Sundown on the Ottawa River

Monday, March 23, 2009

I was just sitting here, and a blog come out

Not much excitement today, which is kind of normal, and besides, it is Monday.

A lot of conservatives are criticizing Barack Obama for laughing too much during a "Sixty Minutes" interview last night. I suppose they're right (no pun intended), and we should expect him to be grim faced and solemn during these tough economic times. Really? I don't think so. These conservative folks are depressed because they lost the big election, and they just can't get over it. It is commonly referred to in immature terms as being a "sore loser" Nah nah nah nah nah...

I like anyone who can smile under stress and the US president is showing he's pretty damn good at it. In fact, he can laugh his ass off and it won't bother me one bit, on one condition; that he's successful at positively affecting the economy. Pres Obama's smiling doesn't affect the stock market, but coincidentally the DOW Jones Industrial Average gained 497 points today. That's big. Now the experts say the reason for the market's gain is due to news that the Federal government is planning to partner with private investors to buy up more than a trillion dollars in toxic bank loans. If you believe in superstition, then when Obama smiles, the result is that the economy soars.

Smiling helps, so for all the sad right wing conservatives who are big fans of Rush Limbaugh and hoping Obama will fail, please, I beg of you, just take a deep breath and try to force out a tiny smile. You might just feel better, but be careful; it's believed to be contagious.

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