Obama: Not God, Not World President

The Sunday Times has a good piece on the international (over)reaction to Obama's victory. Frankly, it's a bit out of hand. As the article reports, The Guardian, a UK paper, felt the need to write: "Welcome back into the world, America."

You pompous Brits, screw 18 generations of your colonizing, pale, gormless, anemic ancestors. (You still showing your chivalry by fighting every war to the last American?) I loathed every minute of the Bush/Cheney years, but the US people elected them and I truly believe they pursued what they saw as US national interests abroad. (Their perception, of course, was completely insane.)

Guess what? Obama will do the exact same thing. From the article:

Barack Obama has not been elected President of the World; the world is not his constituency; and his responsibilities to the world are secondary. He is President-elect of an important but declining power, and his responsibilities, especially in hard times, are to its citizens.

So to every nation that thinks Obama is their savior--he is not. He's ours. You see that flag in the background--it's not the UN. You want him to care about you, join on as the 51st state.

By the way, Britain, isn't speaking of America as a "declining power" a bit ironic given that you are an impotent nation of panty-waists with poor oral hygiene that is several centuries past its prime? How long do you think we will let you hold on to that seat in the UN Security Council or your over-representation in the IMF and the World Bank? India (you remember them right? the ones that claim your nation is the bastard child of a demon and a monkey) can counter-balance China and Russia just as well. Keep up that lip, just see what happens.

Obama's Afghan plan: more dogs with goggles. Eat it, terrierorists!

Maybe it's the late hour, but I laughed through the entire clip

Photographers Always Trying to Keep the Black Man Down In the Corner...

More here.

I really like The Big Picture--it delivers exactly what I want pictures that are also big. If anyone knows of the following sites I would appreciate a link: The Fulfilling, High-paying Job; The Loving Wife; The Tide-Me-Over Girlfriend Until I Find A Loving Wife; and The Taking the Sexy-Librarian Sarah Pallin Analogy Too Far Blog.

Wait, that last one is already around--Nailin' Pallin is the latest new questionable flick from Flynt. Apparently two Russians were just driving by Pallin's house in Alaska when their car breaks down and they come in to "use the phone." Hijinks (the kind that makes babies) ensue.... No link.

The Return of the Link Fest

Blog posts I may or may not actually write:

Post 1: You can imagine the Prop 8 environment at Stanford. Will link to an op-ed I wrote if it gets published in tomorrow's paper. Tom, it is the same one you wrote at Pomona for Prop 22.

Post 2: Obama victory. I will vote for him. Unfortunately, I think our hopes will deflate along with the economy. In the words of one, very bitter, economist:

Barack Obama has the kind of cocksure confidence that can only be achieved by not achieving anything else.

Perhaps slightly less vitriolically put here:

Altogether, Mr. Obama is promising at least $4.3 trillion of increased spending and reduced tax revenue from 2009 to 2018 -- roughly an extra $430 billion a year by 2012-2013.

My own view of Washington is that it is an evil hydra-headed succubus. That's unimportant. What is important is that it evolved to be one and all those Darwinian tentacles don't let go of their spot easily. Part of me always liked that Clinton was nasty, battle-hardened, and, objectively speaking, had larger testicles than Barack. Their are plenty of vicious people in Washington waiting to politically assassinate him (although, heaven forbid, a literal assassination has crossed my mind--a cross between JFK and MLK seems doubly likely). Our pretty Harvard boy is going to look like an impotent blowhard, bless his soul, pretty soon.

Post 3: May heaven bless the baby boomers--that's the only hope I have. I will resent paying for their Social Security, Medicare, and prescription drugs (not to mention bailing out their 401ks) as well as suffering higher taxes only to have the system blow up around my retirement. Obama doesn't help by pandering like a baby to AARP.

Post 4: Oil, Power, Empire, written by a Berkeley guy. I am anxiously awaiting the hate-filled diatribe against Cheney. Yes, I ordered it.

Post 5: Creepy former letter for creepers. Yes!

Bedtime.

Moab?

We doing this again this year?