My Caption Entry

Yesterday talk-radio host Laura Ingraham asked listeners to go to her Facebook page and write a caption for a photo of Barack Obama in Brazil; it was a rather small and silly contest. The photo, and my caption submission, are posted below. Ms. Ingraham read the winners on her radio program moments ago; they were lame. Obviously I did not win.

Rio De Janeiro, BRAZIL -- Responding to criticism that he reacted too slowly to the Libyan crisis, U.S. President Barack Obama deliberately kicked a soccer ball into the face of a Brazilian orphan yesterday. The president explained afterwards his actions were necessary “to show the world that America is dead serious” about protecting “peaceful citizens” who live under oppressive regimes. “Let me make myself perfectly clear,” the president said moments before vanishing from sight. After the president’s sudden disappearance, a White House source who requested anonymity (and asylum), said the president “did not vanish as Fox News falsely reported,” but that he had “merely and brilliantly demonstrated his award-winning transparency.” The young boy (name withheld), who was unharmed in the incident, told reporters that the president promised he would like to apologize to him but needed to wait for approval from the UN before doing so. When asked about the boy’s claim, White House Press Secretary Jay Carney said that “though this administration does not have all the facts at this time, we do believe the boy acted stupidly.” (Photo by Keith Olbermann, Obama Sports Network)

Not too bad, eh?

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I'm Just Dis-Putin'

Regarding the UN resolution to establish a no-fly zone over Libya, Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin said "It allows everything. It resembles mediaeval calls for crusades." REALLY, Mr. Putin? Didn't the Arab League  petition the UN for such a no-fly zone?

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Reductio

In the final analysis, THIS is apparently American foreign policy: "Blessed are the piece-makers." (Perhaps there is a Nobel prize for that. After all, Mr. Nobel did give us dynamite.)

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Blessed Are The Piece Makers

This morning I wonder. I wonder if I will hear cries of a "rush to war!" or that "this is Obama's war!" from those who relentlessly reproached Barack Obama's predecessor, George W. Bush.

I wonder who might recall that 16 months and a dozen UN resolutions passed before George W. Bush began major military operations in Iraq, and yet his actions were reduced to that cynical phrase: "Bush's  rush to war". 

I wonder who might, among the American left particularly, describe this present action against Libya by the United States, begun barely three weeks after Libya showed signs of destabilization, as Mr. Obama's unilateral "rush to war." Or are three weeks sufficient for an allegedly deeply reflective leader committed to diplomacy to descry that diplomacy has failed? 

Who, I ask, shall reduce Mr. Obama's actions to his unmitigated lust for oil? 

And I wonder how many of my leftist peers will call Mr. Obama a war criminal, or shout that he has begun an illegal war, all in light of the undeniable fact that he did NOT advise, or seek the counsel of, the United States Congress before bombing the hell out of Libya. Who shall call for his arrest? Who shall demand that he be handed over to the Hague for war crimes? Who shall urge the Nobel committee to revoke Mr. Obama's prize for peace? I wonder. 

I wonder in vain. 

Peace. I guess. 

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Indubitably

It seems self-evident that the only way to ensure we're "Winning the Future" -- an undeniably ambiguous goal -- is to first ensure we're winning the present. 

(Just another pithy remark from Bill Gnade)