Obama's Credibility Gap

I guess my blogs would be related to bad hand writing. They slant every which way - - - politically. Liberals will not find that comfort. Personally I believe if the President believes there were real screw-ups in dealing with the Christmas bomber, or it took too long to come out with an opinion, I think that Obama should fire whoever it is he believes screwed up, after looking at that rushed report on the matter. And I don't think it was a good idea to read him his meranda rights so quickly. When you have a foreign national like this from Nigeria, you should treat him, at least initially, as an enemy combatent. And that means grilling him for hours on end trying to extract from him as much information. I don't even think it would be out of place to threaten him with water-boarding. Whether or not I'd actually do it, I haven't decided yet. I don't think the President has to cause the conservatives any unnecessary alarm. It would seem that the Presidential press secretary is a world class stonewaller, more so than with Bush or any previous republican. Nobody wants to say even whether or not there will be another stimulus package. I'm getting the feeling that the President has decided against any further stimulation of the economy despite the fact that last month's unemployment claims have risen once more. People need to know that their President has a sense of direction and dare I say, "vision". I haven't sensed this in Obama as I have for instance in Governor Swartzenegger of California. He has a clear idea of what ought to and what ought not to be in terms of government. He even brought out his check list with him and ran down a list of issues where he has achieved his goals, and a few areas where he plainly admitted he hasn't. You don't hear President Obama "plainly admit" anything, in terms of accomplished goals.

I'd like to talk a little bit about the Let It Be recording sessions of the Beatles in January of 1969. I've had my own ideas as to how the songs ought to sound. I think with "Dig a Pony" they need some more voices singing, such as Janis Joplin, or bring in some singers from Fleetwood Mac. I like that version of "I Got a Feeling" the station played today, with the abrupt ending. That's a track from the original KMET tape released about the first of October of 1969. I think "Two Of Us" should be done at a slightly slower tempo and it needs a lot of rebirb on all of the instruments, including the vocals. I'd like it to sound more like "Third Stone from the Sun" and it wouldn't hurt if they would "Hendrix up" the lead guitar a little. The version of Let It Be with the Leslie organ is bad, the "Album" version is worse. I much prefer one of the early drafts of this track. I'm inclined to sympathize with George Martin, who believed that the whole project sucked and that they should just shelve it.

The consumer electronics show in Las Vegas was bigger than ever. Of course they let only the press and dealers in to even see it, and the merchandise won't even be out for sale to the public till the fall, if then. Often things are seen at CES that never again see the light of day. 3 D is big this year for TV's and also Blue Ray in 3 D. But others say this is a fad that will be an anachronism in five years. Now they have something called four K for giant fifty plus TV screens as detailed as four 1080 P TV Screens. This might be an avenue people pursue to give people a "new experience". Things for your car are really big this year, and also these tablet computers are really big now, that don't use a keyboard or a mouse but you manipulate the images by gesturing with your fingers in various manners.

On the world scene people say that Ochmedinajab (sp?) of Iran will be gone soon. They also say that the current riots of the citizens are getting "out of control" and can't be contained by the government and that the current repressive leadership will be gone soon. I said last June that would not happen with the protests they were having back then. And I'm saying it now. Iran will continue to be an ongoing problem. Others say that both Russia and China will be "getting on board" to join US sponsored sanction movements. Look for this situation to fall apart and for Russia and China to again get cold feet and not support the US in any UN resolution. In short look to the Iranian situation or "problem" as one that is not going away.