What I like about Obama

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Obviously, the biggest problem with Bush was sending the military into an Arab Muslim country that hadn’t even attacked us. Among the several things that made that offensive were

* the rush to war – it was only several months after the possibility of military involvement was raised that combat operations began
* lack of United Nations sanction – only 17 relevant resolutions were ever passed before they were enforced
* lack of Congressional oversight – the President authorized the use of military force based on the flimsy pretext of a bill passed by Congress titled “Authorization of the Use of Military Force”, rather than seeking a document that had the words “declaration of war” in it; that’s every bit as bad as getting no Congressional approval at all
* obvious financial motives – clearly no one approved of the murderous dictator or sought a normal working relationship with him besides the French; at the same time, one couldn’t help but be suspicious of the fact that the population we were ostensibly protecting was located conveniently near the oil fields
* stretching our military – we were overburdened as it was, and our brave military despite its courage lacked the resources for yet another operation
* inflating our military – the only way to keep the bloodthirsty Pentagon beast fed was to give it the hordes of jobless young men who had no prospects in an economy that saw unemployment skyrocket above 4% in most states
* ignoring our generals – the decision to go to war was made by political hacks who had never worn a uniform
* inflaming the Arab Street – despite some touchy-feely talk about Islam, it was impossible for the Muslim world not to notice how the President made repeated, insistent proclamations of his Christianity, how he only ever used the military against Muslim targets, and how at the time the war started he’d kept the concentration camp at Guantanamo open for over a year
* wasting money – it was completely irresponsible to commit the military to an expensive mission when the President’s fiscal mismanagement had resulted in a budget deficit of over $150 billion in 2002

But anyway, what I really like about Obama is that he’s gone 29-3 in his bracket picks over the first two days. You have to spend a lot of time watching college basketball to be that good.

From commenter bgates over at just one minute…

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Interesting.
Further down, Janet’s comment:

Here is a picture of Obama in Brazil. He actually doesn’t look too healthy.

She is right.
There is an insider (of the White House) blogger called Ulsterman.
He interviews insiders from Obama’s middle circle.
One of the things that sticks out is the concern about Obama’s health.
Two tidbits:

“………….The president appeared completely unaware of his mistake, or maybe he just didn’t care. The mood in the room had gone from excitement at getting to see the president to one of being very uncomfortable. If President Obama was unable to handle a simple meeting among secondary staff, how in the hell was he going to be able to run the damn country?

Eventually the meeting did get underway with participation from a number of us in that room, but during that time, which was no more than say, fifteen minutes, the president said almost nothing. He would smile, he would nod, and he would turn to Jarrett to confirm if something that was said was correct, or agreeable. The only time the president showed any sign of life was when someone made a reference to basketball. Then he became far more animated – but that only lasted for a brief moment and he returned to his silent nodding and smiling. Even though the meeting lasted those 15 minutes at the most, it felt much longer simply because it was so –expletive- uncomfortable. After another episode of silence, Jarrett cleared her throat and declared to us that the president was needed elsewhere. As soon as she said that, Obama shot up from his seat and gave that same weird smile of his that he had on when he first came in, a brief “thanks for the talk”, and then headed out the door with Jarrett close behind. I was looking around the table and saw some people acting as if the president’s behavior was completely normal, but a few others were, like me, clearly unsettled by what we had just seen. Something was not right with this president…………

……As quietly as possible, with those few I already knew, and later a few others I grew to know later, I asked questions about what was going on with President Obama, and the answers I got back were…troubling. That is when I realized we had possibly made a terrible-terrible mistake in electing this man. That’s also when I learned that the infighting among the staff was so terribly bad, the president’s smoking – his health, was an ongoing concern, and that his interest in the actual job of being president was non-existent…..

Read more: http://newsflavor.com/politics/us-politics/white-house-insider-something-was-not-right-with-this-president/#ixzz1HCdp7O6O

So, this is NOT NEW that Obama is more focused on basketball than his job and is possibly sick.

his interest in the actual job of being president was non-existent…..

This I believe, because he was never really interested in anything except for himself. I did catch a glimpse of Obama talkings hoops and he was really into that. This President thing- not so much.

One ought not forget the Russian expression:

If you go hunting for bear, be prepared to catch a bear.

“As quietly as possible..”

Why would you be quiet when the the person who is suppose to be running the country sounds like how Hitler behaved in the Bunker circa 1945.

Hah! It’s a short list for me on what I like about him:

-He is the first black President of the United States – Excepting how he was elected, he showed that America was willing, as a country, to elect someone of color to the highest office in the land. I guess, though, that this reflects more on the country than he, himself, but I’ll give him the credit.
-He knows basketball better than most of the commentators on ESPN or CBS.
…………………….

That’s about it, I guess.