172: BO Embarrassed

It really seems as though BO is embarrassed to be an American. Or even ashamed. After all he has received from this great country, that's pitiful.

170: Duh! Blacks Support BO

A Washington post reporter informs us that BO is still supported by most blacks. Thank God for the Washington Post

171: Obama Supporters

It's an astounding testament to the political and economic ignorance of the American electorate that only now, six years into the Obama debacle, are the BO fans starting to see him for what he is- a man with almost no executive skills or experience, and totally over matched by his global peers.

169: Kareem

I have recently read several very thoughtful, cogent, and insightful articles by Kareem Abdul-Jabar. I wish he had been our first black president.

168: laziness

I feel like I've accomplished very little the last few weeks. Am I just getting old, or depressed or what?

167: Cantor And Term Limits

Stunning.  Shocking.  Seismic.  This is what the talking heads in Washington and New York are saying.  OK, so a big-time politician lost his meal ticket.  Boo hoo.  One guy will have to go back to work for a living, but the electorate gets a chance at having a real representative.  Just imagine how much better Congress would be if we had a complete turnover of ALL members every few years. Although I suspect that Cantor will immediately begin looking for another government welfare paycheck, the whole spectacle speaks to me about how fantastic it would be to see an end to the career politician in Washington.  Term limits, that's the only answer.

166: BO's Non-American Father

We all suffer because BO did not have an American father.  As I thought about D-Day last weekend, and watched different observances, I realized that there is no way in hell that BO can sense any connection with huge chunks of American history.  There is simply no male figure in his life who could pass these memories and values on to him.  In my own life, I remember:  at age 6 or 7 looking at pictures of the aircraft carrier my father was on in WW II which had just been hit by a kamikaze; as an adolescent wearing different remnants of my father's navy uniform; as a pre-teen going to Sink The Bismark with my father; as an adult, going to Saving Private Ryan with my father; and in his nineties, my Dad often reflected on the tremendous loss of life that occurred in both of the world wars, and given the then current state of affairs in the world, wondered if that loss had been worthwhile.

BO had none of this.  I would guess that many of his inner circle have a similar dearth of connections because, after all, we usually seek out similar types.

My advice to younger voters:  When you're voting for a president of our country, think about what the person you're voting for has learned from his or her parents.