Re: Birchtree's account talk
Who is the closest adviser to Barack Obama? Of course it's Michelle Obama. She is a graduate of Princeton and Harvard Law School. Was it affirmative action that got her there. She has such a grim view of American society. In speeches on the campaign trail she has held forth on her view of America, which is, as she describes it, a country that is downright mean and driven by fear. She recently waxes irate over the American attention to security interests, arguing that we should be changing the conversation and building diplomatic relations instead of protecting ourselves against terrorists. A minor note, to be sure, though it's to be hoped that a President Obama will not turn to this closest adviser for her views on the national defense. According to Mrs. Obama existence in America is a desperate proposition for most citizens - anyone claiming to have led a satisfactory one not sunk in the hell that is American life is, quite simply, lying. America is, she has elsewhere informed audiences, a nation whose souls are broken. Fear the Donkey, because it is a vision striking for its consistent hostility to any notion that Americans have cause for optimism and pride in their country; striking, too, for the stark and obvious absence of any sense of the reasons Americans might revere their nation and consider themselves fortunate to be its citizens.
I spent a couple days in my garden - getting my head straight. I'm now ready for the bull market to resume - be right and sit tight.