Busy

If you need something to get done, ask a busy person.

HT: Palmer Holt

Swine Snafu

Don't think of all the long lines and the shortages of H1N1 vaccine as evidence of the latest government snafu. Think of this instead as a dry run for Obamacare.

Double Standard

Joe Wilson calls the president a liar and gets censured by the Democrats in Congress. Alan Grayson says Republicans want people to die, and he calls a female advisor to the Fed a "K Street whore," yet Grayson is not censured. Care to guess what party Wilson is, and what party Grayson is?

Afghanistan Chronology

1. Taliban provides safe haven for al Qaeda.

2. Al Qaeda launches 9/11 attacks.

3. U.S. deposes Taliban and seeks to install a more democratic government.

4. U.S. deposes Saddam in Iraq and attempts to install a more democratic government.

4. Conflict in Afghanistan drags on.

5. Democrats, including Sen. Obama, complain Bush took his eye off the "war of necessity" to become embroiled in a "war of choice."

6. Bush changes strategy in Iraq, launches "surge," and stabilizes country, setting stage for eventual troop withdrawal.

7. Candidate Obama promises a more aggressive posture in Afghanistan.

8. President Obama names a new general for Afghanistan, promising a more aggressive prosecution of the war.

9. Obama's general requests more troops, saying they are essential for victory.

10. Obama thinks about it.

11. More U.S. troops, awaiting a word from their commmander in chief, die.

12. Obama, preoccupied with health care debate, continues to think about it.

Kid Wisdom

I was at a gift shop with one of my sons, who was ready to purchase a toy tank (list price $6.75). I asked him, "Is that all you want?"

"That's all I want to spend!"

Enemies

A loony Florida congressman believes Fox News and Republican allies are the "enemies of America"? Barack Obama must be thinking, with friends like this, who needs enemies?

Good without God?

A Chicago atheism group is saying we can be good without God. I'll let Him be the Judge of that.

Fox

As the good ship Obama continues to list, the captain has found time to demonize Fox News. Would that he were as tough with the despots running Venezuela, North Korea, Iran, and Russia.

Doing It Their Way

Folks, I promise I'm not making this stuff up. A few days ago, Anita Dunn, the White House's communications director, praised Communist dictator Chairman Mao and Mother Teresa equally for, to paraphrase another philosopher, doing it their way.

What kind of moral relativism would enable Dunn to put Mao, who killed tens of millions of Chinese in his brutal reign of terror, on the same level as a woman who gave India's dying poor the inestimable gift of human dignity? And what kind of stupidity from a communications director, of all people?

Once again we see the kinds of characters our president has chosen to surround himself with. One wonders what they all say when the cameras aren't rolling.

Wall Street vs. Main Street

Remember when Democrats used to rip Republicans for preferring "Wall Street" to "Main Street"? They appear to be strangely silent on this issue now that the Dow has hit 10,000 and unemployment climbs near 10 percent. I wonder why.

Happy

Happiness is a son who gets up early on Saturday morning and makes French toast for the family.

Checks

Our president was in New Orleans yesterday and said, "If I could write you a check, I would." Really? He just endorsed a $13 billion plan to pay seniors (who aren't getting a cost of living adjustment) and is running a $1.4 trillion budget deficit. Who hasn't he written a check to?

No Pictures, Please

You know your haircut has gone tragically, horribly wrong when you have more hair growing out of your nose than on your head.

Healthy Question

If the Democrats thought that their health care reform efforts were going to win the plaudits of the American people, why would they work so hard to win Republican votes?

Kid Wisdom

"If Obama wants to be like Lincoln then he should be a Republican."

Preferences

President Obama has finally decided on a course of action for the military. Will he send more troops or fewer troops to Afghanistan? What will he do about Pakistan? Is a more forceful response required regarding the nuclear ambtions of North Korea and Iran?

Actually, our commander-in-chief has decided to draw a line in the sand against the ... don't ask, don't tell policy. In Obama's military, homosexuals will now be able to tell their fellow soldiers of their ... ahem ... preferences.

I feel safer, don't you?

Cold Game

Last night's Major League Baseball playoff game between Philadelphia and Colorado was snowed out. Apparently the baseball brass, which will give us the World Series in November, believes in global warming. Or perhaps Al Gore was simply scheduled to throw out the first pitch.

Higher Standards?

Why is it when a prominent Republican is discovered to be involved in sexual misconduct that there are calls for his resignation, often from Republicans themselves, but when a prominent Democrat or liberal does the same, there are no such calls? Why, for example, is the hypocritical and harassing David Letterman still on the air?

Bizarre

Move over, Mr. Arafat; you've got company. In news of the bizarre, Barack Obama has been awarded the Nobel Prize-yes, that Barack Obama. Congratulations to him, and here's hoping that he is one day worthy of such an honor, but talk about the soft bigotry of low expectations. Never has so little been done for such an award. Apparently the road to Oslo is paved with good intentions.

Duncan

Education Secretary Arne Duncan, a basketball buddy of Barack Obama, is returning to the scene of the crime, Chicago, for a "violence summit." Duncan "led" the Chicago Public Schools before being promoted to his current position, for which he is manifestly unqualified. Question: What is Duncan going to do now that he didn't do then?

A Tale of Two Obamas

First Candidate Obama rips the Bush administration for not prosecuting the Afghan "war of necessity" with enough vigor, and for not capturing Bin Laden. Then President Obama sends in more troops. Then he hand-picks a new general to run the war effort. Then he ignores the general. Then the general says he needs 40,000 more troops to avoid defeat. Then President Obama, in the midst of his Olympic junket, meets with his general for all of 25 minutes. Then, as the body bags start to mount, President Obama dithers ... for weeks, saying he needs more time to decide what to do.

Mr. Obama, you don't have any more time. The troops are waiting.

Comeuppance

The big boys from Chicago got their comeuppance from an even more corrupt IOC yesterday. Mayor Richard "Cost Overrun" Daley is used to calling the shots and getting what he wants. He tore up an airfield in the dead of night rather than take his case to court; his Millennium Park was budgeted at $150 million and came in at $475 million; and the corruption of his office (remember the "hired truck scandal"?) is legendary. Yet Copenhagen ain't the Windy City, and what he got instead was egg all over his face.

Then we have Barack and Michelle. I'm using first names here because they tried to make the city's Olympics bid all about them. Michelle in a speech to the IOC said it was a "sacrifice" for her to be there, and Barack's money line was some blather about wanting to step out the door of his posh Chicago home to be able to welcome the Olympics. Self-centered is an understatement when describing this pair.

Well, at least we can't blame Bush or the "vast, rightwing conspiracy" for this fiasco. Wasn't the world supposed to love us now that we have elected the Great Cleanser?