It's been a strange, strange day, Pilgrims.....

I went to my bed last night with pictures of a an ebullient Obamation sipping pints in an Irish Pub and celebrating his very Irishness. Even weirder were the crowds of otherwise intelligent Irish folks who had no clue they were being used for photo ops..

Hell, BO has paid more attention to his dead Irish GGGGreat Uncle or whatever -- than he has paid to his Grandma in the Kenyan hut, or his aunt in the Boston housing projects ......... or his brother!!

Still the people lap it up.

Then I wake up this morning to see a headline on the Drudge Report that Tory PM Cameron and Dim POTUS BO have started a new burlesque team and their first song and dance is "We are the Thatcher and Reagan of the 21st Century'! Either or both Maggie Thatcher and Ronald Reagan showed more ability, skill, and daring in one day than these two wusses have shown in their entire young lives!! What a crock......!!

The day goes on, I get three e-mails directing me to a new White House PR Release announcing that some flak (or is it flake?) named Jesse Lee has been named the new White House Plumber (I thought that office died with Nixon) and is going to be in charge of chasing down and destroying 'Unfavorable Online Media' stories. A new 21st Century 'Enemies List' perhaps?

The story didn't mention whether they had issued him a Darth Vader Uniform and a ray gun or not. How does that go now --- "President of ALL the People" Yeah, that's it - I remember!!

I thought that pretty much rounded of my day -- Obamanation-wise -- but as Billy Mays used to say, "Wait - there's more!"

My good friend Dave up in Maryland tells me that the Senate is under pressure to do what it typically does not: Work quickly. Why? Because they must consider whether to vote for a four-year extension of the Patriot Act which expires Friday. The White House has urged senators to speed it up because once passed by the Senate, it must be approved by the House and then be loaded aboard an aircraft to be flown overseas to be signed into law.

December 15, 2005
Senate Floor Statement of Senator Barack Obama

"... this legislation gives people no rights to appeal the need for such a search in a court of law. No judge will hear their plea, no jury will hear their case.

This is just plain wrong."

This would all be hysterical if it weren't all true and happening in this world, on this side of Alice's Looking Glass! That's the scary part!

Be careful Pilgrims!! And Elmer Fudd used to say, "Be vewy vewy afwaid!"