MORE UPCOMING NEWS TO EXCITE YOU – AT 9:53 A.M. ET:  As American foreign policy rolls along from one spectacular success to another, there is news being made by those culturally misunderstood folks with those little beards and those belts with wires attached:

(Reuters) - Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad will unveil new "third generation" centrifuges later on Friday capable of much faster uranium enrichment, the head of Iran's Atomic Energy Organization said.

"Iran will demonstrate third generation centrifuges today which have a separation power 10 times that of the first generation," Ali Akbar Salehi said at a speech marking Iran's annual national nuclear day, according to a text of his speech given to Reuters in advance.

I know you'll all want to send your congratulations.  We'll try to provide an address. 

And then there's this:

United States President Barack Obama said in an interview aired on Friday that there is no guarantee sanctions will change Iran's behavior but he believes steady international pressure could alter Tehran's nuclear calculations over time.

Huh?  Wha..?  Over time?  Over time?  How much time we talkin' 'bout?  Is this man real?

"If the question is, do we have a guarantee as to the sanctions we are able to institute at this stage are automatically going to change Iranian behavior, of course we don't," Obama told ABC's "Good Morning America."

Earth to small-time Chicago politician:  Then what is the purpose of them?  They're moving toward a bomb every day?

"The history of the Iranian regime, like the North Korean regime is that you know, you apply international pressure on these countries, sometimes they choose to change behavior, sometimes they don't."

Oh dear Lawd.  Aren't you reassured by that?  That is the president of the United States speaking.  Does this gent understand what happens when "they don't" change behavior?  The operative word is BOOM!  And it hurts. 

Some of you old enough to remember may recall a radio, and then a television program, called "The Original Amateur Hour."  Amateur acts would come on and compete for audience acclaim.  Do you get the feeling that Barack Obama, in a past life, was a contestant? 

In fact, I recall he was Contestant #2.  Barry from Indonesia.  He was a comedian, unintentionally. 

April 9, 2010