Sad Presidency

1. Cameron Cameron
Cam Cameron is the offensive coordinator of the Baltimore Raven. Ty and I were laughing at somebody who has the same first and last name. I guess we were off a little bit.

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Malcolm "Cam" Cameron
- en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cam_Cameron

Mal-cam?

2. Last SOTU
Following President Obama's (hopefully last) State of the Union address.

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No feature of the Obama Presidency has been sadder than its constant efforts to divide us, to curry favor with some Americans by castigating others.
- Mitch Daniels repub response to Obama address, link

Daniels is right. Obamacare. Trillions in debt. Sky high unemployment. Yet, the worst of Obama is his explicit strategy to divide America, to pit one group of Americans against another. For this unprecedented cynical tactic, President Obama is the worst president in my lifetime.

Hey, glass half full. America gets her second chance. We have seen those opposed to our freedoms. It is now our job to remove them, and I think America is up to the task. America can only be beaten from within.

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In word and deed, the President and his allies tell us that we just cannot handle ourselves in this complex, perilous world without their benevolent protection. Left to ourselves, we might pick the wrong health insurance, the wrong mortgage, the wrong school for our kids; why, unless they stop us, we might pick the wrong light bulb!
- Mitch Daniels again

 

3. Artiste!

Movie: The Artist
Review: 4 bill-stars (out of 5)... excellent!

Different and good. That's the bogey. The Artist achieves this goal. It's a black and white silent movie that is very entertaining and positive. The adjective "sentimental" came to mind after I saw it... romantic, old-fashioned, positive, fun. Also, I was glad to see the movie in the theater. As I said, it's a silent movie, so there's no spoken dialogue, but there is a wonderful score playing the whole time. It was interesting to react as part of a crowd to a movie without dialogue.

Jiminy, the girl in The Artist is about as attractive as they come. Bérénice Bejo is Argentinian and was wonderful in the movie. Ditto for the rest of the regular-looking cast as well, including Uggie the dog.

4. 258 pounds

The Naperville Fire Department is having a wellness challenge. Well, isn't that special.

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Weighing in collectively at 2,840 pounds, the group [of 11]... began the wellness challenge.
- Weight-loss challenge by 11 Naperville "Fire Department administration employees", patch story

OK, let's see here. Let me put that fancy advanced degree to work. 2,840 pounds divided by 11 employees... carry the one. Jesu Cristo, that's an average of 258 pounds per person?!?!?!

The average admin employee in the Fire Dept weighs 258 pounds!
For real? And that list of 11 employees includes 3 women! WTF!
At least it's the admin employees and not the firemen themselves.

Speaking of firemen. Now, this is a real blog post:

Top Ten 2012 Female Firefighter Calendars

he he... yow, bill