Theory versus Practice!

I know a surgeon. She tells all kinds of stories about her internship. She, had of course, attended lectures and had presumably slept through only a few. Then she practiced the technique on cadavers but, all of a sudden, it’s the real world and, to quote her words, the learning curve was as follows, Watch one, Do one, Teach one.

The cold light of day can be very different from the euphoric promise of the night before.

So, as Obama approaches his 100 day milestone, I put together a few goodies to remember him by and, in no particular order, here they are:-

Obama has directed Government departments to come up with ways to trim their costs by $100 Million. The interest alone on his “stimulus” package is $95 Million. Per Day!!!!

He has promised to cut the deficit in half by the end of his first (read only) term. In the meantime he has increased that deficit four-fold. And, while all this is going on, he’s throwing parties for his friends and serving Kobe beef at $100 per pound or pizza flown in from Chicago. Rumor has it that Air Force One now has a Domino’s sticker in the baggage hold for just those missions.

He has nominated 5 tax cheats to his administration and one of ‘em now heads up the IRS.

He has insulted our oldest and most staunch ally by either sending back gifts or by giving those that are demonstrably inappropriate.

The ‘New York Times” today reported that the CIA methods outlawed by Obama this week had, in fact revealed vital intelligence. Even Panetta regretted this move by his boss. So Obama feels that measures he deemed “barbaric” could not be justified by the prevention of another 911. I venture to suggest that at least 3000 families would disagree.

Not satisfied by screwing it up at home, Obama is an international “screwerupperer”. So he loads up his 500 plus entourage onto Domino One and heads off to pastures new. There he sits with that fatuous and vacant grin on his face while Ortega delivers a 50 minute diatribe against the most generous nation in the world. Obama says nothing but he is the first to apologize for everything and anything and anywhere. With the exception of Antarctica, he’s apologized on every continent. Oops, forgot Australia.

And what do we have for this intercontinental groveling? The British government is none too happy. Sarkozy of France invited Obama to “walk on water. North Korea launches missiles despite Obama’s “grave concerns”. And, Fidel thinks the "boy wonder" is superficial. One thing is certain, Fidel isn't fooled easily unlike too many American voters.

Unfortunately Mr. Obama your teleprompter doesn’t have all the answers and, it seems you have even less. Is this what we were promised?

One more word if I may. Picture a life-time Pollyanna. Never been the victim of a crime. Yesterday, car broken into and real expense incurred and, more that, the feeling of violation was apparent. Ask her now and you could get a different response.

That’s the difference between belief and reality. The difference between theory and practice!