Wednesday, June 17, 2009

Memo to the Press: Bug Off!

The press has just gone over the edge. It continues to show just how crazily enamored with the President it is. Normally, I'd provide a link for you to check out the story, but, I am sorry, I just cannot bring myself to give these news outlets any more hits. I will tell you that both the Today Show this morning, and my local NBC station last night "reported" this inane so-called"story".

Apparently, it is breaking news that, during a taped interview, the President, actually, on his own, managed to ------ prepare yourself for this ----- swat a fly. Not only that, but, he also picked it up and threw it away when the interview was over. Are you not overly impressed with our President's amazing capabilities? It seems the press cannot get over the fact that the President performed this normal, everyday feat, as, well, a normal, everyday person would.

It's as if the press has consumed some sort of potion (think Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom) and needs to be poked and made to wake up out of its Obama worship. Fly swatting is neither news, nor is it "human interest". Now, if they can play me video of the President swatting Kim Jong-il or Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, that would be news, especially since the President has, unsurprisingly, been channeling Neville Chamberlain for so long (and we all know where Neville brought us).

To the press (and you know who you are): it's really time to get over this insane infatuation and start doing your job.

Saturday, June 13, 2009

Interesting Quote

I came across a quote today that I liked and I thought I would share it. It's just as meaningful today (if not more so), than it was in William Penn's time.

"Right is right, even if everyone is against it; and wrong is wrong, even if everyone is for it."
- William Penn

Monday, June 8, 2009

No better conclusion

By now, we have all heard the infamous quote from President Obama's choice for the Supreme Court, Sonia Sotomayor: ""I would hope that a wise Latina woman with the richness of her experiences would more often than not reach a better conclusion than a white male who hasn't lived that life." http://voices.washingtonpost.com/postpartisan/2009/05/sotomayors_deliberate_choice_o.html And by now, we have all heard the comments that if you switched "latina woman" with "white male" no one would argue that such a comment wasn't racist. But, today, we get to move beyond all this.

After all, today Judge Sotomayor showed us that she really didn't reach a better conclusion. Apparently, today, she "chose poorly" when she concluded to zig rather than zag as she raced through LaGuardia Airport. http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/31171316/

And we taxpayers "footed" the bill for the necessary medical care she received due to her poor choices. If she is confirmed to the Supreme Court, how much more will American taxpayers have to pay for her future poor choices?

Sunday, June 7, 2009

Laugh of the week plus an observation.

Busy times, but, I just cannot resist reporting on this one. Apparently, when asked as to why he declined to have dinner with French President Nicholas Sarkozy, President Obama responded: ""I would love nothing more than to have a leisurely week in Paris, stroll down the Seine, take my wife out to a nice meal, have a picnic in Luxembourg Gardens. Those days are over, for the moment." http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/world/la-fg-obama-sarkozy7-2009jun07,0,6511298.story?track=rss Hmm, when I lived in France as an exchange student, the Seine was a river, not an avenue or road, like the Champs d'Elysee, down which one could stroll. One cannot stroll down the Seine River, although one can stroll along the river on the left and right banks of the Seine and can stroll down the Champs d'Elysee. I truly hope the President does not believe his own press and now thinks that he can, indeed, walk on water.

And, given that President Obama had yet another "date night" with his wife in Paris on Saturday night, it does seem to me he easily could have fit in dinner with President Sarkozy. When I asked my husband why we don't go on as many "date nights" as the Obamas do (New York City, Paris, France, and who knows where else), he responded "Because I don't receive taxpayer dollars with which to take you out." Perhaps a little more diplomacy and a little less familial extravagance is more appropriate at this time when so many American families can't afford to pay their mortgages or obtain health care.

So far, I am not seeing much "change", but I am seeing an awful lot of "Yes we can - spend billions of taxpayer dollars."