Anyone still remember the historic 2008 campaign season?

Sorry again for the long delay between posts.

There were 2 major shakeups since the last time I posted. One being Haiti, the other being Capitol Hill.

My opinion on Haiti is that we should pull out of the country very soon. President Obama promised the US would do everything it could to help out this country. But the President should have not made that kind of promise.

This is why:

Haiti has approximately 9 Million people which is only slightly more populated than the entire NYC area.

Despite President Bill Clinton's remarks that Haiti was in the best shape in its history before the quake, Haiti was still a poor country. Giving many kinds of aid financially is not going to make life better in the long term for these unfortunate people.

Haiti's population is already shrinking among the living. About 100 orphans are already headed to our country and what little they remember about Haiti will soon be a distant memory.

There are probably other reasons that I am not thinking about right now. Another troubling trend are the many people going down to Haiti from the US to do rescue and relief type operations in Haiti. I could understand doctors and food aid from Florida or Georgia, but why should people way up in Washington State help with this cause?

I am not trying to be mean. I am trying to be realistic here. We should only be providing immediate search and rescue support and first aid, and then help Haiti restore its medical facilities, and then just leave the country. Haitians need to ultimately rebuild their country themselves.

Now on to shakeup #2. Brown winning was kind of a surprise to me. I knew the country was beginning to turn on President Obama and the Democratic Majority in D.C. but didn't expect it to happen as soon as it did. The voters of Massachusetts have in my opinion let Washington D.C. know that NO ONE is SAFE whether you are Democrat or Republican.

I don't feel bad for President Obama, who made a silly arrogant remark about how Brown's truck may not take people where they want to go. Plus the fact the President had to campaign for Brown's opponent during the Haiti recovery and aid efforts. That was kind of classless for a President who campaigned on change.

The point I wanted to make is this: Is it just me or is President Obama acting like a completely different person with a temper now that Brown won in MA? I remember how people brought up McCain's temper, but I think Pres. Obama has now got Sen. McCain beat. So if the Press seemed to mention McCain's temper issue during the 2008 campaign season quite a bit, why is the Press not doing the same to President Obama who seems to be acting like an angry President in a matter of hours after losing a big key race?

Will somebody please point out what I am missing here?

Where is Harry Reid's "Teachable Moment"?

Sorry again for the long delay in between posts.

This time I want to talk about Senate majority leader Harry Reid from Nevada. Recently he made comments implying that President Obama does not have a typical African American sounding voice and that President Obama has light colored skin for an African American. I was paraphrasing in the previous sentence, but I feel it is for the most part an accurate paraphrase of what he said.

This incident reminded me of Professor Gates' incident several months ago. Remember Professor Gates? He was that African American Harvard Professor who was arrested because he came home and had to break into his own house because he accidentally locked himself out of his house. A passerby saw him and called the cops thinking someone was breaking into the house. When the police arrived Prof. Gates got angry and they arrested him because he was being very defensive and tried to accuse the police of being racist.

Because Gates was a friend of President Obama's, the President came to his defense. Then the President, Prof. Gates, and the officer who arrested him decided to have a meeting at the White House where they discussed the issue while they had some beers. This is what was then referred to as a "Teachable Moment."

So now back to Senator Reid from Nevada. The President quickly accepts Sen. Reid's apology as if nothing offensive was even said. Sadly the majority of Republicans had to criticize the Senator and President over the way President Obama and Senator Reid reacted to the situation. Sadly the majority of Democrats had to defend Sen. Reid, one of their fellow senators, on the Sunday morning talk shows. One news person on the Sunday morning talk shows even went so far to say that Sen. Reid's comments were NOT racist! Don't know what world that news reporter is living in.

My question to President Obama would be the following: "Where is Senator Reid's Teachable Moment?"

It all seems like politics as usual for President Obama who campaigned on change, as well as the Senators from both parties. However I have to side with the Republicans on this one. Referring to someone's skin color and dialect in the context that Sen. Reid did and using the word Negro and the fact this comment was made kind off the record are signs that this was definitely a racial comment by Senator Reid.

Anyone out there reading this want to let me know what they think?

NBC News already a disgrace in 2010 with "Today Show"

Happy New Year!!

I didn't expect to be blogging this soon into the new year, but NBC News has already proven in 2010 that they are constantly trying to fool the viewer into thinking their Today show is live or a same-day taping for us people in the Western United States.

I could tell within 15 minutes at most that today's show was taped some time ago and it is an insult for a news organization that people are supposed to be able to trust with facts, and not predictions presented as facts such as everyone celebrating on Times Square which was an event that NBC knew days ago in advance would happen.

I don't need to really go into details why I know for a fact that Jan. 1 episode of the Today was taped a previous day. Al Roker being on the Today Show in NY and then being on the Tournament of Roses Parade in CA the very same morning should be proof enough that the Jan. 1 Today show was taped. There is no possible way he could have gone 2500+ miles in under 4 hours. Plus the fact there was absolutely no mention on the Today Show that Roker had to catch a plane to California that morning.

I am sorry to say most critics who should be slamming NBC News for their decision of putting the Pre-taped Previous day Today Show and presenting it with the appearance of being live that day will probably turn a blind eye to this embarrassing event.

Where's Bill O'Reilly, Laura Ingrahm, Rush Limbaugh, Al Franken, Chris Matthews, etc. when you need them to point out and expose this shameful act by NBC News? And why should the morning's number one TV show have to pull a stunt like this in the first place? They are in little if any danger at all of falling to number two.

Hopefully 2010 will get better than this.