I’m supposed to be deadlining right now. And I am. I will be. I already know what I’m going to write; it’s only a matter of writing it.<\/p>\n
But I’m grouchy and out of sorts and feeling generally useless, so I thought I’d get some of that out of my head.<\/p>\n
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Stupid people. Exhibit B: Cliven Bundy<\/a>. What kind of clueless, arrogant moron would, in this day and age, make that kind of racist, ignoramus remark? Equally bad, what kind of clueless, ungrateful<\/i>, arrogant moron would say something like that to the media<\/i> when other people are putting their reputations, and even their lives, on the line for him?<\/p>\n Don’t get me wrong; the issues here go far beyond whether Cliven Bundy is a nice guy or not, and I realize that the defenders at Bunkerville aren’t there for one individual dumbarse rancher’s sake. But still. Still. Giving the MSM its very, very favorite kind of ammo is beyond the pale.<\/p>\n —–<\/p>\n And presidents. Presidents visiting disaster sites. What a cynical game!<\/p>\n I’m tired in general of this notion that any president is supposed to be our father, mother, best friend, and rich uncle and that he’s always supposed to be there<\/i> for us when we’re hurting. To whatever extent a country needs<\/i> a president (and that’s debatable, of course), he should just … preside<\/i>. You know, administer. Not go around pretending to care about the Little People. <\/p>\n Specifically, this week I’m grouchy about Obama showing up to pretend to care<\/a> about the Oso, Washington<\/a>, mudslide victims.<\/p>\n If you care<\/i> so much, Mr. Prez, why haven’t you been there all along with a shovel?<\/p>\n I heard him on NPR yesterday and what really hacked me off (aside from the very doing<\/i> of the thing (just because it made a convenient stop on his trip to Asia) — was that he cared so very, very, very little that he didn’t even learn the name of the place.<\/p>\n AH-so, he called it.<\/p>\n