Current Happenings of the World

What hell is happening in the 3 straight lines along the Potomac?

Hil-dawg's brand new style of Secretary of Statesmenship is interesting to say the least. On the surface it seems largely to be about image and nice formalities. While it does reach the actual people of other nations, I must wonder about the effect it has on leaders of other nations. It seems alot like the same duties she had in the years 1993-2001. Hopefully she's actually doing some policy work, or maybe that's just going to have to fall into another department's hands, much like Condi Rice held the bulk of the foreign policy duties throughout the Bush 43 years, despite not actually being Secretary of State until his re-election, when Ret. Gen. Colin Powell decided to step down from the post.

On the bright side, she could be the most fashionable Secretary of State since Henry Kissinger.

Let's hope S.o.S will not be a distress call for this administration, for it seems they already have other issues.

Obama is letting Congress run wild. More specifically, he's letting Demo(n)crats in Congress run wild.

If he is really all about bi-partisanship, he will include Republicans (and hopefully one day independents) in his law-making endeavors as more than a simple formality.

Right now we need Obama to strongarm Congress into working together and working for something that everyone can agree on, much in the way LBJ used to. People often credit JFK with the civil rights bill. Wrong. JFK was all talk about it for 3 years, then he got shot in the head. LBJ got it passed, and got Southern Congressmen to vote in favor of it.

Take Control, Barry-O, the office is your's, not Nancy Pelosi's.

Oh, and taking control is a bit more than posting on the interwebs where the money is going. A) few people will check it. B) the people that are going to be most outraged by it are likely already represented by Congressmen that voted against it.

Take a stand.

Coverage on the Oscars later tonight.

-- Knuttel