Arkady's Thoughts

Today has been a busy day in Washington, House caved in to the new president and voted to delay the digital TV conversion - that means hundreds of millions more in advertising and planning of the conversion. Amendments were flying left and right in the Senate in hopes of salvaging the spending...err stimulus bill and finally Obama announced the beginning of fascism. C leverly playing on the fears and anger of the American public, today Obama unveiled that all CEOs of companies that plan on receiving TARP money will be capped to $500,000 in pay while reminding the public that this is just the beginning! I am sure that instinctively most Americans will be delighted that the fat cats are being punished for their lavish spending while basking in tax payer money. In fact, yours truly impulsively felt a pang of vindication knowing that some justice finally arrived. Yet, it should not take you longer than 5 minutes to realize what a tragedy this truly has become. You see, what made this ...

While CNN is swooning over Obama's humbling commentary , I can't help but wonder what would have been their reaction had Bush uttered those very same words. Frankly, he did screw up and not because of Daschle , but because he had three people bow out and our Secretary of Treasury is a tax cheat. Especially after doing a complete 180 after claiming that he is standing behind Daschle literally the day before! Bad judgment much? If I recall, using the word 'screw' was not even acceptable in middle school, I guess those same standards do not apply for - I don't know - just the highest office in the country!? But leave it to the MSM to highlight the wonderful attributes of dear leader. I personally find the statement extremely crass and hardly presidential. Perhaps I am suffering from a minor case of Obama Derangement Syndrome, but I have a hunch that this kind of rhetoric makes dear leader look goofy and vulnerable. Feel free to disagree, I am interested in your...