WHERE THE HELL HAVE THE GROWNUPS GONE?
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??/stupid Show Spelled Pronunciation [stoo-pid] Show IPA adjective, -er, -est, noun
adjective
1. lacking ordinary quickness and keenness of mind; dull.
2. Slow to learn or understand; obtuse.
3. Tending to make poor decisions or careless mistakes.
4. Marked by a lack of intelligence or care; foolish or careless: a stupid mistake.
A year after winning the highest office on the planet, the Chicago 3 - that being President Obama, his chief of staff Rahm Emanuel and top policy adviser David Axelrod - has clearly established the fact that they still have no vision for the country, no knowledge of, or regard for America’s leadership position in the world. Obama’s penchant for kowtowing to foreign politicians is an affront to the still proud people who call themselves…”the Americans”. They see the grotesque ritual as yet another manifestation of an intentionally corrosive policy of aggressive neglect with respect to the values and traditions of our country. The indecisiveness and inaction, the bowing and apologizing to the world, the teleprompter…it’s all been wearing thin. Could anyone picture Hillary Clinton curtseying ?
When it comes to choices, the Obama administration, it would seem, weighs an issue and overwhelmingly votes to follow the most controversial, the most disagreeable, and now the most outrageously dangerous course they can. It is difficult to understand how those charged with the safety and security of the nation and its people could arrive at the decision to bring our enemies to our most densely populated city, and establish a heightened risk of attack that doesn’t exist now; all to show that the ill-conceived and naive campaign promise to close the model military prison at Guantanamo and bring more dangers to our shores, has been kept. What is the reasoning process that finds it acceptable to take such a risk? Well, it is the people of New York that are exposed to the risk, and again it is the bloodied and battered taxpayer that will pay the monstrous bills for the whole affair. Again with this callow move it is the interests of the people, the hardworking citizens that are of no regard.
Could it be that the Justice Department found no 5 star accommodations at Guantanamo? Could it be that it lacks the nightlife, the restaurants and Broadway shows found in New York? What good are expense accounts when there is no place to use them. There are no perks at Guantanamo. The Attorney General’s platoon of lawyers would, by necessity, have to live like the members of our military - absent the dangers of combat - while at the base and perhaps Attorney General Holder finds that to be inconvenient, an unacceptable sacrifice in this time of war…far too much to be asked of civilians. And a brand new million dollar state-of-the-art courtroom with its intricate security measures will go unused, but then, today… money is no object. It has been estimated that the trials will take years to complete and to ask a city once gravely wounded to brace at a constant state of alert for so long and needlessly introduce great danger into the daily lives of our citizens is reckless and idiotic. The total absence of prudent, mature common sense in the White House can no longer be excused, it has become policy, and that is deeply concerning.
A scene I can’t get out of my head is Rahm Emanuel and David Axelrod in an office deep inside the White House, feverishly pouring over a copy of…‘The Presidency for Dummies’ while press secretary Robert Gibbs, munching on a jelly donut, mumbles into the phone….”hang on, we’re checking it now”. It would be hysterically funny if there weren’t so much at stake.
Semper Fi CW