Random Thoughts

Listening to the Sunday shows this AM, heard what has to be the talking point to try to spin Obama's inept and ineffectual handling of the Syrian crisis. Twice, on Fox News Sunday, I heard Democrats talking about how Putin was "moving the ball" on Obama's Syria plan. Horse feathers! After rattling his rubber saber at Syria for the last year, drawing imaginary lines that he had no plan, intention or clue as to how to back up his empty rhetoric, Obama is not in charge, as his flunkies would like to have you believe.

To use a football analogy, they imply that the plan to deal with Syria was Obama's, the quarterback, and Putin is the running back to whom Obama handed the ball. Team effort, but Obama calls the shots. (Hard a hard time writing that with a straight face!) Putin is indeed moving the ball quickly, but more like Rick McKee's cartoon above. Or a fumble recovery by Putin, after Obama and Kerry fumbled the ball. And that's if you concede that Obama is even on the field. He may have more in common with the crazy fan in the end zone, wagging his foam finger, taking credit for how well "his" team is doing.

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The President of Brazil, Dilma Rousseff, has cancelled a trip to the US, and the chance to be feted by Barack Obama, over the NSA spying worldwide. How many times in your lifetime have you heard of a head of state refusing to meet with or be honored with a state dinner by the putative Leader of the Free World? Again, if the crazy guy in the end zone, with his face painted in team colors, asks you out for a drink after the game, you have to think of your reputation if someone sees you with him!


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There's a new app putting your favorite translation of the Bible on your smart phone. It's called You Version. It's about to reach 100 million installs according to them. Could this do for the Bible for this generation what Gutenberg did for his? Oh, and it's free...

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Saw 'The Wolverine' last night. Not a bad movie, not a great movie. A little more nuanced than most comic book movies, yet it had a distinctive comic book feel to it. I could further enhance my geek cred by going into what was wrong with the movie, but why spoil the fun! In keeping with Marvel's penchant for a brief clip of coming attractions, the good news is, they're not making you wait for the absolute end of the credits here. For those of you who have the babysitter double parked, it has to do with an X-Men sequel, and the return of Professor X.

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That's random enough for now. Got to see if I can rally my Niners to overcome their point deficit in the fourth quarter. Or maybe they could blame the deficit on Bill Walsh?

Cross posted at LCR

Random Thoughts from the 50th State

Obama's Plan to Solve the Housing Crisis

Every now and then, Thomas Sowell does a column of random thoughts. The similarity ends there! Heh.

*Been spending the last couple days in the 50th (not 57th) state. This morning's Honolulu Advertiser had pictures of Obama's White House "luau". Some of the bloom must be off Obama's hibiscus, since a bunch of locals on the radio here were taking exception to whether Obama's choice of menu items were suitable for a genuine luau. Amidst disagreement on nearly every item on the menu, the Pièce de résistance was the dessert choice: strawberry tiramisu. Best line?

Oh, it was an Italian luau!

Heh.

*Another cultural indicator was found at the ubiquitous ABC Stores. There on the bargain table with the ugliest and oddest color t-shirts, were the "I (heart) Obama", and "Obama is my homeboy" t-shirts. The bloom is off the hibiscus!

*On the isle of Maui (as opposed to the Isle of Lucy) one of the scenic vistas is marred with a row of windmills along the top of a mountain ridgeline, ruining a view unmarred for centuries.
Many municipalities forbid individuals from building houses on top of ridgelines (because the spoil the sight lines!), but here, a bunch of structures with all the panache of a row of telephone polls can be seen for miles! One small nuke plant, nestled in one of the valleys around there, and they could have more power than those windmills would provide in their lifetime!

Cross posted at Say Anything

Scary Post Halloween Thought

Obama said, that on election day (presuming an Obama win) that he would "fundamentally transform the United States of America".

Fundamentally? I think of the fundamentals of the US as being Freedom of Speech, Freedom of Religion, a democratic Republic... exactly which fundamentals would young Obama "transform"?

Is this the kind of candidate who deserves a blank check for "change" on election day?

Scary Halloween Thoughts IV

Would a President Obama pardon Sirhan Sirhan?

After all, when he assassinated Robert Kennedy, it was forty years ago when Obama was just eight, so it doesn't count, right? Right??

Scary Halloween Thoughts III

The Good News...President Obama will make sure we are housed as well as his own family!

The Bad News...not his immediate family! (More like half-brothers and aunts!)

Scary Halloween Thoughts II

President Obama pardons Tony Rezko, and appoints him as new Secretary of Housing and Urban Development.
He then appoints William Ayers as Secretary of Education,
Jeremiah Wright as new Senate chaplain,
John Murtha as Secretary of Veteran's Affairs,
Prof. Rashid Khalidi as Secretary of Defense,
and William "Dollar Bill" Jefferson as Secretary of the Treasury!



(He's saving Michelle and Hillary for the Supreme Court!)

A couple of late appointments:

Bernadine Dohrn as Secretary of Health, Human Services and Bomb Making

and Barney Frank as Secretary of the Interior...Decorator!

Scary Halloween Thoughts

Mr. Experience

Excuse me for bringing it up at this late date, but didn't Dan Quayle (who was admittedly, no John Kennedy) have more experience than this Obama guy???

For the convienience of State of Ohio officials:

Social Security # (redacted)
Home Address (redacted)
Driver's License # (redacted)
Blood type O +

Well! If they went after Joe the Plumber, I figure Proof the Pundit can't be far behind! Heh.