disaster.
So what has Obama done so far? Not much. Over a week after the disaster he has promised to escalate the federal response to the spill. The citizens of the Gulf coast should feel pretty good as Eric Holder has sent a team of lawyers to “monitor” the oil spill. That’s really what the wildlife, citizens, fishermen, and responders need is a bunch of lawyers. My guess is that there are plenty of ambulance chasers there already. This move should tell you all that you need to know about this administration. Lawyers! Really?
Sometimes the news writes itself. President Barack Hussein Obama threw out the first pitch at the Washington Nationals’ home opener today. He seemed to have learned and left his “Mom jeans” at home this time. I searched for an hour for a shot showing the catcher scrambling to grab the errant pitch. No luck.
Not surprisingly Obama threw the pitch to the far left of the Nationals’ player. I was also wondering why Obama is wearing a glove? And why the jacket? It was like 85 degrees today. Maybe he is a little thin-skinned. You should be able to watch the video on YouTube. Love the wingtips. Not really a shoe for the “hip” president.
In a show of inordinate CLASS President Barack Hussein Obama mocked those of us who opposed his health care bill:
“You have to love some of the pundits in Washington. Every day since I signed reform into law, there’s another poll or headline that says ‘Nation still divided on health reform. No great surge in public support.’ Well, yeah. It’s only been a week!”
So what happened the first week when United States corporations were required by Securities and Exchange Commission Rules to restate earnings based on the new “pro-business” Democrat Care program.
Ralphie Parker: Growing up in Indiana, all nine-year old Ralphie wants is a “an official Red Ryder carbine-action 200-shot range model air rifle with a compass in the stock, and this thing which tells time.” His parents, other adults and even Santa discourage him from this gift by telling him that “you’ll shoot your eye out.” Ralphie got his wish and promptly took a shot and hit himself in the glasses.
Sorry this is not a baseball post. Those of us living in Pittsburgh with the hapless Pirates; holders of the longest losing streak of all professional sports (17 years and counting) don’t talk about much about professional baseball. Our president gave his first pitch at a State of the Union speech and apparently did not hit the strike zone. I confess to not watching as I could not bear to see Ms. Pelosi popping up every 30 seconds, Obama’s use of the words “I” or “me” a gazillion times or his unusual speech pattern whistling his S’s. The fact that he is on television every 17 hours giving a speech did not weigh in his favor either. I played tennis on our Wii (I achieved “Pro” status during his speech).
