I'm OK, just don't drown me quite yet ........

Perhaps it’s all my dentist’s fault because, early this morning, while I lay there in his chair with a mouth full of cotton wads, latex gloves and implements of which the Inquisition would be envious, I began to think. After all what else is there to do? Conversation is out because of the aforementioned oral impediments and masturbation would be less than polite and so I had a think.

Going on a little while longer with the dental theme; what starts out as an occasional twinge grows over time. Now I’m not to the point yet of stuffing aspirin into the suppurating cavity but the twinge has become an ongoing nagging ache.

It all started way back before last November when I detected a propensity for talk but no action. In fact, Obama’s preferred methodology is to make a speech and to expect that would take care of it all. Some specifics if I may:-

“Bankruptcy for GM is not an option. It’s simply unacceptable”. Then he appoints a 31-year old law student to oversee the process as the filing becomes inevitable. For an encore, he appointed a new CEO who, by his own admission, knows nothing about cars. Team that idiocy with this from a Treasury spokesman, “We have a reasonable chance of getting some of our money back”. Yeah, I really want to invest in that company.

Next there was this. Last week Obama said that he had no problem if, and note the “Get out of jail” card, FBI and other agencies were reading Miranda rights to suspects in Iraq and Afghanistan. Contrast that with his appearance on “60 Minutes” on March 22 when he asserted that they didn’t deserve that protocol.

Again, while on the campaign trail, Obama stated that a nuclear Iran was unacceptable. Last week, the same man said it was OK. But he still wants to talk. About what? I believe that Obama really thought his Cairo speech would be a cure-all. And his believers were convinced of it.

So, the only comment, so far, from the White House is that they welcome the robust debate while they ignore completely the violence and death in the streets of Teheran. And their comment about a North Korea nuclear threat is ……,
Well, the word silence is the only one that springs to my mind.

Take this list and add your own to it, but the inescapable fact remains that Obama’s word is a farce. For most of the time, he’d prefer not to do anything and, when forced to do something, he’ll say one thing in one place and one thing somewhere else.

He seems eager to speak up against this country while he’s abroad. He is silent when it comes to speaking for it at home.

Teddy Roosevelt was infamous for his mantra; “Speak softly but carry a big stick.”

What does Obama carry?

Apart from a teleprompter? Not Much!