Crist - NOT COOL.

Charlie Crist jumps the GOP ship in a bid for personal greatness.  Way to be a team player Charlie.  Again.

That is so not cool.

Obama Trading Time For Voters

President Obama is buying time There's a debt commission. There's going to be a commission into what happened with the BP platform of the coast of Louisiana that caused the oil slick, before any more drilling is allowed. The drilling he's referring to is the drilling he recently 'allowed'. He backed off on immigration reform, saying that he had just worked Congress very hard on health care reform and there is no appetite to tackle another controversial issue right now. Punt, punt, punt.  The President is buying time.  He's stalling.

Friday Musical Interlude - Save It For Later / Tenderness

T -21 days and counting on the musical interludes.

Save It For Later - The English Beat



and a bonus from General Public - Tenderness

Practical Advice For Conservative Missionary Work In Liberal America

You can catch more flies with honey than with vinegar.  I've always believed that idiom. Be nice and you will gain more respect, and more importantly a more receptive listener. A lot of people might wonder where that saying applies. My opinion is nearly everywhere and especially in politics.  According to Using English, the meaning of the phrase is as follows;

This means that it is easier to persuade people if you use polite arguments and flattery than if you are confrontational.

The Oil Spill and The Birkenstock Crowd

Quickly on the oil spill off the coast of Louisiana, some observations.  This will likely re-energize the anti-drilling crowd, however it should not mute the pro-drilling crowd.  The fact of the matter remains that drilling is necessary and oil spills can come from foreign-owned drilling platforms just as easily as American based platforms.  Cuba has granted both China and Russia permission to search for oil.  And since there is no solar or electric grail on the 5 or 10 year horizon just yet, the United States is going to continue to need to use oil for the foreseeable future.  Here's the reality for those of you in the Birkenstock crowd - You can hope all you want for another reality but it won't change things.

Greek Junk and U.S. Influence

Yesterday the markets took a tumble on the Standard and Poors downgrading of Greece's credit rating to that of junk.  It was a three tier drop and that's a big deal.  Lost in the panic of the possible spread of the credit crisis to other Euro nations like Portugal and Spain were two very important points about the United States.