Obama Shape Shifting into Bush 43

Well, don't just shake your head and say, "There you go again , being cynical." Check out Josh Gerstein's well done piece in Politico.com (6/30) on recent court decisions that have stymied the Obama administration from continuing to assert broad executive powers to hold terrorist suspects, and to assert that the courts have no role in determining the status of the detainees over seas. Federal judges appointed by Bush 43 have given the Obama DOJ lessons in why you don't want to piss off a federal judge with stupid arguments. The courts are openly attacking the administration and questioning the credulity of the cases that seem to evaporate in the light of judicial review.

So, we marvel at the marvie ironies of Bush 43 appointees reading the riot act to Obama lawyers over claims of executive privilege. The title of the article by Gerstein is "George W. Bush appointees break Barak Obama on terror policies."

http://www.politico.com/

In the mean time, the gift that keeps on giving, the gov. Sanford story. His penchant for giving press conferences and interviews (that none really want to hear) have become an stimulus package so to speak. The AP reported that its staff had access to the gov. crying in his office again, speaking about god and doors opening ( look before you leap). This is well beyond SNL and should be an entire panel at the American Psychiatric Association's next convention. Rush Limbaugh thinks Obama made Sanford do it because the poor man was so distraught over the path of America's decline; Sanford just said screw it, and he is did just that. Does Rush take regular urine tests or not?

By the way, has anyone heard from California lately? Recent stories that the Obama administration has told the state's leaders to drop dead on the state's fiscal crisis reminds me of the famous Gerald Ford position during the New York City fiscal crisis during the 1970's. Are these guys serious? True, the state has a bunch of idiots in the legislature and propositions have been passed by brain dead voters on several occasions to exacerbate the current crisis; still, California generates about 20% of the GDP of the country. Standing alone, the state is the world's 8th largest economy. It just doesn't seem smart or sane to be playing the fiscal rectitude game right now. They need serious help or we will be calling troops back from Afghanistan sooner than we think.

Sweet Dreams