Barb’s Burblings

Overall, I’m pleased with how President Obama is doing. Sure, I’m not happy with the whole “Don’t ask, don’t tell” thing, but for the most part, he’s doing OK. However, I was not pleased to see this headline in the Washington Post the other day: “Obama signs bill to create Reagan centennial panel.” I’m sorry, what? No no no no no.

From the article:

Obama invoked the 40th president’s trademark optimism, calling him a leader who understood that the bonds that unite Americans are stronger than the disagreements that divide them, the political parties included. He also said Reagan’s sunny outlook was sorely needed during a difficult time of economic and global challenges.

OK, no. Optimism is no reason to salute the guy. Obama should in no way give any encouragement to that group of whack jobs who want to rename everything in the world for Ronald Reagan. (I’m sorry, I’m not familiar with “Reagan” Airport. It’s “National Airport.”) He doesn’t need a SECOND $1 coin; he’s getting one along with all the other presidents. Good Lord. I guess I should be happy that they’re not trying to give him the $20 or something (though I’m sure someone somewhere is). Dude was not that good a president. Kudos to Obama for the whole bipartisan thing, but…no. Stop it.

And while I’m being vaguely political, I recommend checking out the op-ed Richard Clarke wrote for the Post last week. And then watching this clip from the Daily Show: