Concepts create idols; only wonder grasps anything. - St Gregory of Nyssa

Wednesday, May 25, 2011

Presidential

Yes, another Presidential moment from POTUS:

Members of Congress beware. If you misbehave, you could be getting visit from Barack Obama and his new hurling stick.
After meeting with Ireland’s prime minister yesterday and receiving the stick as a gift, Obama immediately suggested one use unrelated to its place in the native Irish sport of hurling.
He bounced the flat-paddled, wooden club in his hands like a Louisville Slugger and suggested it might make a good weapon for spanking uncooperative representatives and senators.
“If Congress doesn’t behave,” he said, taking a playful swing with his new toy. “I’m going to give them a little paddle, a little hurl.”

And another un-vetted, un-Congressionally-approved CZAR:

“This week, Jesse Lee will move from the new media department into a role in the communications department as Director of Progressive Media & Online Response,” said Communications Director Dan Pfeiffer in an internal memo obtained by the Huffington Post.

Read more about both at NiceDeb.

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