By Neill Arnhart ——Bio and Archives--May 1, 2011
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” generations from now, we will be able to look back and tell our children that this was the moment when the rise of the oceans began to slow and our planet began to heal; this was the moment when we ended a war and secured our nation and restored our image as the last, best hope on Earth.”Not exactly a humble man, the President. After President, maybe he should run for Superman. Oh, wait a minute, I read that Superman isn’t a citizen anymore, so maybe that’s not such a good idea. If he had good grades, you’d think someone with an ego like his would be exactly the type of person who would brag about them. So, either he didn’t have good grades, or his courses were of a nature that wouldn’t play well with the electorate. Marxism for fun and Profit 101? Why Capitalism is the Devils Workshop,402? Advanced Whining? Did he write a thesis entitled “How to Blame George Bush for Everything”? Of course, George W. Bush earned a history degree from Yale, and a business degree from Harvard, and nobody questioned his intelligence on a daily basis did they? (Sarcasm intended) He didn’t make a secret of his grades, however. He was average student, with a lot of C’s, with a few B’s and even fewer A’s. Apparently they don’t kick you out of the Ivy League for not having straight A’s. If President Bush can make his academic record known, even though it wasn’t particularly brag worthy, why shouldn’t President Obama be able to do the same? That is not a racist question. He was hired for the job of President without being properly vetted. Now, he is reapplying. We have another chance to vet him, and we shouldn’t shirk our responsibility to do so. I wonder if HR managers of large companies refrain from asking for the same documentation from black applicants as they do for white applicants, for fear of being called racist. My wife is a teacher, and she had to provide transcripts of her grades to get her job. I guess she could have refused to provide them, but that would have knocked her out of being considered for the position. So far as I know, the requirement is the same for applicants of all races. The President has every right to refuse to provide his school records. And we have every right to wonder why, and we certainly have every right to refuse to hire him again. It would have been good to know more about his academic record before he was hired the first time, but his charisma obviated the need for it. It’s not racist to want to avoid electing him again on charisma alone. If Donald Trump is the republican nominee, I’ll vote for him. For that matter, against Obama, I would vote for Donald Duck. Come to think of it, doesn’t Donald Trump’s hair look a little bit like Donald Duck’s beak? I wonder if there is a connection. (Was that joke an example of racism toward ducks? Maybe we should ask Bob Shieffer.) Glen Beck commented on how cool it would be to watch what effects the rotor blades of Marine One would have on Donald Trump’s hair. Me, I think it would be really cool to hear an acceptance speech that begins with the words, “Mr. President, YOU’RE FIRED!!!! That’s the way I see it.
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Neill Arnhart lives in Southern Indiana with his wife, step daughter, two dachshunds named Ricky and Lucy, an Australian Cattle dog named Indiana (Indy for short) an inside cat named Elphaba, and about a dozen barn cats. Aside from living in the US, he has lived on the island of Trinidad, and in Venezuela, back when it was nice place.
When not rousing the rabble with sarcastic essay’s, he hides behind the secret identity of a mild mannered insurance agent, specializing in Medicare, and other matters concerning senior citizens.