Aloha Dump

Here is an excerpt from a Facebook conversation concerning the Matt Lauer's Sept. 27th interview with Obama. A friend of mine was concerned about her toddler's education following the interview- and rightly so. Here is a truncated segment of her post (name have been reduced to intitials) that highlights her posts ( CC ), my responses ( TK ) and a friend of hers ( ML ) who decided to chime in. Authors comments are in italics. CC : Just watched Matt Lauer's interview with President Obama on education. Makes me (remember, I'm a high school teacher) want to home school Collin, as I simply can't trust public schools to educate my child through the years. Sorry for the negativity! But you should watch the interview and decide for yourself. ML : The public school system has been in trouble for a long time. This isn't someting new. Thank you for that insightful observation, Captain Obvious. CC : ML - I haven't been a parent and a professional educator for ...

After reading the article about Bill Clinton giving advice to Obama , it is all starting to come together. Late night at their home in New York : Bill :  Hey Hillary. Good to see yo— Hillary : Shut up and sit down. I just got off an 11 hour flight from Jordan and I am in no mood. My ass is killing me. Bill: Sure thing Hillary. What’s up? Hillary:   Look, I just set up an interview for you with Willow Bay from Yahoo news so that you can— Bill:  Yahoo news? Jeezus Hillary, couldn’t you at least get me on The Daily Show? That Jon Stewart loves me and— Hillary: Dammit, Bill. Shut the hell up for 2 seconds. I have a screaming headache from a 3 day trip to the Middle East trying to get the Israelis and Palestinians to stop killing each other, I haven’t showered and I think I had some bad falafel. Bill:   Ok, ok. What do you want me to do this time? Hillary: Look, your chances of being the First Lech are looking pretty good as long as we c...

FROM THE OVAL OFFICE Good evening. It’s an honor to be speaking to you for the first time from the Oval Office. (Silence) Is it . . .  why isn’t it rolling? Thank you for letting me – CAN WE GET THE TELEPROMPTER WORKING??? (Silence) CAN WE GET THE TELEPROMPTER WORKING??? (Silence) OK, let’s just wing it. Thank you, my American fellows, for letting me into your homes, into your hearts, and out of your minds. (Silence) What I mean by that is I want to connect not with your minds, but with your hearts. I want to go mindless for a change. You know, to show you what’s in my heart, my emotions, and that sort of stuff. My deep compassion for the people of the Gulf who have lost all their fish. I mean, like, who have lost their fishing industries. And for the birds and the oily turtles, and so forth. In short, what I want to say is, ‘Message: I care.’ (silence) CAN WE GET THE TELEPROMPTER WORKING??? RAHM?? THIS IS IT. I’M FINISHED WITH YOU. I’M PUTTING AXELROD IN CHARGE!! (silence) I went...

President Obama this morning is holding his first press conference in 35 years. Last night, I had a dream about how it would go. I warn you that my dreams always come true, like the one I once had about suddenly being able to eat anything I wanted without gaining weight. Well, actually, that one didn’t come true, and I should never have tried it. But here’s what I drempt last night. The Scene is the East Room of  the White House. President Obama is holding a news conference. Reporter:  Mr. President, despite nearly a trillion dollars in stimulus and other measures, the economy continues to perform poorly. Have your policies failed? Obama:  Not at all. My policies have succeeded. We’re moving in the right direction. Except for the unemployment rate. That’s moving in the wrong direction. But, let me be clear, this is all Bush’s fault, and it continues to be. And it will be. Everyone knows Bush is responsible for the economic crisis, as well as the U.S. loss to Ghana in...

Nine years have gone by since the attacks on American soil that killed 3,000 people. To this day, it is still the most vivid example of monstrous grotesqueness I have ever seen. I cannot help but to hold back tears. I do not have a long winded post for this anniversary, only pictures and a few short comments. First came Shock. Then the Horror. Then the Pain. Then Disbelief. Palestinians celebrating the attacks Then the Kooks. Here is a great site that has the top 10 celebrity conspiracy theorists and why they dug themselves a deep grave. Here are a few choice quotes: Even Noam Chomsky, who could find a fascist plot afoot in Dora the Explorer,   had this to say  on 9/11 conspiracy theories: I think the Bush administration would have had to be utterly insane to try anything like what is alleged, for their own narrow interests, and do not think that serious evidence has been provided to support claims about actions that would not only be outlandish, for th...