“Half way through his Asian tour, Mr. Obama is confronting the limits of engagement and personal charm”.

I know, it’s a shocking assessment (snark) considering that he seems to be the rage of favoritism locally in the media. The Asian Tour de farce is not worth a bowl of rice. It may be his eating habits – the insane appetite of wanting it all his way.

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Alas, he lacks that power and will continue to do so until the neo-Marxist coup he is helping to fashion against us is complete.

Here is where I go O-Bow-Ma one better. In my house, where I am the male sovereign, I have taken to bestowing titles to my 4-year-old boxer, Lily. The names are based upon her behavior since we brought her home.

Her full name is Lily Stasi Out-of-Position Roadblock Binkyslayer Catbane Twitch.

Lily = her given name
Stasi = A nod to the East German secret police and their unquenchable need to know everything that’s going on in everybody else’s life. We are always under close observation.

Out-of-Position = Related to Stasi, a behavorial obseravtion by my wife who noted that dogs, Lily in particular, react neurotically to anything that is out of position, including behavior. God forbid I do a charade imitation; Lily reacts like a fireman responding to a 16-alarmer.

Roadblock = The Occam’s Razor explanation that came to me one day as I was stepping over an inconveniently placed Lily for the 10,000th time. Is there a gene, I questioned, that predisposes dogs to position themselves in the most inconvenient, slip-inviting location at exactly the time I need to get somewhere fast?

Binkyslayer = One of the best toy purchases were ever made, a binky with an indestructible squeak box. Hours and hours of fun for Lily. For us, hundreds of instances of crucial dialog or important moments in absorbing TV dramas being interrupted by 5-minute binky riffs. Lily has tried countless times to kill binky with awe-inspiring bites to the throat, but the damned thing will not die.

Catbane = Lily fancies herself the scourge of neighborhood cats. Her leash-bound lunges impress none of them. 

Twitch = Those of you who have owned boxers know that they can twitch themselves two feet off the ground from a standing start, then rotate 180 degrees.

I doubt that except for his incipient desire to spy on the 25 million citizens he would like to kill, Bill Ayers could ever match my Lily’s specs.

Martel 1, O-Bow-Ma 0.