Obama 1, McCain?

So what’s wrong with this  picture?

After the failed first attempt at a soltion to our current financial crisis Obama says:

“It’s’important not to inject presidential politics into this,” Obama said. “My preference is to use the phone … in a way that’s not a photo op because I think that sometimes prevents things from getting done.”

That’s pretty noble….country first and all that….country above party, country above politics…..above the frey and all that…..I can do this without wasting valuable campaign time by using the phone….

Then he takes the “high road”, no pointing fingers here…..:

“Obviously it’s pretty frustrating for Democrats having seen the mismanagement that’s been taking place over the last several years to feel like we’ve got to step in and get something done,” he told CBS. “But that’s how I think many of us feel, that we can’t worry about how we got here. Now we’ve got to take some serious steps.”

Never mind that the democrats are knee deep into the corruption that brought this about, never mind that both commitee chairmen with oversight over this debacle are democrats, never mind that Obama got $105,000 from fanny or Freddy….It’s Bush’s fault and  but they’ll fix it.

It’s YOUR mismanagement at cause this problem you crooked shit and the thing that just amazes me is that you find it so easy to lie about it.

Know what scares me about this………alot of people will believe this shit….and they vote…

So far, no rebuttal from McCain or the Repubs…….is Big mac too intertested in working across the isle, or saving his retirement?….Say someth’in John!

Talk about missing the boat.

D.R.I.P.

Barney Frank and Chris Dodd belong in jail.

This whole financial mess just confirms to me that re-electing incumbent politicians is a mistake.

The power held by the the chairmen of the Congressional committees charged with oversight of Fanny and Freedy allowed them to be able to hire the crooks who mismanaged those two companies,  sweep the slush fund under the rug and. and prevent remedies designed to fix the problems.

This problems falls squarely on the democrats and the only way that they can hide that fact is to ask for more oversight, which gives them more ways to cover their asses.

It’s time to vote them out and keep them out. Break the power of the politicians and give it back to the people!

TERM LIMITS NOW…..

Where do we get such men……..

XFORMED writes at The Wide Awakes and chaotic synaptic activity a wonderful article on the men of PT-109 and of her skipper,  John F. Kennedy.

One still wonders where we get such men…..

I have been interested in the Pacific Theater of WW2 since I was a kid (born 10 yrs after Pearl Harbor)
Ever since I read PT-109 as a kid I have been amazed at what this relatively physically frail man accomplished.

Though some in the past few years have tried to diminish what he did, the fact is that he did what he did and most of his men survived.

But, as a historical side note (not at all to diminish the bravery of Kennedy and his crew) is the story of Lt Hugh Barr Miller Jr. who survived (severly injured) the sinking of his ship, the USS Strong, drifting ashore on the island of Arundel, between Kolobangara and New Georgia after 4 days adrift with 6 enlisted men.

Ten days after they landed he suffered a hemorrhage and ordered the remaining 3 crewmembers to save themselves.  He divided his belonging and much of his remaining clothing amonst the remaining three.

But he survived. Scavenging around the enemy held island he found a dead Japanese soldier and removed his weapon and some grenades from the lifeless body.

At one point he used those very grenades to kill all of a 5 man Japanese patrol who was looking for whomever stripped the dead Japanese body. Supplied by weapons from this engagement the deaths of another 25 japanese soldiers are attributed to him.

Miller was rescued by Maj. Goodwin Luck flying a J2F Duck who volunteered for SAR operartions in the Rendova area
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But for me the really interesting part is this:

Miller’s ship was sunk July 4, 1943.
Miller landed ashore on July 8, 1943
Miller was rescued August 16, 1943
PT-109 was sunk August 2, 1943
PT-109 crew rescued August 9, 1943

There were 7 days when these two men were seperated by a strait of only approximately 13 miles!

Miller was rescued August 16, 1943 after 43 days and 40 lbs. and later recommended for the Navy Cross.

Where indeed.