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Obama kept a promise: Dogged diversions
Ron Hart
ROSEMARY BEACH, Fla. — Instead of covering the understandable outrage expressed nationwide last week by the over-taxed population through their “Tea Parties,” the major media diverted our attention.
s And what better way to make people like you than to have a puppy?
I know guys who have actually borrowed puppies to walk around the park in anticipation of women coming up to them and thinking they are so sweet just because they have a dog. It works.
This is nothing new. Pedophiles and politicians have long used puppies for bait. Michael Jackson’s neighbors were not sure for years if Neverland Ranch was a petting zoo or a middle school.
After a busy week of kicking some Somali pirate booty (in one of the few Obama decisions I agree with), Obama got his family a dog. I still believe that he OK’d the shooting of the pirates because they are big on no taxes, they like guns, are independent, enterprising and have a lot of money.
Besides, they were skewing Republican anyway. He had them shot, not because they were thugs who tried to control everything, but because he thought they were capitalists. That troubles Obama more than anything.
For months Obama said that he was going to get a shelter dog (I call them “pound dogs” and Michael Vick called them “contestants”). Politically correct folks now like to call them “rescue dogs,” since this makes them out to be heroic — you know, just like they do when they “rescue” poor people, seals, whales, the environment, banks and insurance companies.
The common theme is that they always do it with your money.
With creative wordplay, I notice that many terms used by members of the Left make a stupid act seem palatable. It’s like when they spend recklessly but call it “investing” in our future. And here is some good news: We are no longer in a war with fanatic Islamic fundamentalists but rather in an “Overseas Contingency Operation,” which sounds like money you put in your shoe for safekeeping while on a European vacation.
So that clears that up.
In the end, the Obamas went about picking their dog much like they have done their entire time in office: act like they were all about “the people” but instead turn to the left, take Ted Kennedy’s advice, and get a patrician pooch called a Portuguese Water Dog.
They have now officially taken their fascination with the Kennedys to a whole new level. Obama already has his FDR man-crush on by extending this recession with protectionist spending. I predict Obama will pay tribute to his third hero, Abe Lincoln, by driving his wife insane over time.
They considered taking the advice of another one of their aristocratic, political class friends, Nancy Pelosi, and picking a rich lapdog (like her husband) — or a Shar-Pei. The wrinkled Shar-Pei dog had a hard time being Pelosi’s dog, as she could not resist the compulsion to give it some of her Botox injections.
Sadly, the Chosen One (not Obama but the Portuguese Water Dog, which is, according to Wikipedia, a very independent “working dog” that swims well and likes to herd fish into nets for food) did not immediately hit it off with the Obamas. “Bo” exhibited industrious characteristics that would provide food to many of his choosing, and Barack would have none of that in his house.
Through legislation, he has taken from the dog the fruits of his work to distribute to more shiftless and dependent dogs that choose not go after their own food but which do vote heavily for Democrats in every election.
However, Ted Kennedy was able to make a compelling case to the Obamas for the fish-herding dog “Bo,” as he has also learned the politically imperative survival value of swimming well under pressure.
The puppy “Bo” is young, inexperienced, idealistic, has never made an important decision of consequence, and — in further keeping with Obama and the rest of his cabinet appointees — he suddenly finds himself in way over his head. But, like Obama himself, the cute part will divert the attention of a willing media that is vested in his success.
As Jimmy Fallon points out, it was about time Sasha and Malia got the dog their dad promised them. They were tiring of throwing Frisbees at Vice President Joe Biden.
In fairness to the Obamas, they did better than their predecessors in this area. The last dog in a Democratic White House left a lot of inexplicable stains on the Oval Office floor. :cheesy:
Ron Hart is a Southern Libertarian humor columnist.
http://columbiadailyherald.com/articles/2009/04/24/opinion/02hart.txt
Obama kept a promise: Dogged diversions
Ron Hart
ROSEMARY BEACH, Fla. — Instead of covering the understandable outrage expressed nationwide last week by the over-taxed population through their “Tea Parties,” the major media diverted our attention.
s And what better way to make people like you than to have a puppy?
I know guys who have actually borrowed puppies to walk around the park in anticipation of women coming up to them and thinking they are so sweet just because they have a dog. It works.
This is nothing new. Pedophiles and politicians have long used puppies for bait. Michael Jackson’s neighbors were not sure for years if Neverland Ranch was a petting zoo or a middle school.
After a busy week of kicking some Somali pirate booty (in one of the few Obama decisions I agree with), Obama got his family a dog. I still believe that he OK’d the shooting of the pirates because they are big on no taxes, they like guns, are independent, enterprising and have a lot of money.
Besides, they were skewing Republican anyway. He had them shot, not because they were thugs who tried to control everything, but because he thought they were capitalists. That troubles Obama more than anything.
For months Obama said that he was going to get a shelter dog (I call them “pound dogs” and Michael Vick called them “contestants”). Politically correct folks now like to call them “rescue dogs,” since this makes them out to be heroic — you know, just like they do when they “rescue” poor people, seals, whales, the environment, banks and insurance companies.
The common theme is that they always do it with your money.
With creative wordplay, I notice that many terms used by members of the Left make a stupid act seem palatable. It’s like when they spend recklessly but call it “investing” in our future. And here is some good news: We are no longer in a war with fanatic Islamic fundamentalists but rather in an “Overseas Contingency Operation,” which sounds like money you put in your shoe for safekeeping while on a European vacation.
So that clears that up.
In the end, the Obamas went about picking their dog much like they have done their entire time in office: act like they were all about “the people” but instead turn to the left, take Ted Kennedy’s advice, and get a patrician pooch called a Portuguese Water Dog.
They have now officially taken their fascination with the Kennedys to a whole new level. Obama already has his FDR man-crush on by extending this recession with protectionist spending. I predict Obama will pay tribute to his third hero, Abe Lincoln, by driving his wife insane over time.
They considered taking the advice of another one of their aristocratic, political class friends, Nancy Pelosi, and picking a rich lapdog (like her husband) — or a Shar-Pei. The wrinkled Shar-Pei dog had a hard time being Pelosi’s dog, as she could not resist the compulsion to give it some of her Botox injections.
Sadly, the Chosen One (not Obama but the Portuguese Water Dog, which is, according to Wikipedia, a very independent “working dog” that swims well and likes to herd fish into nets for food) did not immediately hit it off with the Obamas. “Bo” exhibited industrious characteristics that would provide food to many of his choosing, and Barack would have none of that in his house.
Through legislation, he has taken from the dog the fruits of his work to distribute to more shiftless and dependent dogs that choose not go after their own food but which do vote heavily for Democrats in every election.
However, Ted Kennedy was able to make a compelling case to the Obamas for the fish-herding dog “Bo,” as he has also learned the politically imperative survival value of swimming well under pressure.
The puppy “Bo” is young, inexperienced, idealistic, has never made an important decision of consequence, and — in further keeping with Obama and the rest of his cabinet appointees — he suddenly finds himself in way over his head. But, like Obama himself, the cute part will divert the attention of a willing media that is vested in his success.
As Jimmy Fallon points out, it was about time Sasha and Malia got the dog their dad promised them. They were tiring of throwing Frisbees at Vice President Joe Biden.
In fairness to the Obamas, they did better than their predecessors in this area. The last dog in a Democratic White House left a lot of inexplicable stains on the Oval Office floor. :cheesy:
Ron Hart is a Southern Libertarian humor columnist.
http://columbiadailyherald.com/articles/2009/04/24/opinion/02hart.txt
But regardless, 
Things that make ya go hmmmmmm. 
