Wednesday, May 20, 2009

Man in The Mirror

Colin Powell and Rush Limbaugh escalated their war of words on Wednesday, with the talk radio host calling the former Secretary of State part of the "stale, the old, the worn-out GOP that never won anything." - CNN (May 20, 2009).

Jesus Horatio Christ, is Limbaugh trying to score an 11 on the ironic-lack-of-introspection scale?

Angel of Death

Dick Cheney is a truly baffling man.

After eight years as a virtual ghost under George W. Bush, he seemingly thinks that he is still in high office, and—even stranger—that 99% of Americans give a damn about Cheney’s crusty, ultra-authoritarian tone or that of his equally sour daughter Liz.

Yes, the man has a right to his opinion. I just wonder why anyone is still listening, most of all the media.

But worst of all, Cheney truly seems to be loitering in the national security spotlight as if waiting for another 9-11-style terrorist attack to hit American shores during Obama's watch--never mind that 9-11 itself occurred on Cheney's shift--and validate what he sees as an unappreciated legacy.

Either way, the former VP's tone since November is so Machiavellian that it's striking (in a genuinely disturbing way).

Sunday, May 17, 2009

Flunked In The Head

Although Americans have a constitutional right to free speech, I really wonder what the small, but loud clatch of protestors at Notre Dame expected to accomplish today during a much-hyped commencement address by Barack Obama – particularly the trio who called on Obama to “stop killing our children” during his speech as if the president were directly responsible for each abortion that occurs in the nation?

Secondly, I have to pile on Arizona State University for justifying its decision this past week not to give Obama an honorary degree at its own commencement because he apparently hasn’t accomplished enough – a baffling rationale which I guess validates my friend Alice’s claim that Arizona is perhaps the single dumbest state in the union.

Well played, enlightened ones. Well played.