Craig Crawford's Trail Mix

The President bowing to the Japanese emperor is at least better than Bush Sr. throwing up on the prime minister

Yes, Craig, but not as memorable!
I'll be sleeping in that long seat way in the back of the bus for this Palin march to the 2012 campaign. Don't wake me until Fall of 2011,
KO mentions Al Gore at the end of this video. Could it be he is not politically retired?
Is Palin as nuts and brain-scrambled as Reagan was when he could not differentiate movie sets and reality?
You BETCHA !
Nah...not really...she's just a liar: advantage Reagan.

Newseum 'Inside Media': [Video] Helen Thomas and Craig Crawford discuss their new book, "Listen Up, Mr. President,... http://bit.ly/4cPbiy

WELL WORTH LISTENING TO, FOLKS!

thanks, chloe, for linking lard's bparty video. am posting it again for the morning folk who may not have seen it and for us others who want another visit with our friend here on the trail and his beautiful family.

http://seanholton.wordpress.com/2009/11/15/50th-birthday-in-the-missouri-ozarks/

http://blogs.cqpolitics.com/trailmix/2009/11/sarahs-swearing-contest.html#comment-271113

Stop bowing to people, Obama. You're the President of the United States of America, for crying out loud.

it's common courtesy......nixon and ike did it......if ike can do it why not? it's not like he's holding hands and smooching with the saudi like bush 2........
http://blogs.cqpolitics.com/trailmix/2009/11/sarahs-swearing-contest.html#comment-271118

Like this a little better?

http://i111.photobucket.com/albums/n158/codename_009/BushKissingSaudiPrince.jpg

It's a display of weakness, Sturge. Weakness gets people killed. Not that one needs to be arrogant... it's a fine line that a world leader should be able to toe.

palin for $100 will sign her book for a fan? is the book
included in the price?
craig, you and helen are missing out on a gold mine giving those signatures away for free.

...maybe Obama's rope-a-doping a la Micheal Corleone, before he swiftly and decisively settles all family business. I doubt it, though.

http://blogs.cqpolitics.com/trailmix/2009/11/sarahs-swearing-contest.html#comment-271119

...and Obama =/= Eisenhower.

http://blogs.cqpolitics.com/trailmix/2009/11/sarahs-swearing-contest.html#comment-271124

also obama =/= nixon
obama =/= carter
obama =/= bush

etc

and Ike.....who does = Ike...... bowed. so where's the big deal?

http://blogs.cqpolitics.com/trailmix/2009/11/sarahs-swearing-contest.html#comment-271120

That pic looks "photoshopped". I know Bush kissed Abdullah, but that particular photo of that event looks bogus.

...you made the comparison, not me.

Morning all, just can't bring myself to watch the video- I just can't watch O. trash another woman with such snide glee and then there is Craig, always the gentleman trying to deflect O"s volleys. Please let me know if I'm wrong, it's not toxic and won't get my blood boiling.

Been busy, my cousin from Oklahoma arrived last night, we're having a great time. She was telling me about chiggers,among other things, mug what a drag.

Rez- her great grandfather wrote a translation of the bible to Shawnee, he was full blood, guess he worked in the tribal office and as he didn't want the kids to go to "indian school" he fudged some of the records. My cousin's daughter would like to go to college, of course can't afford it. I asked about the gov. minority programs and she said that it's gonna take some doing to straighten out the records first. Do you know anyone that could help with some of that?

don't know where mug came from

if it's not toxic. sorry , didn't even drink that much last night.

this may be a better shot.

http://i96.photobucket.com/albums/l176/musiclover1992/BushSaudiKing.jpg

I've been making baseball bats recently, and as a result happened on this awesome site:

"Physics and Acoustics of Baseball and Softball Bats"
http://paws.kettering.edu/~drussell/bats.html

Enjoy! (really, it's an interesting site)

It is a shame that your talents are wasted on SP. It is a human shame that we spend this much time on a facebook farce.

Burp...I have had my fill!

When people are swayed by Palin, I feel like I'm watching a horror movie. The other people in the movie don't know who the moster is; only the audience knows.

But even for those who find her personally appealing, how can they find in her, a capable leader?

Actually, Obama seems to be attempting to lead by committee right now...and it AIN'T WORKIN'!!!

How does the saying go? Lead, follow or get out of the way.

I'll give him a pass on the bowing. If there is one thing he knows how to do, it's ingratiate himself to people. Let's hope his likeability factor translates in Asia the way it did in Europe.

BlondeW... I'm with you.... I've had enough of this buffet.... time to change the menu....

Craig.... that tie and shirt combination made you look HOT!

gayle king and oprah sure are jumping on the money making hayride with SP.

Burp...I am really full on Oprah, too.

The price leader on Ms Palin's book; Kroger already has them at 40-pct off. I wonder when it'll make the back tables of our local booksellers.

It was nice seeing Kinky on Imus this morning. I did follow through on contribution to his campaign.

It's quite simple. One head of state does not bow to another unless that head of state represents a client state of the other.

flate.....it will be in the goodwill at $.50 per by late december........not that there's anything wrong with that.......

well.....as to the protocol of bowing.....ok....i can see I'm going to have to look into it a bit......i can't have myself running around being ignorant about something like that......

http://blogs.abcnews.com/politicalpunch/2009/11/on-president-obamas-bow-to-the-japanese-emperor-an-academic-friend-writes-that-both-the-left-and-the-right-are-wrong.html

I take a bow at posting this...

obama is certainly a newbie.

Sturg, read BW.s linked post--I agree with the academic completely.

In this particular case a 10-degree nod would have been appropriate. It would be reciprocated by a 10-degree nod by the Emperor. That would show the mutual respect that is hoped for. (Actually, as the leader of the vanquished country, the Emperor should do a prolonged 45-degree bow.)

http://blogs.cqpolitics.com/trailmix/2009/11/sarahs-swearing-contest.html#comment-271144

Doesn't Obama have handlers to prevent this sort of stuff? He comes off like a tourist trying too hard not to insult the indigenous folk. Hu Jintao and Co. must be laughing their asses off.

...the "Barack Obama Subversion of American Sovereignty World Tour '09"! Get your T-shirts while they last! Wooo!

yep, that sounds good.....i wanted to know, instead of "that" obama was wrong.....precisely "how" he was wrong, if so......
this being the first time since the early fifties that i've ever heard its being bandied about.......
it's been a small interest of mine the myriad ways that the romans in various capacities faced all the representatives of all the states and disparate situations in the roman world.....how they were sposed to act in relation to all the varied parts of their world......

dark lord, O's handlers are also newbies.

"dark lord, O's handlers are also newbies."

Why should they be newbies? Is it because we don't want to be encumbered by history, or lessons learned? Instead we'll have a cult of personality that is oblivious to the customs of those whom we are dealing with.

don't want no bad joss........

I have many more thoughts on the topic, but I will spare you all... have a good day.

flatus...newbie arrogance. The new order of the world and such. Morphed. Change. No matter how incorrect. Man of the world?? Another nouveau!

It doesn't matter if Obama bows or punches him out. Everybody in the room knows who the big dog is. Protocol be damned, it is for the squabbling inferiors.
This "makes him look weak argument is just sillyness"

Being weak , makes him look weak.
And the jury is still out on that one.

Jack

The bow is such a big thing over there. Can't imagine why he wasn't coached in this. Maybe they ought to hire one of Queen Elizabeth's employees, they are experts at proper protocol.

Know why the Republicans love Palin?

Because she drives the lefty intellegensia chatterers nuts.
And that ain't a bad thing IMO

Jack

For get the bow, he used the wrong fork.

Oh God, the embarrassment.

Jack

We got snow on the ground this morning. Just on the grass.

Hu Jintao's private response to Obama's suggestion for greater recognition of human rights by the Chinese Gov't:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rm81LSKJC2k

It seems that we as Americans don't respect Cultural differences around the world.

President Obama is showing respect to leaders whose cultural look upon bowing as a high form of respect and not to do so is disrespectful.

But then who are we the Great United States of America to respect anyone who is different from us.

When our fall comes it will be because we no longer respect anything or anyone and will show the world how are arrogance brought us to our knees.

I'm out of here.

no excuse, Axelrod (washing your hair would show more respect)...you always had Buck Henry's movie for guidance -- Protocol
http://movies.nytimes.com/movie/review?res=9905E0DB1038F932A15751C1A962948260

http://stubbornfacts.us/media_bias/modern_journalism

Follow the links to Sarah's comment on facebook....

I must however agree with Simon. Journalism is reaching new lows......

max...I am very sick of farcebook.

http://blogs.cqpolitics.com/trailmix/2009/11/sarahs-swearing-contest.html#comment-271156

Forget the wrong fork analogy, Jack. In fact his hosts will respect him for trying chopsticks even if he fails. The same is not true about the bow. And, it is wrong to view the bow from our egalitarian eyes. We think differently from folks raised in traditional Oriental societies.

Was the bow a faux pas? No. It was, in their eyes, a validation of American stupidity.

"President Obama is showing respect to leaders whose cultural look upon bowing as a high form of respect and not to do so is disrespectful."

A-P, that's rubbish.

DL, the worst O-bow was to the Saudi King. Obama's pretty tall and the Japanese a wee short. I think he wanted to bow below their line of sight.

Of course its funny Obama's comments on censorship were censored....lol.

http://blogs.cqpolitics.com/trailmix/2009/11/sarahs-swearing-contest.html#comment-271163

There are lots of things they can see as our stupidity. One would be trying illegal combatants in criminal court in Manhattan after conviction in SCOTUS approved military court.

http://blogs.cqpolitics.com/trailmix/2009/11/sarahs-swearing-contest.html#comment-271162

Me to Blonde, my sister signed me up and now I get crap posting to my email every day. I like the days when we all were a bit less socially connected. Do we all remeber he days before answering machines? Still. you all have your chance to say hello to Sarah.

I've stated before that I really dislike The Pledge of Allegiance. There's a good article in Salon giving me even more reasons.

http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2009/11/16/pledge_of_allegiance/index.html

max, what I would really like is to say good-bye to SP....

Flatus
apearing stupid by using the incorrect protocal is only of importaznt to the provincials, The president of the USA hasn't been conscidered a provincial for quite some time.
I think what both you and anon are missing is this: whatever fork the president uses IS the correct fork to use.

I'm much more worried about the underlings who go begging China to buy our bonds and thereby elevate China to a position they don't really occupy.

Jack

adios....have a great day all.

Why Blonde? If she is as bad as most Liberals think, wouldn't she be great as the next GOP candidate? I can't figure out what all the fear and loathing is about.

Newsweek only helps her out more with her rather nice running shot. Let's face it, media loves Palin. The Dems should be glad she doesn't seem to have the smarts to make a good run for the WH. Personally, I find her less annoying than Pelosi or Boxer, but I still wish she would get a vocal teacher.

Notice from my inability to use spell check, I have no problem appearing stupid.

OK, time to brave the elements, got work to do.
Jack

http://slatest.slate.com/id/2235873/entry/3/

If true I can only wait for Rice's brilliant comments. UN is coming close to even pissing off Liberals and yesterday the IAEA demanded to see three secret Syrian sites linked to the Iranian program.

http://blogs.cqpolitics.com/trailmix/2009/11/sarahs-swearing-contest.html#comment-271165

Max,

I actually agree with you on this one. The photo was taken at the lowest point of the bow (if you see it in motion, the depth isn't all that noticeable). The Japanese Emperor is very short in comparison and Obama's height may have betrayed him when trying for that "equal depth for equal powers" that courtesy required. His bow to the Empress was perfect.

An attempt at simple courtesy is never out of order and some of the right wing ranters come across as arrogant, jingoistic, ignorant slobs.

http://slatest.slate.com/id/2235873/entry/3/

If true I can only wait for Rice's brilliant comments. UN is coming close to even pissing off Liberals and yesterday the IAEA demanded to see three secret Syrian sites linked to the Iranian program.

Not sure the new guidelines on mammograms make sense. Where is a similar cost benefit study on prostate exams? I would think this might lead to insurance companies dropping tests for those women without family history of breast cancer between 40 - 50.

Max,

Palin impresses me as every high school clique leader I've ever come across. They aren't stupid, but they are ignorant. Watch out for the knife in the back and third party lies because self interest and power are everything. They use others as ladders to where they want to go and when challenged will do that wide eyed innocent "Who Me? How can you be so mean?"

Bat eyelashes and squeeze some man's arm muscle here.

Those little blossoms are about as sweetly needy as a Mack truck.

The Japanese are some of America's biggest fans. Size matters and I think in this bow, Obama was trying to drop below their heads and be nice. After all, Matsui is an American legend now. I think this bowing is a bit weird (see Flatus) and as I said, Obama's knew bent bow to the King as shameful. I note Obama's bows seemed stiffer towards the Chinese. I can only wish his policies reflected that too. But with holding half our debt and rising with each new Democrat program, this will likely grow,,,,

The Japanese are some of America's biggest fans. Size matters and I think in this bow, Obama was trying to drop below their heads and be nice. After all, Matsui is an American legend now. I think this bowing is a bit weird (see Flatus) and as I said, Obama's knew bent bow to the King as shameful. I note Obama's bows seemed stiffer towards the Chinese. I can only wish his policies reflected that too. But with holding half our debt and rising with each new Democrat program, this will likely grow,,,,

Sorry about that....TM is very slow to post this morning.....

Appropriate Slate article: Palin Fatigue

http://www.salon.com/news/politics/sarah_palin/index.html?story=/opinion/walsh/politics/2009/11/16/sarah_palin

tony, here's something to pass along to your argentine friend if he hasn't heard about it yet.

http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/2009/11/16/world/AP-LT-Argentina-Gay-Marriage.html?_r=1

http://blogs.cqpolitics.com/trailmix/2009/11/sarahs-swearing-contest.html#comment-271177

Hear ya Jamie, but be careful. Most Liberal rejection of her is rather snobby: she isn't as smart and educated, cultured or schooled as Liberals. She sounds like a hick and has values far from Harvard.

By the time 2012 rolls up, this might be an asset for her. Personally, until she gets some vocal coaching its hard to listen to her. At least Obama doesn't give me a headache even if he has gotten far too boring.

It seems that the Fort Hood shooter pressed the Military to bring War Crimes Charges against some of those he counseled and the Military refused.

They confessed War Crimes to him and as usual the Military wanted to keep them covered up.

So what else in new. Are Government is currently covering up War Crimes by the previous administration and members of the House and Senate are all complicit in the cover up.

And sad to say so is President Obama.

I think Sarah Palin will make a lot of money and the so called liberal media will spend a lot of time wailing and moaning and increase sales of her book.

She would not be worse at president than Shrub.

It would make a great television show sort of like if one of the Beverly Hillbillies got elected president.

hmmm, won millions of hearts? did they take a poll?

"The way US President Barack Obama bowed before Japanese emperor has won millions of Japanese hearts as his respect for the ailing emperor looked genuine and not just a formality."

http://www.khabrein.info/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=29314&Itemid=57

Everytime I hear discussion about the President going to China, I can't help but think:

Obama - Hu?

I'd rather have Palin than Potholes Aplenty and his modified mullet or that evangelical Catholic who believes in exorcism.

"TOKYO: President Barack Obama's deep bow to Japan's emperor has been castigated by US critics as kowtowing to a foreign leader, but experts in Japanese etiquette praised it as an appropriate show of respect."

http://www.dawn.com/wps/wcm/connect/dawn-content-library/dawn/news/world/03-japanese-say-obama-bow-appropriate-ss-02

http://blogs.cqpolitics.com/trailmix/2009/11/sarahs-swearing-contest.html#comment-271177

Funny KCG....

more from above dawn.com link:

'Bowing is an expression of respect and open-mindedness as a person greets someone,' said Reiko Kasai, chief instructor at JAL Academy, an intercultural training school.

'It is part of a greeting with which one shows his or her willingness for the meeting,' she said, adding that given his height, Obama may have chosen to bow so low to make eye contact with the emperor.

Helen Thomas and I at National Press Club Book Fair 5:30p tonight. Other authors signing.. http://bit.ly/49jCpT

http://blogs.cqpolitics.com/trailmix/2009/11/sarahs-swearing-contest.html#comment-271188

even funnier KCG.......... the best thing going for the Dems is what's not going right for the GOP. The problem of course is that moderate Republicans must cross the Palin test. So you see, Palin is quite helpful to the Dems which is why I suspect some media pumps her up.

craig, be sure to tell them about sarah charging $100 per sign. maybe put a tips glass on the signing table for donations.

http://blogs.cqpolitics.com/trailmix/2009/11/sarahs-swearing-contest.html#comment-271168

Good points there, Jamie...the "Pledge" seems bizarre to me too.

Okay I'm watching Oprah wednesday. I haven't watched in years, but she will have the cast of the movie version of the musical "NINE" based on Felini's 8 1/2 some time this week.

KGC

I wish the media would scrutinize male politicians the way they do females. If you see any low flying pigs, let me know.

So where is the vaunted Obama organizing team. I thought these folks were going to make the difference in pushing forward the progress agenda. Maybe Axelrod is misused in the whitehouse and should be in charge of the political side.

"If you had less than $248,200 (250,000 Swiss francs) in your secret account at Switzerland's largest bank, or if it generated less than $99,280 (100,000 Swiss francs) in annual revenue, you can breathe easier.

A landmark deal that the U.S. and Swiss governments struck in August to expose American tax dodgers does not call for the Swiss to blow your cover.

On the other hand, if you had more than $992,802 (1 million Swiss francs) in your account at any time from 2001 through 2008 and you failed to disclose it to the Internal Revenue Service, don't count on Switzerland's legendary tradition of bank secrecy to protect you any longer. It may be just a matter of time before your account details are in the hands of U.S. tax collectors and federal prosecutors."

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/11/17/AR2009111701240.html?hpid=topnews

http://blogs.cqpolitics.com/trailmix/2009/11/sarahs-swearing-contest.html#comment-271194

Craig,

If you put up the tip jar, remember to put a couple of ones in there to give people the idea. Empty tip jars don't work. :-) You can always donate the proceeds to charity.

IMO.... the grumbling about Obama's bow is akin to the the grumbling last week of Obama's no show in Germany..... petty....

Jamie.... I haven't watched Oprah in years either. I was at a friend's house yesterday afternoon and she just had to watch Palin's interview.... god was it boooooring.....

Jamie

The AP style book should be revised to include the categories that should be used to describe individuals. IMO, I think age should not be included unless it is a relevant issue, ie under-age or an activity exceptional for the age.

And for crying out loud, let's put the fashion industry -and I include make-up in that category- in its place somewhere after the importance of the Corn Festival in Sun Prarie, Wisconsin (which is a lovely event.)

IMO.... the grumbling about Obama's bow is akin to the the grumbling last week of Obama's no show in Germany..... petty....

That's right......kind of like the Pelosi plane and the head scarf nonsense. This is just the work of gooper sleazoids like Cantor and McGooper and their hardy band of former college republicans - possible the least principled people on earth.

"Craig,
If you put up the tip jar, remember to put a couple of ones in there to give people the idea. Empty tip jars don't work. :-) "

jamie, good idea but add a fin and sawbuck to draw in the real dough.

"I think what both you and anon are missing is this: whatever fork the president uses IS the correct fork to use. "

Ah, Jack, now we'll play the President has no clothes/.

"...she said, adding that given his height, Obama may have chosen to bow so low to make eye contact with the emperor."

Now, that's rubbish, too. First, making eye contact while bowing is quite disrespectful, and, second, can you imagine making eye contact while in a deep bow to someone who is almost two feet shorter than you? Third, bows of this type are done as close to simultaneously as possible; tell me how someone makes eye contact.

but flatus, she is the chief instructor at JAL Academy on such things. also, it wouldn't be polite for her to criticize a visiting dignitary.

JAL = Japan Airlines? There's an incredible amount of difference between a bow a business functionary bestows on a valued customer and the quite formal, carefully crafted bows performed in social interactions.

Thought for the day :
" Thrift is a wonderful virtue - in an ancestor. "

Happy 71st birthday to Gordon Lightfoot:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9eRrObcBVEo

Would also be my dad's 74th if he were living.

Back to lurkin'--

"This is just the work of gooper sleazoids like Cantor and McGooper and their hardy band of former college republicans"

Posted by: Katherine Graham Cracker November 17, 2009 11:27 AM

...and yet, Obama continues to provide fodder for them, even after having already made another "bow gaffe" earlier this year. As if it isn't understood in political circles how the GOP media machine operates. This latest gaffe is significant because it occurred on the very same trip that Obama tried to throw around some American weight in China, as if China wasn't heavy enough itself. Just because the "Gooper" media whores capitalize on it doesn't make that any less true.

The Chinese government couldn't care less about U.S. media-generated platitudes like "global balance"; in fact, they'd prefer just the opposite, in their favor. It would be at all our peril, as Americans, if our government didn't recognize that and more delicately approached diplomatic efforts in that region.

"..it is wrong to view the bow from our egalitarian eyes. We think differently from folks raised in traditional Oriental societies."

Flatus, Bravo! What you said there is the most important point of the whole 'bow' discussion.

Nice video of the F-35B Stealth Fighter. Lockheed really does some amazing work. Looks like Science Fiction to me. http://www.metacafe.com/watch/1875217/f35b_the_stealth_fighter_made_by_lockheedmartin_co/

Laird, bestowing a 'special' bow on the Japanese emperor is personally offensive to me; let his government return Stinky's older sister who was 'borrowed' during WW-II. After that, ponder the desirability of offering such a bow.

And let them account for the hundreds of thousands of Chinese and Filipinas who were similarly treated.

And, realizing that such an accounting will be impossible to make at this point in time, let his government apologize to the peoples of those countries for the profound suffering his country caused during their occupations of the last century.

http://blogs.cqpolitics.com/trailmix/2009/11/sarahs-swearing-contest.html#comment-271210

Fair,

thanks for the G Lightfoot bday greeting. He is one of my favorite folkies of that generation. I do one of his songs, poorly I might add. "Home From The Forest" here is a rendition that I think is the best one out there. It is by Tony Rice. Excuse the poor video but the sound is excellent.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PRNeLb2tkWE

The new America's Cup yacht from BMW Oracle is a monster. The BOR 90 is the most radical boat in the history of the 158-year-old regatta, resembling a floating skyscraper more than a traditional racing yacht as it towers nearly 200-feet high.

The height comes from a revolutionary 190-foot wing sail - a stiff, airplane-like sail that will be trimmed by an engine to generate unprecedented speeds even in the lightest of winds.

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/sport/more_sport/sailing/article6920265.ece

I think Palin is like Newtie, a member of certain groups fantasy candidates group. The fantasy candidates get hauled out to make a point but they are never serious candidates even when they are actually running. Buchanan is the most successful of the genre, turning hatred into a career asa broadcaster and historian.

" The problem of course is that moderate Republicans must cross the Palin test." - maxtrue

The myth of the moderate republican lives in at least one heart. That's very old-fashioned and sentimental.

A pal of mine was a moderate republican Rep. for a dozen years. Now, he's a Reform ("the jesse the palooka ventura") Party functionary. Several years before he died (11 1/2 years ago now), retired Senator and Air Force General Barry Goldwater was dis-invited from attending republican events, because he was too dam' 'libbrul.' Goldwater hadn't changed much. When the longtime 'conservative' conscience of the party is too dam' libbrul, you know that the moderates are long gone.

Where are all the Hugh Scotts, William Millers, Edward Brookes, and William Frenzels these days ?

http://blogs.cqpolitics.com/trailmix/2009/11/sarahs-swearing-contest.html#comment-271159

AP, I tend to agree with your sentiments again. Oh well.
And I think there's plenty of apologizing to go around for many countries, including the USA.

http://blogs.cqpolitics.com/trailmix/2009/11/sarahs-swearing-contest.html#comment-271129

Sea, I'm can't offer much help to your cousin since normally I would suggest that the place to go would be the gov't records (BIA) because they were meticulous record keepers of Indian people, unless of course someone was fudging records. :-) I know ancestry.com has some great Indian census and roll data. You can sign-up and have access for a month for free.

However the real problem is that, like most everything else, there's not much tribal money for higher ed unless of course your tribe has a profitable gaming enterprise.

Thanks Rez, it was worth a shot- I don't really understand all the ins and outs but evidently with the records that record partial (instead of full Shawnee) and Choctaw don't add up to enough for her daughter for minority status? Donna has a cousin who knows the whole story and will help straighten it out sometime.

Anyone who would like to check out Lightfoot tour dates and such, here is his page. It looks as if most of 2010 will be in Canada as of today's scheduling.

http://www.lightfoot.ca/

When I first heard about people complaining about the "bow", I figured it was just the right-wing nuts.

When I saw the picture, I realized Obama overdid it a bit.

I think Obama and his people they they are always the smartest in the room. Unfortunately, they are mistaken.

they they should be think they..tie for a cup of coffee..

"Thought for the day :
" Thrift is a wonderful virtue - in an ancestor. "

Good one, C-Bob.