Obamboozled
In a "major policy speech" today, President Obama acceded to one of the chief Palestinian demands, that their eventually sovereign state occupy the pre-1967 borders of the Egyptian-occupied Gaza Strip & the Jordanian-occupied West Bank. Poppycocklink. Come on! Are you kidding me? Only yesterday, I tempted the fates by telling my mother I was actually impressed by our charlatan president, specifically citing his betrayal of so many of his most insane campaign promises, such as the pudding-headed desire to close the detention facility at Guantanamo Bay, the irresponsible pledge to abandon the Iraqi people to their fate, & the nigh-suicidal wish to restrict our domestic national security apparatus to its pre-9/11 capabilities. These were the most conciliatory remarks I had ever made about B.H.O. No sooner had I—to the greatest extent of which I am able—sung the man's praises than he once again made "crazy" seem a charitable description of our fumbling, incoherent, self-contradictory foreign policy. Well played, sir! I underestimated our charlatan president's ability to disappoint. That is a mistake I shan't again make.

The parade of horrors marches on.

The Rebel Black Dot Song of the Day
Semisonic, "One True Love" from All About Chemistry (T.L.A.M.)

Commentary:

"All above me the stars are bright
And a sweet suburban breeze is blowing,
And down the block are the parking lights
Of a hundred friends who I barely know and
Don't know me,
Don't know me,
None of them know me.

And all through the party I want to leave
All alone with one true love.
I could be happy if only I could be
In the dark with one true love."