Obama talks about tuna to sixth graders

Obama uses teleprompter to speak to 6th grade class

I saw this picture and I couldn’t help but try to imagine what he was saying:

No special treatment here, move along

For those of you ticked that Congress offered a special deal to get the vote of the Senator from Nebraska and said that was the most ridiculous thing ever….

Want a do-over? (updated link)

Want a do-over on that whole Presidential election thing? Okay, I won’t pretend to have liked McCain but for the first time I was voting AGAINST someone. How’s that whole hope-and-change thing doing?

(sigh)

So, I created a bumper sticker for those who wish they could turn back time. Enjoy!

I want a do-over

Scott Brown

most important man in America?

Oh goodie

A mobile red-light camera (which doesn’t work and is just an income source for a government)..

Millington hopes van will catch speeders; clerks will help with tickets

Forget that whole innocent until proven guilty thing…

Miss him yet?

The percentage of people wanting Bush back in office is the same that approve of Obama. Doing a heck of a job, Baracki!

White Collar – A Review

I recently watched the series premier of White Collar on USA. In all honesty, I had pretty low expectations of the show from the clips and previews I had seen. I thought of it to be more along the lines of a 48 Hours type show when it became clear that it was more along the lines of Catch Me If You Can.

I must say I was pleasantly surprised after viewing the pilot. Let’s be honest, in today’s world there are very few original ideas so what makes for good entertainment is often the characters, writing, and execution of the story and White Collar made a good showing of all four.

Let’s start with the two main characters : Neal Caffrey is the con man out of prison helping the FBI to catch other con men. He comes off as being very charming and persuasive without seeming smarmy. It’s difficult to portray a criminal in a sympathetic way without pity but he pulls it off effectively. The writers have given him a backstory of wanting to be out of prison to track down the woman he loves that left him. While this storyline may not be the most solid it does seem like a good reason to get him to suddenly want to be on the outside.

Peter Burke is the FBI agent that originially captured Neal and is now keeping him in custody working to catch other cons. He comes off as a straight-laced, but not too stiff FBI agent who seems really dedicated to his job and to his wife. It is clear from the start that while he may not like Neal much he does respect him enough to let him do his thing in service to the police.

The other characters have yet to be fleshed out but they do seem to have potential.

As far as the writing goes, the pilot episode was pretty well paced and had an ending (which I won’t spoil) that was clever and involved a plan that felt like something only an intelligent criminal could come up with to catch another intelligent criminal.

I have hopes for the show after seeing it which I didn’t when I started. It’s nice to be pleasantly surprised.

Welcome little taxpayer

Harper Claire Presnell was born at 9:10 this morning at 7lbs & 9oz

Britain has its own nickname for Obama

President Pantywaist restores the satellite states to their former owner

That says it all doesn’t it?

United States issues $7 trillion in new debt

In order to stabilize…uh huh. I wonder what instability looks like.

I know this goes without saying but we can’t keep borrowing our way to prosperity. It won’t work. Should I just ask if Congressional staffers are now wondering on the proper spelling of “kajillion”?

For those of you who don’t know what a trillion looks like, take a look