Barack Obama

Before my tv croaked this evening, I heard President Obama on the ABC Evening News telling Dianne Sawyer essentially that if Assad can be persuaded to turn over his arsenal of nerve gas, there might not be a need for a military strike at all. Wouldn't that be great? After all the disaster predictions and maledictions, if President Obama pulls this off it could well be his greatest foreign policy victory. And wouldn't the rethugs choke themselves! They run around in circles, hair afire, screaming "Look at us! Look at us! We know the way, not Obama!"
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In an earlier thread this morning I crowed that the day was off to a good start. Well, it went gangbusters until my tv croaked about 7 pm. But the one local small department store has 19"ers on sale for $169, so I'm STILL happy as a clam. I'll buy one first thing tomorrow morning. And it could've been much worse. What if the tv had quit just before the big speech tomorrow evening? Then I would've thrown it into the middle of the street in a mad fit. Yes, I have 2 much larger tvs but they're not yet hung on the walls, and with a JRT oversize puppy around, you don't leave anything valuable on a table where she can reach it. A 4' jump is nothing to her. I caught her on the kitchen table yesterday! Several months ago I boxed up the 2 big ones and put them away for now. For everyday use, more like a radio anyhow, I'm quite content with a 19" on a high bookshelf. Save the big ones for movies, up on the wall and out of harm's way. Someday soon.