Hand over Fist ...........

It is the season when families and friends get together for the purpose, it seems, for eating too much, drinking too much, spending too much or to remind themselves why once a year is enough. One of the associated rituals is to play party games. The one I hated most was “Charades” and I usually feigned severe intestinal distress so I could avoid the embarrassment. I would emerge for “Trivial Pursuit”, however, and it is in that latter spirit that I pose the following question.

What do these past-Presidents have in common?

Harry Truman
Dwight Eisenhower
John Kennedy
Lyndon Johnson
Richard Nixon
Gerald Ford
James Carter
Ronald Reagan
George H.W. Bush
William Clinton
George W. Bush

And the answer is that, at this stage in each of their first or only terms, their approval rating was higher than Obama’s is now. And that, for good or for ill, must stick in a narcissist’s craw.

However, is it any surprise when one realizes that the man has done nothing. And choose your theater; Domestic or International?

And, is it any wonder when you analyze his agenda? Or is it that his agenda is so out of step with American thinking perhaps because he gets advice from people who are out of step with American thinking?

Well he’s the “smartest man in the World,” or so we were assured by most of the drive-by media during the campaign. Then they were quick to add that he would surround himself with the best minds available. One of ‘em was a man called Kevin Jennings who now holds the exalted title of Assistant Deputy Secretary for the Office of Safe and Drug-Free Schools, which you can think of as the “School Czar” if you will.

Now, for the next part of this post, I need to be very careful. For a start I want to ensure that I don’t contravene one of the rules of my hosting site. Secondly, I know that this Blog is linked to other sites and I don’t want to offend them either. But, most of all, I don’t wish to disturb you, my dear reader.

Perhaps the best way would be to refer you to today’s “Drudge Report” and the subject is “Fisting” . And then to leave it at that except, for those who choose not go further into the details, Mr. Jennings, your School Czar not too many years ago was advocating the practice and handing out kits at Gay Lesbian events aimed at teenagers. I wonder if Mr. Jennings would be welcome at the school of Obama’s children in order to promote his beliefs?

Or, try this? Earlier this week, a conference was held in the White House on the subject of “government transparency”. Do you remember that campaign pledge?

Well this conference was closed to the public.

We're almost 11 months into this administration and if Obama is clinging onto precedent in order to bring up his approval numbers, that would indeed make records.

Because, that was not the way the way it worked out for the last eleven.

Or, putting it another way for those from Lake Havasu.

This is as good as it gets!