His Royale Pain in the @rsn President Obama

Alright so Obama is in NY today to leave a wreath at Ground Zero in memory of those lost during the 9/11 WTC disaster. Especially now that they (supposably) got Bin Laden ....

Very nice gesture ... Very Presidential! Although considering that he has been in office for over two years now, it's about time he got ther ... That's right - Obama has not been to WTC plaza since he took office (is it any real surprise though? He'd might have to give up a golf game)

He is also going to visit a police precinct and fire station who lost personale who were trying to save victims that day as well .... Ok, that's really nice too.

So he's eating lunch with the fire fighters ... Ok, I kind of like that ... And since he is going to their house he will eat whatever food they will have prepared, right? Well minus anything he's allergic too -- I think we would expect that from any guest.

"this what we have, you are welcome to partake"

They have released the menu for the lunch at the station:
Egg Plant Parmesan
Scallops
Shrimp
Pasta in cream sauce
Spring salad

When I first heard this menu I thought "maybe he's having it catered for them" nice gesture ... Then they said that the firefighters would likely be prepping it themselves, that seemed like weird menu ...

But now that I've typed it up ... It makes a bit more sense ... Here's what I'm thinking it is ...
Egg plant Parmesan
Pasta with cream sauce AND scallops & shrimp
Spring salad

THAT makes much better sense to me ... F course it's a fire station I could never work at ... You have to wonder about what they do if a fire fighter has an allergy ...

Think about it, that menu has 3 out of 5 top five allergies ... Wheat, dairy, fish/seafood
(the other two are peanuts & soy)

Actually the president is comng under quite a bit of controversy/scrutiny by the 9/11 families because he is only paying attention public ally to the WTC victims ... There have been some very public statements from those who's family members parrished in PA and those who lost members at the Pentagon.

Which is raising cries of Obama using this time only as a photo op and for getting free campaigning for the 2012 election. And I can kind of see their point.

Like I pointed out before that this is the FIRST time since being elected that he is going to WTC plaza ... I have not heard if he has ever gone to the PA site or the memorial at the Pentagon.

They say the Pentagon gets VP Biden and defense sec. Gates ... Huh ... Couldn't take a swing by there before leaving for NY? Imagine that. It could have been a logistics thing, maybe it would just be too much bother to plan a ceremony in both places on the same day ... Oh wait - it's the Pentagon, their day starts at 5am!

These ceremonies are planned for the media ... So yeah, I guess it is a political campaigning thing ... So the real question is - is Obama doing anything any differently than any other president? That I'm not so sure of.

Super Bowl Commercials

My Favorite commercials ... in no particular order:

Beer Can house

Doritos: Don't touch my mama

NCIS: Head Slap

Career Builders: casual Fridays

Dennys: Free Breakfast

Volkswagen: Slugbug w/ Stevie Wonder

kgb: I Surrender!

Audi: Green Police (for the scary truth)

Doritos: Bark Collar (you have to see the full ad to appreciate how totally funny it is ... especially if you've ever had a kid put one on themselves)

Snickers: Betty White/Abe Vigoda (hey, it made my stoic 20 yr old chuckle)

I did not see the controversial commercial - unless it was the one where the mom was talking how even after all these years she still worries about her son's health ... I think it was from "FamiliesNow" -- but that couldn't possibly be it ... that was such a non-commercial.

Opinion: "Tea Party" movement

Alright - I know that most of what I write is "opinion" so having a post specifically labelled might make most of you chuckle .... but most posts are more 'commentary' that pure 'opinion' ... usually there is one particular article or news story that will trigger a response from me, but this time its an entire movement in the media .... and they are being allowed to get away with it.

but I'm pissed ....

The Tea Party movement was supposed to be a gathering of tax payers, in-spite of their political party, who were standing up together to tell the Government that enough is enough! That the People of America want them to stop spending our money, our children's money, and our great-grandchildren's money to fund a bunch of stuff we don't need right now no matter how nice it might be.

It faced critizms from the DNC and the DFLs from the get go as being a "Republican smoke screen" and I stood up and said "gee how silly, this is just the People voicing their discontent and isn't any single party" ....

Don't I feel like an ASS this morning...

I had heard grumblings on the national news shows lately about the Tea Party being a movement in the Republican party -- poo poo. I read it on Yahoo news ... poo poo. I've seen it on a couple of chat shows on tv ... poo poo.

But this morning I saw it on Fox News Sunday -- the one network that I felt supported the independence of the group -- they were saying that the "leaders" of the Tea Party Movement 'while not having a slot on the ticket ..." and that Sarah Palin was weighing in on how they should sit within the Republican party ....

Excuse me???? When did this happen? When did the movement allow itself to get kidnapped??

Let me say this -- If the Tea Party movement becomes an arm of EITHER the Republican or Democratic parties --- they will LOSE MY SUPPORT!!!!

The Tea Party Movement SHOULD:

• advise the American people which politicians is fically responsible
• offer choices ACROSS party lines
• be truy POLITICALLY INDEPENDENT
• Not be afraid to say that in any race there is NO person advisable to vote for, and in those races put in a ticket "none of the above" (ala Brewster's Millions)

There should be no influence on the "movement" by either party and their stance on issues.

The Tea Party had nothing to do with human reproductive rights ... health insurance ... immigration ... terrorism ... national security .... etc -- at least not directly ...

The Tea Party had everything to do with giving the people a voice about being taxed until the day we die and beyond!!! That is what the Tea Party was about ....

Like our Forefathers/mothers/sisters/brothers did in Boston so long ago to protest the taxation on goods & papers from England without any recourse for the people ... the frustration that they felt over not having a voice in what was being decided ... the desperation of trying to live while the government took more and more of their earnings .....

THAT was the energy behind the movement .... the rebirth of the movement ...

It was NOT an arm of ANY political party.

if that's what its going to be -- it would be best to let it fade off into the sunset ... and the American people should cry over the fact that NOTHING they do can ever be free of the political-paint-brush ... that no matter what we try to do, we will have to play in their political sandbox.

We should we weep that it is no longer "We The People" of the United States ... the Parties have done a great job at getting people to vote for Blue or Red w/o listening that we have given the country away.

all I'm saying is ...

THINK FOR YOURSELF!!! And take the Tea Party movement BACK to the people -- and not to ANY political party.