Weekly Letter to President Obama

Dear Mr. President,

I am disappointed in you recent actions. I am embarrassed by the gifts you gave Prime Minister Gordon Brown, the gift lacks real thoughtfulness. Really, it is amazing, Brown’s gifts were thoughtful and historical. Brown gave Obama a pen holder crafted from the timbers of the 19th century British warship HMS President (whose sister ship, HMS Resolute, provided the wood for the Oval Office’s desk) and then Mr. President you gave him 25 DVDs of American movie classics.

I can imagine one of your staff ran out a couple hours before the meeting and picked it up from the local Best Buy. Don’t you understand the importance of gifts like this — I even know there is a backstory to these things and racked with symbolism! You might want to educate the staff you’ve chosen on etiquette.

I’m also really concerned with some recent developments including you choice of Harold Koh as a legal advisor. I’m sure he’s a nice guy but there have been several “Islamic” issues creeping into our country’s foundational principles. I don’t have a problem with people choosing/practicing their own religion – but it isn’t OK to have these religious fundamentalists to come into our system and change it. Especially after the U.N. recently passing their “Anti-Blasphemy Resolution 62/145“.

This ‘global’ economy and kumbayah stuff is really disconcerting! It seems we’re on the path to loosing our autonomy and U.S. sovereignty and is scary!

Additionally what is going on with the gov’t taking over all the businesses and telling businesses how much they can pay their CEO’s. Where do we live? Is this Russia? On the road the communism? At the very least it seems we’re well on the way to socialism!

Sigh – no wonder everyone is scared, worried – you’re spending, spending, spending, taking over, trying to ‘take’ care of all of us — we don’t need you to take care of us – we don’t need you to spend our grand children’s inheritance, we don’t need you telling us or businesses how much they can make in a successful company.

Government – get out of our business – do what you have to, keep things going – but quit spending money and sticking your nose into our business!

A Red-Blooded U.S. Citizen!

This is how I feel:

Daily News White House News Brief

OK, people complained about Caroline Kennedy’s inablity to speak eloquetly during interviews and used the phrase ‘you know’ over 400 times during her interview on NY1 TV, see the video below.

Now there is another guy who is difficult to listen to that may not be as bad but is as ‘annoying’ – it is Robert Gibbs, the spokesperson for the White House. He says, ‘ah’ alot during his answers – I counted during one response, he used ‘ahs over 30 times!

Is it too much to ask a press person who is speaking that they can leave out the ‘ahs’. Please if you know Robert Gibbs ask him to cut the ‘ahs’ when he speaks!

Watch on CSPAN White House Briefing Online