Angst

You can feel it in the air. The transition from the Obummer presidency to a Trump one is causing quite a bit of angst. It could easily be compared to having an infected tooth pulled. Yes, in a way it is good, but the event itself is a bit traumatizing. After all that tooth has been yours for quite a few years ... and in a way you'll miss it.

I sense this angst is strongest among those who voted for Obummer twice. You know who you are. You see the majority of Obummer's questionable legacy about to be razed by the Trump wrecking crew ... and you naturally believe that, although sub par, it was still usable.  And you are not sure that what will replace it will be any better. In fact, somehow you know it won't be. This conclusion is reinforced by most of the media pundits and your inner political circle who fear, with you, that the Goldwater daisy-petal-picking commercial may be about to come true.

And this anxiety dish is over-spiced by your hero president's small-minded actions during this transition period. Yes, he is still president and his fighting to stay relevant is a tad satisfying. But, you are just a little embarrassed by his pettiness ... and this adds to your angst. Could you have been wrong twice choosing this neato adolescent to run things? No, this next guy is clearly even more puerile! Just you wait and see how he screws things up! But, then again, this thought causes even more heartburn.

And you don't need this stupid blogger bringing all this dreck up! Where is the Pepto Bismol?

His High Horse

Our puke of a president spoke at the annual National Prayer Breakfast this morning and I think that I am again agast by how un-presidential he always is. Here is an excerpt from the apologia he gave to this religious crowd:

And, first, we should start with some basic humility. I believe that the starting point of faith is some doubt -- not being so full of yourself and so confident that you are right and that God speaks only to us, and doesn't speak to others, that God only cares about us and doesn't care about others, that somehow we alone are in possession of the truth.

Him? Humility? Not full of himself? I have yet to see one iota of humility in this man … he who claims he can make the seas recede and our planet heal. To me it’s a wonder that his head didn’t explode as he spoke these pious words! But. the heavens didn’t part and lightning didn’t strike him down, so he was able then to pontificate further:

Humanity has been grappling with these questions throughout human history [those who seek to hijack religions for their own murderous ends]. And lest we get on our high horse and think this is unique to some other place, remember that during the Crusades and the Inquisition, people committed terrible deeds in the name of Christ. In our home country, slavery and Jim Crow all too often was [sic] justified in the name of Christ.

A little reading of history will reveal that the crusades were 800 years ago and were meant to recapture Christians’ most holy places from the Muslims … and the Inquisitions, however shameful, were 500 years ago during the time that Spain was retaking its land from the Muslims. And those who even know a smidgen of slavery’s shameful past will recall that Muslims were the primary slave traders in Africa. And, in the meantime, Christianity has experienced a fundamental reformation, slaves in this country were emancipated 150 years ago and Jim Crow laws were overturned 50 years ago. But, brutal slavery is still a widespread and evil blot practiced in the Muslim world.

And ISIS, in the name of Islam, is committing heinous acts on a daily basis! Not 800 years ago … not 500 years ago … not 150 years ago … not 50 years ago … but NOW! And it would, I think, have been very appropriate, nay necessary, for President Obama to have augmented his idiotic moral equivalencies with a call for a reformation within Islam. But he won’t praise or even acknowledge to the slightest those Muslims who have so advocated recently … see: A Modern Crusade.

If you wish to read the entire transcript of this Reverend Jeremiah Wright's protégée’s pap pronouncements please go to: Christian Post Article. 

But first take a healthy dose of Pepto Bismol.

Afterward: For more strong words on this matter from John Hinderaker see: Powerline Blog.

Seesaw

The stock market has had it's share of volatility over the last three days. The Dow Jones Average was down over 250 points, then up  over 270 points, and now, closing at its lows, down 335 points. (For some reasons see: CNBC Item.) These clearly are wild swings ... but the stock indices have had much larger gyrations in the past years. This, of course, does not reduce the required dose of Pepto Bismol for those who are risk-averse. Like bronco-bull riding, this kind of stock market sends lots of tyro traders limping out of the market.

I cannot predict the future other than to say that things will, at sometime, settle down and go back up. Of course I just can't say when this will happen. So I suggest you follow Warren Buffet's advice and get greedy when others are fearful, and get fearful when others are greedy. However, decoding these market sentiments of fear and greed does get a little tricky sometimes.

I wonder if Obama will hold a press conference tomorrow to brag about the economy?