Kennel Rationale

For the past 3 years, Barack Obama and his beloved dog B0 have been practically inseparable except for those rare occasions that the president is playing golf, taking a vacation, going on a fundraising trip, or is anywhere on the Whitehouse grounds.

Which is why Bo has been pulled out of storage and, still smelling of mothballs, is being used as the latest shameless fundraising prop for his master.

Obama's "Throw Bo a Bone" campaign is asking donors to cough up $10 to celebrate the dog's 3rd anniversary in the Whitehouse (after the similarly themed "Throw Joe a Bone" Campaign failed miserably, despite pictures of Biden begging and making "sad eyes"). And the fundraising website assures us that "the first dog is wagging his tail in anticipation of four more years." No doubt because he'd rather keep eating gourmet table scraps than have to switch to the cheap, canned supermarket dog food which the unemployed are eating in the Obamaconomy.

Moreover, Bo might be at least a little worried that if things go badly in November, his master might revert to eating dogs again as he did when he lived in Indonesia. In "Dreams from my Father," Barry describes eating dog, snake, and grasshoppers with his stepfather who "like many Indonesians, followed a brand of Islam that could make room for the remnants of more ancient animist and Hindu faiths. He explained that a man took on the powers of whatever he ate: One day soon, he promised, he would bring home a piece of tiger meat for us to share."

And people think that Romney's religion is out of the mainstream...?

But dog eater or not, Barry's relationship with Bo certainly appears to have had an influence on the president's policies; how else to explain Obama's "Old Yeller" approach toward dealing with the sick and elderly?

Still, when we put all the politics aside, how can anyone not love the ever-loyal, playful, crotch-sniffing, leg-humping, companions of our presidents?

Which is why Obama's next fundraiser will be called "Throw a Bone to the Secret Service."

A man's best friend is his fundraiser.

Bonus Graphic! Suitable for pasting ALL OVER THE INTERNET (hint, hint).

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Head for the Life Votes!

This weekend marked the 100th Anniversary of the sinking of the Titanic, perhaps mankind's clearest object lesson that neither empty "expertise" nor self-satisfied hubris can prevent disaster.

But sadly, Captain Barack Obama is now ordering America's ship of state to move at "full speed ahead" towards an iceberg he not only knows is there...but he's actually doing everything in his power to make the iceberg bigger.

That iceberg is, of course, the National Debt...and according to ship's navigator Timothy Geithner, the president's plan is to ram it all full speed just 15 years from now and allow the wrecked U.S. economy to disappear as quickly, completely, and cruelly as the Titanic slipped beneath the icy waves...without even the comfort of an orchestra playing "Nearer My God to Thee" in case any Muslims, liberals, or ACLU lawyers might be offended.

But if Geithner is saying that life as we know it will end in 15 years, why aren't people in a state of panic and angrily demanding action?

In part it's because the End of America seems unthinkable, and therefore can't really be possible (let alone imminent). Right? Wrong. Wishful thinking isn't going to keep us afloat. But just as importantly, people are failing to realize the gravity of the situation because the captain of our ship is lying his butt off about both the looming disaster and his efforts to avoid it.

How else to categorize Barack Obama's continued speechifying about the preposterous "Buffett Rule" which will have as little effect on the debt crisis as the Titanic's buffet tables had on keeping the great ship from sinking?

The Skipper-in-Chief is currently saying that the "Buffett Rule," which imposes significantly higher taxes on millionaires, "will help us close the deficit." Which sounds good until you crunch the numbers and find out that it will take 514 years of these increased taxes just to pay off Obama's deficit from 2011. Which means that the deficit from 2012, Obama's (hopefully) final year in office, wouldn't be paid until after the year 3000.

Except, of course, by then our nation will have been gone for 975 years... unknown to anyone except some future James Cameron-type who is willing to dive deeper into red ink than anyone has dared to do previously.

Except for Barack Obama.

To see this image in breathtaking 3D just take off your rose-colored glasses.
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Friday Free-For-All

Readers- Yes, it's another "Friday Free For All" in which I touch several bases without lingering on any of them. There just didn't seem to be one hugely compelling news story to cover, but I thought these topics deserve a mention as the week draws to a close...



A brief firestorm was raised when Democratic strategist and soon-to-be former DNC adviser Hilary Rosen went on CNN and sneeringly said that Ann Romney, our nation's next First Lady, "has actually never worked a day in her life" - despite being the mother of five.

Democrats immediately started falling all over themselves to make amends, realizing that many hard-working mothers might still carve out enough personal time to actively involve themselves in campaign activities - and help throw out the party which looks down on them and their life choices.



Meanwhile, "Crazy Uncle Joe" Biden hit the stump on Thursday to push the so-called "Buffett Rule" which would essentially double capital gains taxes on the people who invest most in America. And won't that help stimulate the economy!

Champing at the bit to start throwing out anti-Romney rhetoric (and it's a real bit - so Joe can be reined in when necessary), Biden said that Mitt is one of those evil rich types who loves "tax loopholes" (which is how Dems describe the capital gains tax), and who is "out of touch" and "out of step" with basic American values. Like, apparently, creating trillion-dollar deficits and calling for class warfare.

Of course, even if the "Buffett Rule" were passed (which it won't be), it would only raise $54 billion over the next decade. Which Obama claims is a HUGE amount of money. Which is odd, because that's only one tenth of what he's cutting from Medicare ($540 billion) while claiming that it's no big deal.



Finally, we couldn't wrap up the week without acknowledging that Rick Santorum has dropped out of the presidential race, virtually assuring that Mitt Romney will be the GOP candidate. And while hardcore Conservatives (like us!) aren't exactly turning cartwheels, it's time to take a deep breath...put on our "Romney 2012" buttons...and start girding up for the real and surely ugly battle ahead.

It's impossible to overstate the importance of this election - but it's not just about Romney and Obama. It's about the Supreme Court. It's about the House and the Senate. And it's about countless local elections, all of which have a direct impact on our lives. We mustn't get so focused on any single candidate or office that we lose sight of the importance of the overall conservative movement and the need to make our beliefs rock this election the way they did in 2010.

Hope n' Change is looking forward to it!
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