Posted on 08/18/2014 4:38:48 PM PDT by The Duke
Apologies in advance for this humble vanity post, but I thought this was an important topic that might otherwise slip under the proverbial radar.
Earlier today I had FOX News on in the background and heard the newscaster speculating about the need for Obama's unscheduled vacation detour back to DC when, as we are so often reminded, he can not only discharge his duties from remote locations, but can actually do his job while putting on the fairway or lounging in a jacuzzi.
It occurred to me that anything distracting him from his vacation would have to meet two criteria:
Sky rockets in flight,
Afternoon delight!
Aaaaaafternoon delight!
(with aploogies to the ‘70s)
CC
I’m going with amnesty for the ones here and the opening of our doors to millions more.
Hope we’re ready to act
the tinfoil-hat crowd is expecting a collapse in our social fabric in the coming weeks.
sept 11?
there is also the possibility of 3000 ebola martyrs that could be trying to deploy.
again, that’s from the ‘hot sheet’ of the tinfoil crowd that i’ve seen so far. both of which may warrant such a reaction from 0failure.
of course, it could just be him missing reggie
I’m thinking that this whole thing is nothing more than a public relations ploy that was planned before he ever left for Martha’s Vineyard. His handlers wanted to blunt all of the criticism about his incessant golf outings and numerous vacations, so Obama “interrupted” his latest vacation so he return to Washington and look like he gave a damn.
He needed to appear engaged in the Iraq crisis, Ferguson is a last minute add on. Remember the flack he was taking about his vacation with people dying of thirst on the mountain in Iraq, not good? Watch, his poll numbers, they will go up substantially because he sacrificed and came back to DC to tend his flock.
“Aploogies” like apologies, but better.
Sheesh, and I haven’t even opened the wine yet!
CC
“I See a Dark Sail on the horizon, set under a black cloud
that hides the Sun”
Bring me my broadsword, and clear understanding. Bring me my Cross of Gold as a Talisman.
Get up to the Roundhouse, the clifftop standing-
Take Women and Children and bed them down”
Bring me My Broadsword and Clear Understanding
Bring me My Cross of Gold as a Talisman”
Bless with a hard hearth those who surround me
Bless the women and children who firm our hands
Put our backs to the north wind, hold fast by the river
Sweet memories to drive us on for the motherland
Ian Anderson (Jethro Tull): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SGgWLyAxzBI
I always liked Tull. Didn’t one of the band members get a sex change?
CC
I hope it was that, or maybe he forgot his stash in the white hut.
Then again, it could have simply been planned to counter the poor optics of his two weeks on the Vineyard.
*Excellent* thought ... maybe we will survive through the month(?)
don’t know. Ian has become the salmon king (producer) of Scotland and lives on a large Scottish estate. Many brands of scots salmon under his brand.
Hmmm. Nice to know he’s as good a business man as a flutist.
CC
He can't grant amnesty.
I think the ‘70s owes us an apology for that one.
This visit to Washington was planned and announced last week. I imagine it is all about Executive Orders to:
1 - ban guns
2 - grant amnesty
Disguised/overshadowed by Ferguson riots.
Then President Ebola will go back to playing with putters in Martha’s Vineyard.
If it was some “secret” mission, it’s not so secret.
amnesty? Nah. He could get all that info by fax.
My guess is someone was going to get the boot—but things changed. And that makes me think it is holder. And you cannot dump your AG when Gentle Mike gets whacked.
So...he had to settle with Reggie.
The ‘70s owes us a BIG apology for any number of things. Like: Leisure Suits, the AMC Pacer, The Captain AND Tenille, Disco, The Village People, KTel, Ronco, Jimmy Carter, Pet Rocks, Mood Rings, The Ford Pinto, Leif Garrett, Bobby Sherman, The Brothers Gibb (singly or as a group), stagflation, the prime rate at 20%, Jimmy Carter, “elephant” bell bottoms, streaking, Helen Reddy and, finally, Jimmy Carter.
CC
The 70s also gave us an abundance of man-made fabrics.
I couldn’t find 100% cotton sheets and the blouses and shirts I wore were all in yucky fabrics that ended in “on”,like Banlon.
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Yep, none of which “breathe” in hot, humid weather. I still occasionally suffer from this as I am a cop and law enforcement has yet to relinquish its fascination with polyester/wool blends. uggh.
CC
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