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LIFE IN Pelosiobama LAND

Posted by Janet Goodrich on Tuesday, September 29, 2009 12:00:00 AM

REALITY TV GONE TOO FAR? TAREQ AND MICHAELE SALAHI CRASH WHITE HOUSE DINNER ...
Examiner.com - ‎Dec 5, 2009‎
That's the question Tareq and Michaele Salahi will have to answer as the couple successfully attended President Obama's first White House state dinner last ...
To document the evening, the Salahis snapped photos with Vice President Joe Biden, President Barak Obama and other distinguished guests. Making matters worse, Michaele Salahi boasted her White House adventure on her Facebook account by posting pictures of the evening.
The Salahis' night at the White House has raised many questions about fame-seeking in American culture as well as a serious breach in White House security.

OBAMA BENDS ALMOST DOUBLE AS HE BOWS TO JAPANESE ROYALTY
Daily Mail By SaraNelson11-15-2009
Standing at over six foot in height, Barack Obama had to bow deeply as he paid his respects to the diminutive Japanese Emperor Akihito.
Obama met the emperor and Empress Michiko at the Imperial Palace today, a stop on his nine-day Asian


AND THE BEAT GOES ON...
Tue Sep 29, 12:47 am ET
Yahoo News
Last week Barack and Michelle Obama hosted a reception for visiting foreign dignitaries at New York's Metropolitan Museum of Art. Over the course of the evening, the president, whose "amazingly consistent" smile created a viral video, and first lady posed for over 130 photographs with their guests, all of which were later posted to the State Department's Flickr page.

This caused a problem: Included was a shot of the Obamas posing with Spanish Prime Minister José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero, his wife Sonsoles Espinosa, and two daughters, Laura, 16, and Alba, 13, who've never had photographs of themselves published previously in print or online due to a Spanish law prohibiting the media from doing so. The photo of Zapatero and his family with the Obamas was quickly removed from Flickr at the request of the Spanish government but still lurks online (in the shot seen here their faces are blurred). The flap is adding concerns on the issue of the privacy of world leaders' children in the digital age.

Writing on The Daily Beast today, Republican Senator John McCain's daughter Meghan expressed sympathy for the girls, who've been labeled as "goth" in the photo.


PRESIDENT BARACK OBAMA BROKE U.S. PROTOCOL AND BOWED TO SAUDI KING DURING G20 SUMMIT
Cleveland Leader April 8, 2009
Upon returning home from his 8-day tour of Europe and the Middle East, President Barack Obama has been greeted with some pretty harsh criticism over photographs and video footage which show him bowing to King Abdullah of Saudi Arabia during the G20 Summit. While the mainstream media has largely ignored this major political gaffe, it has not gone unnoticed.

BARACK TAKES A BOW
THE PRESIDENT SHOWS FEALTY TO A MUSLIM KING
The Washington Times Tuesday, April 7, 2009
In a shocking display of fealty to a foreign potentate, President Obama bowed to Saudi King Abdullah at the Group of 20 summit in London last week.
Mr. Obama later said in Strasbourg, France, "We have to change our behavior in showing the Muslim world greater respect." Symbolism is important in world affairs. By bending over to show greater respect to Islam, the U.S. president belittled the power and independence of the United States.
The bow was an extraordinary protocol violation. Such an act is a traditional obeisance befitting a king's subjects, not his peer.

THE SECRET BEHIND OBAMA'S BOW TO THE KING
Asharq Al Awsat 08/04/2009 By Muhammad Diyab
President Barack Obama's bow in front of King Abdullah Bin Abdulaziz during their meeting at the sidelines of the G20 conference in London has aroused suspicion once again over Obama's religious identity. Gary Bauer, a former Republican Presidential primary candidate said that "he [Obama] is courting the Muslims in a way that arouses suspicion" and this makes clear that Obama's opponents are omitting a lot of facts when interpreting this bow.

UNCLE SAM WANTS TO WARRANTY YOUR CAR
CNNMoney By David Goldman March 30, 2009
"Your warranty will be safe. In fact, it will be safer than it's ever been. Because starting today, the United States government will stand behind your warranty," President Obama said on Monday.

WHAT THE TELEPROMPTER TEACHES
Washington Post By Michael Gerson March 27, 2009
It is amazing how swiftly a presidential tendency turns from observation to joke to meme. Barack Obama -- called "the most eloquent political speaker of our time" -- has become known as the teleprompter president
The issue gathered momentum when Irish Prime Minister Brian Cowen read 20 seconds of Obama's teleprompter remarks at a White House ceremony before realizing his mistake. Gov. Kathleen Sebelius, at her nomination as head of Health and Human Services, was made to wait in awkward silence while Obama's teleprompter was adjusted. Then came Obama's use of the big-screen autocue at Tuesday night's news conference Coverage by Ron Fournier of the Associated Press began: "What kind of politician brings a teleprompter to a news conference?" A recent Politico story asserted, "President Barack Obama doesn't go anywhere without his teleprompter," calling it a "crutch." 

'ARE YOU PUNCH-DRUNK?' OBAMA GRILLED FOR LAUGHING OVER THE ECONOMY
By Mail Foreign Service 23rd March 2009
"You're sitting here. And you're laughing. You are laughing about some of these problems," Kroft told the president. "Are people going to look at this and say, 'I mean, he's sitting there just making jokes about money?' How do you deal with -- I mean: explain ... Are you punch-drunk?
 
60 Minutes March 22, 2009
...The one thing that I've tried to emphasize, though, throughout this week, and will continue to try to emphasize during the course of the next several months as we dig ourselves out of this economic hole that we're in, we can't govern outta anger."
..."You're sitting here. And you're laughing. You are laughing about some of these problems," Kroft told the president. "Are people going to look at this and say, 'I mean, he's sitting there just making jokes about money?' How do you deal with -- I mean: explain ... Are you punch-drunk?"
"No, no. There's gotta be a little gallows humor to get you through the day," Obama replied, with a laugh
 
OBAMA ON HIS BOWLING SKILLS 'LIKE THE SPECIAL OLYMPICS'
President, Already Under Attack on Issues, Makes Questionable Quip on 'The Tonight Show'
By JakeTapperlosAngeles, March 19, 2009
..the president talked about how he's gotten better at bowling and has been practicing in the White House bowling alley, even bowling a 129. "That's very good, Mr. President," Leno said sarcastically.
It's "like the Special Olympics or something," the president said. 
 
CHICAGO WAY EXTENSION RUNS RIGHT THROUGH D.C.
John Kass March 21, 2009 Chicago Tribune
Obama told Jay Leno he was surprised that those greedy AIG executives who helped lead the country into financial ruin were in line to receive $165 million in bonuses paid for by bailout cash authorized by his administration.
"Stunned, stunned is the word," said Obama.
Stunned?
It turns out that his Treasury Secretary TimothyGeithner—who didn't pay all of his federal taxes but was still deemed worthy by Obama of collecting yours—knew all about the AIG bonuses weeks ago.
 
TONGUE-TIED BARACK OBAMA IS TURNING INTO JIMMY CARTER
Tim Shipman at Mar 21, 2009 London Telegraph
Barack Obama's gaffe mocking the disabled by comparing his (inept but improving) 10 pin bowling skills to the "special Olympics" illustrates the problem he now has in communicating with the American people.
Obama seems incapable of balancing the need to be a national leader and his childish desire to retain his image as the uber cool dude he so clearly believes that he is.
The fact that he felt the need to go on Jay Leno at all to sell his stimulus plan, budget and banking bailouts shows that he has communications issues. The public are not buying his spending splurge, or his administration's confused attempt to kill off executive bonuses.
 
FIRST GAFFE OF OBAMA-BIDEN ‘08
“Let me introduce to you the next president…”
By MichelleMalkin • August 23, 2008
Obama gets to the climax of his introduction of Biden and says…
“Let me introduce to you, the next president — vice president — of the United States…”
 
ROBERTS, OBAMA RE-DO SWEARING IN
Christina Bellantoni Washington Times Wednesday, January 21, 2009
Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr. administers the oath of office a second time in the Map Room of the White House on Wednesday, Jan. 21, 2009. White House.
President Obama took the oath of office a second time Wednesday night during a private ceremony at the White House, one day after the flubbing of the oath on Inauguration Day.
 
LET'S HOPE HE LIKES THE WIZARD OF OZ
By Ian Drury 06th March 2009 DAILYMAIL
Obama gives Brown a set of classic movies. Let's hope he likes the Wizard of Oz
Barack Obama, the leader of the world's richest country, gave the Prime Minister a box set of 25 classic American films - a gift about as exciting as a pair of socks.
Mr Brown is not thought to be a film buff, and his reaction to the box set is unknown. But it didn't really compare to the thoughtful presents he had brought along with him. 
Marking the special relationship: The Browns put a lot of thought into their gifts for the Obamas - but the gesture did not seem to be reciprocated.
The Prime Minister gave MrObama an ornamental pen holder made from the timbers of the Victorian anti-slave ship HMS Gannet.
… Mrs Brown has been praised for her well-chosen gifts for the Obama children - but MrsObama's gift to the Brown children appeared less thoughtful
 
GIFT TURNS INTO GAFFE ARTICLE
The mock "reset" button had a different meaning than intended.
By Jay Solomon Associated Press March 6, 2009
Secretary of State Hillary Clinton had an embarrassing moment when she presented a gift to Russian foreign minister Sergei Lavrov that was intended to display the Russian word for "reset" -- a reference to Vice President Joe Biden's statement that the U.S. wants to reset relations with Russia.
The gift read "peregruzka."
Mrs.Clinton said, "We worked hard to get the right Russian word. Do you think we got it?"
The Russian diplomat answered nyet. Peregruzka means "overcharged," he explained.
"Reset" is "perezagruzka." U.S. officials said they would fix the gift.
 
OBAMA CHIC
CristinaCorbin, FOX News, February 12, 2009
When President Obama boarded Marine One for his first flight as commander-in-chief, he decided to break from tradition. Departing from the South Lawn of the White House for a trip to Williamsburg, Va., the new president extended his hand to a U.S. Marine standing in salute at the base of the helicopter's steps. The unscripted gesture forced the Marine to break his stance and shake the president's hand before he returned to his posed position of hand at brow. 
 
BARACKOBAMA SENDS BUST OF WINSTONCHURCHILL ON ITS WAY BACK TO BRITAIN
Barack Obama has sent Sir Winston Churchill packing and pulse rates soaring among anxious British diplomats.
By Tim Shipman in Washington Telegraph 14 Feb 2009
Bust of the former prime minister once voted the greatest Briton in history, which was loaned to George W Bush from the Government's art collection after the September 11 attacks, has now been formally handed back.
The bronze by Sir Jacob Epstein, worth hundreds of thousands of pounds if it were ever sold on the open market, enjoyed pride of place in the Oval Office during President Bush's tenure.
But when British officials offered to let MrObama to hang onto the bust for a further four years, the White House said: "Thanks, but no thanks."

OBAMA RELAXES WHITE HOUSE DRESS CODE
By MarkKnoller, CBS News (Jan. 30)
BarackObama promised change and on his first morning as president he delivered. He appeared at the Resolute Desk in the Oval Office in his shirt sleeves.
 
OBAMA JOKES THAT IF HE VISITS BRAZIL, REPUBLICANS WOULD LIKE TO SEEM HIM GET LOST IN AMAZON
Associated Press  March 14, 2009  
Obama made the crack Saturday in the Oval Office after a meeting with Brazil's president. Obama said he would like to visit Brazil and thinks he should visit Rio de Janeiro, where he understands the beaches are nice. Then he said he would love a trip to the Amazon. He joked that he suspects the Republican Party would like to see him travel through the Amazon and maybe get lost for while.

 

Reel 'Em In
Voters gambled, pulled that one-armed bandit, and got three Acorns!
OBAMA, REID, PELOSI

The acorn, a nut containing a single seed (rarely two seeds) take between about 6 or 24 months to mature

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Election 2008, The Alliance Party

Posted by Janet Goodrich on Thursday, August 06, 2009 4:10:00 PM

                A newly formed political party called the Alliance Party proved to be a formidable force in the 2008 election. This party was formed as a survivor effort by a 2000 Presidential Candidate that maintained he won the popular vote. In reality, he got a plurality of votes from the electorate residing in eight states that contain 57 percent of the U.S. population: California, Illinois, Massachusetts, Michigan, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, and Washington. The 2000 US Census Bureau makes public that these states have the highest proportion of foreign-born persons in the United States. 
                After the 2000 election, the Alliance Party, which was cultivated by an elite group of foreign investors, pushed though a Constitutional Amendment that eliminated the Electoral College and made the Presidential election simply, a winner by majority of votes. Although the majority of the US’s population lives in only nine states, in the past the Electoral Process protected the other 42 states voting rights, but the process was little understood by the populace. A Constitutional Amendment passed easily. When voters failed to fight for The Electoral College, it was sacrificed, leaving way for the worse aspects of human nature to be exploited.
                How real is this scenario? The facts are accurate–with the exception of the imaginary Alliance Party and the Constitutional Amendment. But, could it happen? Don’t say no until you think about how safe you felt before September 11, 2001. 
                The Electoral College guarantees that the all voters will have the opportunity for their vote to be counted, with their varying paradigms, ideologies, beliefs, skin color, religions, economic situations, and every other difference that make up the Hats of the United States, from Cochise headdress to Hedda Hopper’s millinery .  
                If not for the Electoral process, the President of the United States could be elected exclusively by voters exclusively from just the heavily populated areas. Think about it. California makes up 12% of the population of the United States, where New York and Texas make up 7% and 8% respectively.  Add it up. 
                If not for the Electoral Process, the nine states that make up half of the US’s population, New Jersey, Michigan, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Illinois, Florida, New York, Texas, and California would decide the Presidency of the United States, and lesser-populated states, such as Wyoming, Vermont, North Dakota, Alaska, Hawaii, and South Dakota would not even be represented in the Election process. Thus comes the Alliance Party.
                Election 2000 was the perfect example of the wisdom of the Electoral process. Sixty percent (60%) of the states selected the president, and when the "folks" in states like South Dakota pulled that lever, their vote was counted. Sixty percent of the states decided who would represent the mishmash of individuals that make up the United States of America. One hundred percent of the states were represented simply because it was the fear of an Alliance Party, of which was the archetype Alexander Hamilton wrote about in Federalist No. 68 March 14, 1788:
 
”Talents for low intrigue, and the little arts of popularity, may alone suffice to elevate a man to the first honors in a single State; but it will require other talents, and a different kind of merit, to establish him in the esteem and confidence of the whole Union”
 
                Still, pitifully, in the 2000 Election, while almost three-fourths (69%) of the US population was voter age, only 63% was registered to vote, and of the registered voters, only just a little over half voted in the election. Forty-five percent (45%) of our voter age population did not elect the President of the United States of America in the 2000 Election. © 
 
                                          
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LINGUISTIC MALPRACTICE

Posted by Janet Goodrich on Monday, July 20, 2009 12:00:00 AM
To Say He Or She "Went Missing" Is Grammatically Irresponsible.

Went is the past tense of the verb go.
No one can "Go" missing.
To depart: he went, she went or they went.
To lose something or someone It is missing, She/He is missing.
Either they are missing or they are not.
To go implies an object. She goes to the store.
To the store is a prepositional phrase that is the direct object of 'goes.'
Went is the past tense of Go, therefore it needs an object.
Missing is an adjective --it modifies a noun.
Missing is not a place.
Missing is a condition.
One cannot "Go to a condition."
One cannot "Went to a condition.”
She/He went (somewhere) requires a noun not an adjective.
Go and went require a place, an object.
I go to..., She/He goes to..., They go to...
She/He is missing, was missing (from where).
She (He) was missed(at what time).
Nothing can went missing."
No one can went missing.
Nothing can go missing.
No one can go missing.
She/He is missing.
She/He was missing.
She/He was missed at a time.
They are missing.
They were missed.
One will be missing from my television if She/He keeps murdering the English language.© 
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... and for liberty for which it stands

Posted by Janet Goodrich on Sunday, June 14, 2009 10:00:00 AM

      It has aroused grown men to tears. It has inspired young men to fight. Many have died to protect it from defamation and dishonor. Nations salute it. Government and its citizens pledge their allegiance to it. It is the greatest symbol of liberty and justice in the world today. 

      Its colors represent red for hardiness and courage; white for purity and innocence; and blue for vigilance, perseverance, and justice.             
      Songs have been written for it. It is called by many names, Old Glory, Stars and Stripes, Flag of the Free, Banner of Liberty, Star Spangled Banner, The Flag of the United States of America,
and June 14, is its day,  
                                    Flag Day.

             It was 232 years ago, on June 14, 1777, that the Continental Congress resolved:

...that the Flag of the United States be 13 stripes alternate red and white, and 
   the Union be 13 stars, white in a blue field representing a new constellation.

             The red and white stripes represent our original colonies and the stars, our 50 states.     
             The Flag of the Free never flies higher than in a time of distress when our citizens become one and then it blazes in its splendor. When the heroes that raised Old Glory on that hill in Iwo Jima in ’45, Ira Hayes, Franklin Sousley, John Bradley, Harlon Block, Michael Strank, and Rene Gagnon, it was so, as they said,
"every Marine on this cruddy island can see it."
         And as our history has borne many heroes, after a brutal terrorist attack on American soil, September 11, 2001, New York City Firefighters, Billy Eisengrein, George Johnson, and Dan McWilliams raised The Flag of the Free on Ground Zero and our nation resounded in a freedom call for which our troops willingly fought.   
      Wrought in history is The Flag of the United States of America. It was during the war of 1812 that the glory of the Star Spangled Banner flying steadfastly amid exploding bombs in Baltimore Harbor inspired Francis Scott Key to write when, the smoke cleared, what he saw, that “...our flag was still there," and the story of what he witnessed by the dawn's early light, became song, words that resonate evermore, that our flag waves O'er the land of the free and the home of the brave,  The Star Spangled Banner, our National Anthem.   
            This Banner of Liberty that evolved from 66 different flags began with another American hero, General George Washington, who asked Betsy Ross to make him a banner that would represent the liberty on which our United States was founded. 
            Then, one hundred years after The Flag of the United States of America was adopted by the Continental Congress, the anniversary of that declaration was first observed and Old Glory was honored, on June 14th. 
         The evolving official United States National Flag, has become a muse for equality and independence, and is a symbol of our ideals.  Americans all over the world display The Flag of The Free–not just on Flag Day but during times of conflict, Independence Day, Memorial Day, and Veterans Day. 
            It is with reverence that we drape Old Glory on the caskets of those that have served and died, resting the starry blue canton over our champion’s heads. 
         No other flag flies higher than The Flag of the United States of America with exception for the Church Pendant as Chaplains conduct services at sea and the United Nations Flag. The deference to our Stars and Stripes carries meaning beyond national respect as the United States Flag flown upside down represents a distress signal, and is flown at half-mast as a symbol of mourning. 
         Scores of American children learn early to stand with hands over their hearts, watching, as The Flag of the Free unfurls dramatically aloft and free, symbolizing the freedom for which it represents.
            I pledge allegiance to the Flag of the United States of America…, are words written by Francis Bellamy that have survived 117 years  to Pledge Allegiance to our National Symbol Of Liberty. 
            In 1942 Congress made this Pledge of Allegiance part of the uniform code for the use of The Flag of the United States of America, and in 1954 President Dwight D. Eisenhower signed into law the two words that added "under God" to the pledge.         
            Since that time, schoolchildren all over The United States of America recite each day:

"I pledge allegiance to the

Flag Of The United States Of America

and to the Republic for which it stands,

one Nation under God,

indivisible, with liberty and justice for all."

 

© 1981 Janet Goodrich

 

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...a real American hero.

Posted by Janet Goodrich on Monday, June 01, 2009 12:00:00 AM

          It seems to me, what we really need is a hero

         ...a real American hero. 

      You know the kind, a rip roaring God Bless America and for liberty for which we stand I cannot tell a lie white hat hero.
      Remember ...he's the man whose word means more than what's written, and knows truth is honor and honor is a man.  We need a Mr.Smith, a JohnWayne, a Sam Houston, a Helen Keller, a real live, kicking, dare to be different, undefeatable, American hero.  What we need to hear is, It's okay to be American. It's okay to buy American. It's great to work and get ahead, because, that is American, and that is what makes America great. We need to say, Do like Americans. Americans have been doing it for years. And mean, “We're proud because Americans are leaders in this world.” We need to know that it's okay to put in a day's work, give a thousand percent and do more than 'your best' because that is American. 
      We need a hero who's not ashame when Oh say can you see... brings tears to his eyes and a lump in his throat; 
      a  flag-waving hero,
that stands with his head held high and hand over his heart when our Star Spangled Banner soars unhindered in the wind
…remembering,
that young men have fought and died to protect it from suppression and dishonor, with pride that American children pledge their allegiance to the Flag of the Free, and that other nations respect its glory. 
 
      Yes, what we really need is a hero.
 
      You remember the man. He's the one that led the march, that dove in the icy river, that carried the flag, that rode off into the sunset without telling you his name.      

© 1979 Janet Goodrich
 
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My Old Used Carr

Posted by Janet Goodrich on Friday, March 20, 2009 10:36:00 AM
  
            It seems to me that it wasn't that my Uncle Carr was particularly nosy, he was just a lone neighborhood watch on Park Avenue. He was almost a century old, ninety-eight. He said that it was his civic duty, sort of like the Lone Ranger and his vision had been to be a Ranger. Said it all started when he was a boy, and he made Eagle Scout, and that he was part Indian. I think, Cherokee, or maybe related to Pontiac. Before he retired, he was a trooper with the state and he really loved working outdoors. Then he moved to a suburban area and was like villager in a town and country.
            My memories of Uncle Carr were mostly of the nights when all my cousins and I would dart to his home (unless there was a storm) and we would pile on his front porch for our nightly summit to look at the galaxy for nova, or wait for an eclipse. The evening zephyr would blow through the aspen and set the tempo. He always started his stories by pointing out Taurus in the sky with his great big cutlass that we called the Excalibur, and then he would slice it toward Saturn, the big blade gleaming in the moonlight, taking our breath away. And he would really yell if the neighbor's Audi box (that's what he called radio) was louder than him.            
            It just seemed that he knew about everything, and we loved listening to his stories about when he was a trailblazer. We would sit silently, the only sound we made was to acclaim our stanza: Jim-my! He had been to Dakota and Laredo on a caravan, and roped wild mustang and rode a wild bronco. We never tired of hearing about his hunting expeditions for cougar, fox, impala, lynx, and jaguar and how crossing the ford near the delta ended up a quest to cope with spiders and super beetles. He told us stories of battles in Granada that always began with a Chevy cry that made chills go through our spines and we believed he was only about the most intrepid person in the world. To all of us, he was a grand voyager, an explorer, a real pathfinder. Our own celebrity. 
            He said that things were different today and that when he was a boy the fireflies were as big as birds. He even sometimes called them firebirds. 
           But, the thunderbird of his life happened after the Christmas he had bought Aunt Mercedes a sable coat. She was rather cavalier about it and then on a caprice, she ran off to Monte Carlo with Uncle Carr's sidekick, a courier that was working as an escort. She thought the courier was supreme because he once had been a Samurai. He gave her a diamond ring that looked like a prism and it turned out to be a topaz. 
            It was classic story. Uncle Carr always told it with a prelude about her being like Cressida, the Trojan woman that was unfaithful to her lover. He hired a tracer to probe into where she had gone, but she could always dodge him. Uncle Carr warned us boys not to let a pickup like her get her talons in us. He said she thought she was Crown Queen Victoria. But, I know he missed her, because when he recalled her legend he talked about her like she was regal, and sometimes he thought he saw her, but it was only a mirage. It turned out that she liked the rover life and made her mark picking up an occasional diplomat, and once a Marquis. She thought he was a regency, like a king. 
            Uncle Carr didn't hate many things. Maybe just golf and New Yorkers and after Aunt Mercedes ran off, the continental dynasty (that's what he called it). He hated royals. 
            More than anything, I enjoyed Uncle Carr telling the stories about when he was a boy and his favorite colt pulling him around in his cabriolet. His Pa once let him drive his brougham that was pulled by his prize pinto and he sure got in a fury when Uncle Carr was given a citation for driving too fast. His Pa always said, "That boy will do just what is his own accord."
            Uncle Carr never realized how much his stories meant to us kids. He made each of us want to excel. It was really sad that he thought that he had already lived his life and all he had was memories. So, he just talked about the past and quit living in the present. Sure sometimes things are bigger and better in memories, but he couldn't see the broad spectrum of things. I didn't even know it until later that he had altogether quit living. He was the omni to all of us and I thought it was just a bad joke when he called himself an old used Carr. ©
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