Obama Has Learned Nothing
About Being Commander in Chief
 
Big Peace,
by Jim Hanson   

Original Article

9/1/2010

President Obama’s biggest problem as Commander in Chief is that he is not a leader. He is detached from the troops who fight our wars and they will never feel about him the way they did about George W. Bush. He is uninspiring and it is obvious that he considers the fight against Islamic extremists to be a distraction from his true mission, fundamentally transforming and rescuing America from its failed past. There was not a single moment in his speech where he spoke to the troops about their mission. He spoke about them in reverent tones….

Gulf War vet, bronze star recipient, Yale law grad with masters in economics, youngest federal magistrate judge in state’s history, against RINO appointed to seat by her father. Tough call.

Iraq Through the Looking Glass
 
National Review Online,
by Victor Davis Hanson   

Original Article

9/1/2010 

Most Americans will support President Obama’s call for patience in Afghanistan and his policy of continuing the long-planned drawdown in Iraq. But there was something bizarre about his entire Iraq speech — it was as if it were being delivered by an exhausted Obama factotum, rather than the animate Obama of old. So we got a flat Iraq / flat Afghanistan / flat hope-and-change recession address. It almost seemed a chore. Perhaps Obama’s ennui arises from the impossibility of squaring his circle. How could an erstwhile fierce critic of Iraq — as well as his diplomatic team….

And, thanks, Onofre’s arm, I’ve learned two good geology terms this week–my sig other has his MA in geology and worked for EPA–”lithifying” and “eutrophication.”  I’m pretty sure that some how–as your term did so nicely–we could also apply “eutrophication” to Ozero’s speech.

A Tiny Treasury of Responses
to Obama’s Address on Iraq
 
New York Observer,
by Steve Huff   

Original Article

9/1/2010

President Barack Obama’s 2nd Oval Office address tonight was about the end of the war in Iraq. Naturally, there were mixed reactions to the President’s nearly-20 minute speech, which gave a polite nod to former president George W. Bush but avoided any Bush-like “mission accomplished!” notes of triumph. Here are some of the responses to the President’s words—there are few surprises: The Wall Street Journal called the speech an example of “Oval Office Ambivalence” and editorialized: “But to our mind-and we suspect to the foreign ear-he also focused too much on the ‘huge price’ and burdens of the last seven years….

Michelle found out that Reggie sent in an audition tape to “Project Runway” and she went nuts! That’s why she’s eating up a storm. It’s the reverse of getting into shape for an athletic event by getting into shape. Her idea is to get as big and fat as possible so she can literally crush her enemies.

(disclaimer: the above is totally made up.)

“Oh, baby look what I picked out for your speech! This suit is just so fun! It’s coordinated with the carpet, and the red tie adds the accent. But see, the tie’s not really red, it’s kind of scarlet. I took the ties out to the street to see them in sunlight, cause the lighting in the store was just impossible.

Your a good lookin’ guy and I want to see you step it up with the colors, baby. Too bad they won’t see your hand-made Italian shoes cuz you’ll be sitting at a desk.”

Ah, shaddup, David Gergen, you coelocanth.