NOT AS BAD AS IT SEEMS

Thursday, and the 4+ inch snowfall of a few days ago is almost history.

Dear Wife is back from her 2+ weeks in Florida and routines are becoming more….routine.

A bad cold is working its way on out of this writer, thank the Good Lord.

And we are half a week away from Easter Sunday.

And we watch, listen, read, think and decide that things are not as bad as they seem in the world.

Not a bit of it.

Rather, things are probably worse than they seem.

An American flag ship, a container ship we believe, carrying food aid, has been attacked by pirates and the American skipper is being held for ransom.
We understand this is the first pirate taking of a US vessel in two centuries.

The Navy has stabilized the situation – and the US Government is discussing and considering and consulting.
Consulting!

Would it be fair to characterize the b.o. response as hand ringing?

I wonder if he is smart enough to hand ring.

You have to have a few smarts to know that you don’t know what the Hades to do in a situation.

His Administration is said to be considering cuts in military spending: specifically in the areas of new combat aircraft, missile defense, and replacement and repair of equipment simply worn out by continuous operations.

It must be that nothing being done by China, North Korea, or Iran represents any long term threats to US national, geopolitical interests that would require the US to maintain at least a two war capability with the best weapons systems known to modern science.

b.o. has just returned from a tour of nations, glad handing and committing gaff after gaff, and getting nothing in return but hoorays and cheers from ignorant foreign populations.

We understand that he has requested significant help in Afghanistan; help with Gitmo detainees; agreement on how to deal with the economic problems, etc., and has apologized for all the sins of the nation of which he is the President.

It was the fault of the Bush Administration that Iran was developing nuclear weapons.

It was the fault of the Bush Administration that North Korea was destabilizing the Far East.

It was the fault of the Bush Administration that the CIA detention centers and Gitmo could not be closed.

It was the fault of the Bush Administration that the US was not loved by all foreign nations.

It was the fault of the Bush Administration that the US did not enjoy more enthusiastic assistance from allies.

Now we are in the grip of the b.o. Administration.

It follows that…now all will be well.

Or perhaps continuing unwellness will also be the fault of the Bush Administration.

We are afraid that things are not as bad as they seem.