Sane political discourse

I have been reading websites like Salon and the others which form the nucleus of the Obama cheerleading squad. The strange thing to me is how distorted their view of reality is. Obviously, I disagree with their political views, but I still find amazing their conclusions and even their facts.

For example, Joan Walsh, the grand poobah of Salon wrote a piece yesterday about how this past week was one of Obama's best weeks ever. while she did acknowledge that his speech was weak, she pointed to the poor performance of the BP CEO before Congress and the apology of Representative Barton as reasons why Obama had such a good week. Wow! Obama supporters are now cheering that Obama is not as bad as BP. That should be good for a big bump in the polls. Also, some Republican from a district in Texas shoot himself in the foot and that makes it a good week for Obama. By that reasoning, we need to throw in the Democrat from North Carolina who assaulted the kid on the school project who asked the congressman if he supported Obama's agenda. My point is that Obama's cheerleaders apparently are either blatant liars or they cannot perceive reality.

In the last week, oil has continued to gush into the gulf. More important, however, is that in the last week oil has continued to foul the beaches, marshes and other habitats of the Gulf Coast. Plugging the well is very technical and needs expertise that the federal government cannot improve. Cleaning up the oil, however, is something that can be done provided competent management and sufficient resources are thrown at the problem. In other words, the federal government could improve the clean up dramatically, but all Obama wants to do is have photo ops and make statements about how the feds will stand behind the people in the Gulf.

Mr. President, about a week ago, you said you needed to know whose ass to kick. Here's the answer: Kick your own ass into action. Shut your mouth and actually do something. It's called "leadership". Without it, there is no hope and no change.