SHORT TAKES ON THE DRIFTING WRECKAGE – AT 9:54 P.M. ET: 

TRAVEL NEWS – From CBS and AP:  "President Barack Obama finished a round of golf Saturday on Martha’s Vineyard and headed back to his vacation home for a night with his family.  Obama, however, wasted no time heading to the golf links after arriving on Martha’s Vineyard Saturday afternoon for a two-week summer vacation just as the U.S. is engaged in airstrikes against Islamic militant targets in Iraq."  That's the president of the United States, in the midst of an international crisis.  He is nothing more than a glorified town councilman, out of his depth and class.

CLOWN – More on Obama.  In his interview with the genuflecting Tom Friedman of The New York Times yesterday, Field Marshal Obama announced that he wasn't worried about Israel's survival.  I guess all those Israeli military men and leaders who do worry about Israel's survival are just shallow fools who don't understand the field marshal's higher thinking.  And, like many Americans, I worry about America's survival, even our physical survival, under the leadership of so reckless a president.

PROTECTING THE MONARCHY – From CNN:  "President Barack Obama was about to address the nation on Iraq Thursday night when the briefing was delayed because of a security breach on the North Lawn of the White House.  But this wasn't your normal breach, this was one of a pint-sized variety.  A toddler forced the president, the press corps and the nation to wait.  The little boy managed to squeeze himself between the bars of the White House fence, just before the briefing was expected to start. It forced a temporary lockdown.  It didn't take long to resolve the matter and he's now back with his parents.  'We were going to wait until he learned to talk to question him, but in lieu of that he got a timeout and was sent on way with parents,' according to Edwin Donovan, spokesman for the United States Secret Service."  It's clear that global warming expanded those bars and trapped the child.  I'd blame the coal industry.

August 9, 2014