I know I swore I was going to wait on being critical of the soon-to-be Obama presidency — and politics in general — but there’s too much fodder for the asylum brewing to let it pass unremarked upon.
I Bet He Ties His Own Shoes, Too
Barack Hussein Obama’s relationship with Illinois soon-to-be-ex-Governor Rod “My Rug Wears a Rug” Blagojevich (thanks to Amy Poehl of SNL). The December 16 LA Times headline — with absolutely no tongue-in-cheek — notes “Obama clears himself and staff in Blagojevich case.”
Really? Well, of course we’re so glad to hear that Obama said he hasn’t any connection with any of Blago’s many malfeasances. I mean, why can’t we take the word of the only “honest” politician in the state of Illinois. This gets printed and picked up and nary a word is spoken. Ah, well.
Ah, Inexperience. I Hear NY Calling
Along with a president with no experience, we’ve got a woman who wants to replace our carpetbagger Senator who has moved on to lesser-but-greater (or is it the other way around) things. Caroline Kennedy — who I always considered a pretty hot babe, given the looks, money and name — wants to replace Hillary. This is causing the stalwarts of both the left and the Fourth Estate to find even more hackneyed uses for tales from Arthurian mythology. Her experience level? A lot less — a lotless — than the President elect's, so she's a shoe in.
Never Grow Up, Never Gro-o-ow Up, Not Me
Then there’s the appointment of Dianne Feinstein to chair the House Intelligence Committee. Her Second Amendment record is — to be charitable — spotty, her record on intelligence gathering is as well, although the Dems consider her positively Lieberman-esque in policy votes.
If you ascribe to a black helicopter/UN force/bad American government is coming to take me away philosophy, you may not care for her at all, but I find her voting record somewhat encouraging. Feinstein joined Republicans in modifying FISA, voting against civil penalties against communications companies that assisted the government, voted for FISA 2008, was the original Democrat sponsor of the Patriot Act, was one of the sponsors of a failed flag desecration amendment, among other votes.
She’s 76, and knows where a lot of the bodies are buried. Conversely she’s against “coercive interrogations,” a semantic redundancy if ever there was one, and wants to close Guantanamo. If we close fucking Gitmo, maybe we can use those Romanian prisons we were using a few years back. Then we can go back to some “serious” coercive interrogations.”
PS: Any West Coast readers know anything about Feinstein's ADC, David Grannis? Please let me know, if you do.
The Sky Is Definitely Falling This Time
Other depressing news — again from the LAT — “Environmental groups cheer Obama appointments.” That means any money we give the Big Three — or any other business for that matter — is going to get pissed away trying to reach technologically un-obtainable goals under the guise of an unproven theory.
Heart Be Still
On the plus side, the mutt who tossed his shoes at the President was beaten in police custody. Ya think so? Duh.
(UPDATE: Apparently the shoe thrower continues having his ass handed to him while in an Iraqi jail. The Liblines started at "beaten" (hitting a cop in the fist with his face, I guess) and are now up to "tortured." I wonder how long until he "commits" suicide?— 1508 EST - GPJ
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