Obama's Alaskan Vacation:
President Obama took a trip to Alaska last week and here's a fun fact. President Obama is the first President to visit Alaska. Now. I don't mean to criticize our former Presidents, especially President Eisenhower, but one would think that at least one President would've taken a look at Alaska before we made it a state. But, hey, that's just water under a bridge to nowhere now.
Anyway, President Obama finally went there and, you know, Alaska is kind of beautiful and filled with breathtaking scenery and wildlife. Fortunately for us, the President took lots of pictures to show us the vast majesty of our 49th state.
So, here we go...
Oops, no, that's a photo of a selfie...let's try again.
Hmmm, nope not here. But if you look really close you may see a mountain and some ice in the background.
Well, I must admit that is some nice Alaskan "scenery", but...
Oh, wait, here we go! There's some Purple Mountain's Majesty! And I must say, it is mighty generous of President Obama to point it out since no one would have noticed otherwise...
Oh, yeah, he renamed a mountain too. This is Denali, the tallest mountain in North America. You may know it as Mount McKinley, the tallest peak in North America.
Here's another fun fact that no one noticed: the name change came around the 114th anniversary of the assassination of President McKinley by Leon Czolgosz at the Pan-American Exposition in Buffalo, New York - September 6, 1901. It's all in the timing.
Now for "Other Stuff":
So, Mayor De Blasio and our City Council (a/k/a NYC "student council") have proposed new regulations that requires chain restaurants to post the sodium content on their menus. Now, personally I am thrilled because this must mean that all the other immediate problems in NYC - out of control homelessness, housing shortages, rapidly rising crime/murder rates, at-grade reading and math scores at 40%, and high taxes causing people to flee the state - all have been solved and we can move to the more important issues of sodium/salt consumption in the general population. Phew, we're saved...
Okay, the floor is now open.
President Obama took a trip to Alaska last week and here's a fun fact. President Obama is the first President to visit Alaska. Now. I don't mean to criticize our former Presidents, especially President Eisenhower, but one would think that at least one President would've taken a look at Alaska before we made it a state. But, hey, that's just water under a bridge to nowhere now.
Anyway, President Obama finally went there and, you know, Alaska is kind of beautiful and filled with breathtaking scenery and wildlife. Fortunately for us, the President took lots of pictures to show us the vast majesty of our 49th state.
So, here we go...
Oops, no, that's a photo of a selfie...let's try again.
Hmmm, nope not here. But if you look really close you may see a mountain and some ice in the background.
Well, I must admit that is some nice Alaskan "scenery", but...
Oh, wait, here we go! There's some Purple Mountain's Majesty! And I must say, it is mighty generous of President Obama to point it out since no one would have noticed otherwise...
Oh, yeah, he renamed a mountain too. This is Denali, the tallest mountain in North America. You may know it as Mount McKinley, the tallest peak in North America.
Here's another fun fact that no one noticed: the name change came around the 114th anniversary of the assassination of President McKinley by Leon Czolgosz at the Pan-American Exposition in Buffalo, New York - September 6, 1901. It's all in the timing.
Now for "Other Stuff":
So, Mayor De Blasio and our City Council (a/k/a NYC "student council") have proposed new regulations that requires chain restaurants to post the sodium content on their menus. Now, personally I am thrilled because this must mean that all the other immediate problems in NYC - out of control homelessness, housing shortages, rapidly rising crime/murder rates, at-grade reading and math scores at 40%, and high taxes causing people to flee the state - all have been solved and we can move to the more important issues of sodium/salt consumption in the general population. Phew, we're saved...
Okay, the floor is now open.
36 comments:
Did ya'll see the pics of the Prez holding some fish, he was wearing pansy gloves...guess he couldn't handle the yucky stuff...
At least he didn't name it Obami. I'm a little surprised by that frankly.
On De Blasio, I'm thrilled that New York has solved all of its growing problems! :D Just kidding. In all seriousness though, you know that City Councils can cause more than one problem at a time, Bev.
Saw it noted the fish appreciated not having to get any slimier vis à vis actual contact with President Jump Shot/Sand Trap/Selfie-Stick.
Critch and EP - Now, in all fairness to the Pres., he probably didn't want his selfie stick to smell like fish for the remainder of his holiday.
OT: I thought this was worth pointing out as the likes of Rev. Huckabee rush to wrap conservatism around the efforts of this idiot clerk in Kentucky for destroying rule of law. This woman, who is so concerned about stopping the gay menace to satisfy her god, has an interesting history...
2 of her 4 children were out of wedlock, with the other two conceived during an affair she had while she was still married to her first husband. First, husband you say? Yes, she's been married four times.
Sanctity of marriage my ass.
Andrew - Our City Council is fabulous at causing multiple problems all at once...I mean, really, they are. But they seem to over-publicize/dramatize issues that we really don't care about - banning horse carriages, salt consumption, 16oz. sodas - and fall deafeningly silent on the big issues...murder, mayhem etc.
Bev, Murder and mayhem are hard! Best to stick to fighting strawmen... or straws.
Andrew - Huckabee has gone over the edge! The press has been saying all along that this woman has been married repeatedly and just a hot mess. Though I have never been a real fan of Huckabee, he's gone cuckoo...
Bev, The whole fringe right has.
Speaking of right wing, I'm headed to Texas tomorrow for a family reunion; guns, beer, and BBQ. I hope the statute of limitations has run out on anything I did in my misspent youth.
Hey, Critch, are you another ex-pat from Texas??
OT: Can anyone explain why Debbie Wasserman Schultz is still the chairperson of DNC?? She has an abysmal election cycle record. Seriously, under her leadership the Dems lost the House, the Senate, and most of the State houses as well. And now she's limiting the number of debates to 6 and banning any debates not sanctioned by the DNC (her). Any candidate who does not adhere, will be frozen out of the 6 sanctioned debates.
Critch, Sounds like a good time! Enjoy! :D
Bev, Maybe she's the best they have? Hahahahahahahaha!
>> Yes, she's been married four times.
Sanctity of marriage my ass.>>
Not excusing/endorsing Davis (or Huckabee), but ya never know when that road to Damascus is gonna rise to meet ya.
Eric, Trust me, I am fully well aware that unexpected things happen. That's why I don't moralize about other people's personal lives... because it's none of my business and because life is much more complicated than the black and white view some people want it to be.
But when someone like Davis comes out and claims to be the arbiter of what is moral and then takes the law into her own hands to warp it to her own views, then it is way more than fair to call her out for her own utter hypocrisy.
This one's for you, Rustbelt: Judge not, lest ye be judged yoursellllllllf!!! (Book of James)
:-)
Rustbelt? Is that an old age joke? ;-)
Donald Trump's attack on Carly Fiona's face is getting criticized by the establishment, but I'm confident his fanbase will continue to believe in his awesomeness.
Trump's tendency to attack the looks of women (who aren't his daughter, who he had repeatedly made clear he would love to bang) increases my suspicion that the Hillary campaign would be as thrilled as the Tea Party to see Trump win the nomination.
Anthony, I think the left would LOVE to see Trump win. He's probably their own hope at this point.
Besides, if he wins, they get a stronger leftist in the White House than if Hillary wins.
Please, please, please...don't let it be Trump. But then again there's all of these people who say they will leave the country. Net plus?
No I'm not a Texan, my 4th brother lives down there. We were supposed to be Texans. Mom and Dad were packing to move to San Angelo to take over a ranch for Dad's Uncle Beecher, but the Japanese bombed Pearl Harbor and all those plans got changed. I do like it down there however, especially East Texas.
"Rustbelt? Is that an old age joke? ;-)"
No, Andrew. I prefer the witticisms of Rodney Dangerfield and the Golden Age of Harold Ramis.
BTW, here's a list of other stupid s*** that- in addition to renaming Alaskan mountains- that Obama can mess with in his attempt to stay relevant in his last year-and-a-half:
-Finding out why Pittsburgh has a community called "Upper Saint Clair," but no 'lower saint clair' and finding out who's responsible. (Maybe the town will name another school after him in gratitude.)
-Since he likes sports, maybe he'll demand the NBA honor the defunct ABA by using a black, red, and green basketball.
-Accusing the SyFy Channel of hindering artistic freedom for showing less gore in horror movies than AMC. (It's true!)
-The failure of implementing the metric system and why it shouldn't be what cost Jimmy Carter both his legacy and a second term.
-Denouncing Crazy Horse as a warmonger (for not giving other tribes a chance to fight back), and suggesting someone else be the subject of the Thunder Mountain monument. (Any guesses?)
-After deconstructing another certain president, he demands Hoover dam and vacuums be re-christened "Siegel Dam" and "Stewart Vacuums" after true pioneers who "actually built something." (He'll issue the decree on June 20, 2016.)
MY post will be up this afternoon.
I apologize, again, for a delay.
OT: You may have heard of the crane collapse in Mecca today, which killed 87 and wounded 185 (no doubt it was a Jewish crane). Well, check out this list of prior incidents in Mecca.
1987: 402 people killed and almost 650 wounded in clashes between Iranian pilgrims and Saudi authorites
1989: Two bombs kill one pilgrim and injure 16 others.
1990: 1,426 pilgrims killed in a stampede in an overcrowded pedestrian tunnel
1994: 270 pilgrims killed during a stampede at a stoning ritual
1997: More than 340 people killed and 1,500 injured when fire rips through a tented city
1998: 180 pilgrims trampled to death after several people fell off an overpass
2001: 35 people killed in a stampede
2004: Approximately 250 people were killed during a stampede at a stoning ceremony
2006: At least 350 pilgrims killed following a stampede at a stoning ceremony
Could you imagine what the media would say if these things happened at the Vatican?
Andrew - Good point. The Pope would be blamed and charged with crimes against humanity. And imagine if it were in Israel. They would blame Netanyahu..oh, wait, they do anyway.
Probably the only reason these deaths made it to the press this time was that it was 1) on Sept. 11; and 2) the cranes were struck by lightening...how fitting.
Bev, I agree. If this had been the Vatican or Israel, there would be an international outcry demanding the immediate arrest of the Pope or Netanyahu and reparations for the oppressed people of the world.
The Hollywood left (and MSNBC) would also be awash in "God's is sending a message" jokes. Somehow, I doubt we'll see any of that today, even given the coincidence of this being 9/11.
What's really coincidental is at the same time Mecca's Grand Mosque was being struck by lightening, the WTC was struck by a rainbow...LINK
Bev, I saw that! I thought that was an amazing coincidence.
And Israel is engulf in an historic sandstorm...;-/
It's not sand, it's the shreds of what's left of Obama's Middle East policy.
Wait, Obama actually has a Middle East policy to shred? I mean, other than marginize Israel and blame Bush/Cheney/Republicans-in-general.
I believe it consisted of three lines... spread over LOTS of pages:
1. Bow to everyone.
2. Throw Americans under the camel.
3. Wait for my Glory to cause them all to worship me.
4. Blame Bush/Israel for any mistakes.
Perry has terminated his campaign. The other governors not named Bush might as well do the same :( .
http://www.cnn.com/2015/09/11/politics/rick-perry-2016-campaign-suspended/index.html
I think those pictures prove Obama is a narcissist.
Perhaps the Saudi's should stop with the stoning ceremonies. It seems to be more dangerous than letting the infidel live.
Sorry to hear about Perry as he was looking more presidential. I expect to see Walker fold it up soon too. It would be nice if by the end of the year we were down to about 6. I'm thinking Carson, Bush, Fiorina, Paul, Jindal, and Rubio. I suppose the other narcissistic asshole will still be there but hopefully he'll get caught sending penis pictures to Hillary.
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