It’s a mad, sad, bad world
Bookworm on Aug 09 2011 at 10:02 pm | Filed under: Uncategorized
What is it with the world? I go away for one month, and everything goes to Hell in a hand basket?! Can’t I leave the world alone for a second without having to worry about things?
Apparent not.
Let me state unequivocally, though, that I had nothing to do with the London riots, which started more than three weeks after we left those shores.
More seriously, I feel as if, back in early July, I left a country that was in much better shape than the one to which I returned in early August. Aside from the dreary Drudge headlines, a trip to the grocery store was deeply depressing. Prices have soared. For me, the food sticker shock was merely irritating; for someone living on the margin, however, it must be devastating.
The only good I can find in my Safeway run is the strong belief that, if the price of chocolate doubles during a president’s administration, that president will not be re-elected. That’s really a campaign ad that someone needs to make: “Obama — the man who made chocolate unaffordable.”
As you’ve probably guessed by now, I’m seriously jet lagged and more than a little loopy. I promise to do better tomorrow, although I’ll still be dragging, as I’ve got a bazillion things that I need to do to get my life back into gear.
Before I sign off, though, I have to thank Don Quixote, Danny Lemieux, Charles Martel and Sadie for their stellar contributions to the blog in my absence. It was such a relief to me to know that they were not only keeping an eye on things, but also ensuring that the blog continues to be a rollicking, fascinating place (probably much more under their aegis than was ever true under mine). Also, thanks to all my readers who so gracefully transitioned to a slightly different (but truly wonderful) blog, during my absence. You guys are great!
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Welcome back! Hope you enjoyed your trip and I can’t wait to hear all about it, and about your impressions of the country you’ve returned to.
Book, thanks for your thanks, but DQ did yeoman work on your behalf. You never knew what he was going to toss into the room, grenade-style. He was Korman to your Carol.
Or maybe I was thinking Conway.
Either way. . .
How did you know, Charles, that DQ and I both revere those comedies? Was it obvious?
And DQ, thank you, thank you, thank you!!
You are quite welcome and I echo the thanks to CM and Danny. But, most of all, thanks to Sadie for feeding me idea after idea and link after link. She was wonderful!
http://www.pjtv.com/?cmd=mpg&mpid=105&load=5877
What really happened with the helicopter.
Hail…Hail, the gang’s all here and most importantly – the Leader of the Pack. Welcome Back, Bookworm.
Glad England was your first stop instead of your last…
Here’s a site that’s a sign of the times:
http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/movers-and-shakers/sports/ref=zg_bsms_tab
Read back to your vacation posts and see what I wrote there. You may have missed them at the time.
We had already seen your “luck” at work in Europe.
Danny always does a great job, so forgive me for not saying so earlier. As for SADIE, the woman was on figh-uh, as the late Jim Morrison would say. Give this country 10,000 SADIES and we could kick galactic ass.
DQ
Aw shucks. I am flattered that you let me run around the house with a pair of scissors.
DQ, Charles, Danny – You guys sang lead, I was just lip syncing the do-wops.
The Yoots of Londonistan
http://sheikyermami.com/2011/08/10/the-yoots-of-londonistan/
Slightly askew of topic:
It takes a lot to force a president out prematurely, usually the sum total of total economic disaster, mulitple foreign affairs crises, and political scandal. Plus the personal tenacity or lack thereof of the president himself. It took serious inflation and withdrawal from Vietnam before Watergate did Nixon in. Clinton, by contrast, survived despite scandal because the economy was in good shape (and even then it took great tenacity).
Obama has been branded a loser. In keeping with my theory of politics as the art of mutual extortion, look for the msm to suddenly “discover” the ATF/Gunrunner scandal, just like clockwork.
That ought to complete the trifecta for Obama to pull out ala LBJ.
http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index;_ylt=An72COOGeSwq4saRkJv4AJzty6IX;_ylv=3?qid=20110808091845AAKbfxP
Check that out for videos of British hooliganism. While those are successes, think of all the other failures.
gpc31: “Obama has been branded a loser. In keeping with my theory of politics as the art of mutual extortion, look for the msm to suddenly “discover” the ATF/Gunrunner scandal, just like clockwork.”
Interesting! You might be right on this. Let’s see what happens, as they can’t keep burying the story for ever.
gpc31, Danny, this could be a fascinating new Bookworm Room contest: Which “suddenly unveiled” story will the MSM pull out of the closet when it comes time to abandon Obama?
…this could be a fascinating new Bookworm Room contest
Shhh, I don’t know if Bookworm has discovered what “some” of us were up to while she was out of town. What have I unleashed
That would be a very interesting dynamic. I think the DNC knows deep in their hearts Obama is toast. I wonder however if the narcissist would actually step aside. He’d miss that airplane.
I am not sure which polls reflect “real” opinion. Gallup hasn’t declared him dead, so to speak, looking at the 2009 to August 4, 2011. If it was a EKG – he definitely flat-lined.
The DNC will try to scrap off the burnt edges of the toast. I suspect what comes out of the Committee of 12 (a/k/a Super Congress) will light the real fire under the 2012 election. Everyone is just throwing Molotov Cocktails until the end of the year. Of course, all of this is subject to unforeseen events and there are always plenty of those.
http://www.gallup.com/poll/113980/Gallup-Daily-Obama-Job-Approval.aspx