President Barack Obama: American Idle

M2RB:  KISS, Quilmes Rock Festival, River Plate Stadium, Buenos Aires, Argentina

You show us everything you've got
You keep on dancin' and the room gets hot
You drive us wild, we'll drive you crazy
You say you wanna go for a spin
The party's just begun, we'll let you in
You drive us wild, we'll drive you crazy
You keep on shoutin', you keep on shoutin'

I wanna rock and roll all nite and party every day
I wanna rock and roll all nite and party every day
I wanna rock and roll all nite and party every day
I wanna rock and roll all nite and party every day

Our fearless leader with a laser focus on jobs for America.*

Besides Not Meeting With His Jobs' Council Once, What's Obama Been Up To Since 01.19.12**?

Campaign Events Attended:  135

Fundraisers Attended:  106

Interviews Given: 33

Politicking: 36

Speeches/Remarks Made: 162

Press Conferences Deigned To Hold: 6

NCAA/NBA Games Attended: 3

State Dinners Or Other WH-hosted Events Held:  24

DC Social-Circuit Breakfasts/Lunches/Dinners Attended: 3

Cabinet Meetings Held: 1

Visits To Troops/Military Bases:  5

Meetings a/k/a "lunch(es) in the private dining room" with the Vice-President:  13

Meetings with Secretary of State:  14

Meetings with Secretary of Defence: 13

Meetings with Secretary of Treasury: 12

Meetings with Secretary of Commerce:  1

Meetings with Secretary of Agriculture:  1

Meetings with Heads of State: 30

Meetings with International Organisations:  16

Meetings with Senior &/or Campaign Advisers: 37

Meetings with DHS/FEMA:  1

Conference Calls Held:  1

Meetings with Private Sector Leaders, Community Groups, etc.: 6

Presentations of Presidential Medal of Honours, other medals,the  honouring of special Americans and foreign dignitaries, and the visitations of injured soldiers: 12

Routine Presidential Duties*** Performed: 26

Foreign trips: 4

Vacations: 3

Rounds of Golf: 10****

Known Number of Hamburgers/Hotdogs Eaten: 4 cheeseburgers and 13 hotdogs

Meetings with President's Council on Jobs and Competitiveness:  0

Paul Krugman says we are in a depression.  Joe Biden has said that, for many Americans, it feels like we are in a depression.  Glenn Beck and Sean Hannity have said we are in a depression.  Millions of Americans are in a depression and are taking anti-depressants because of the intense economic stress under which they are suffering regardless of whether we meet the technical definition of a "recession" or a "depression."

Ben Bernanke keeps issuing dire warnings about the fiscal cliff the Choom Van will sail off of on 01.01.13, if the assholes in Washington do not get their shit together.  Paul Ryan says we have, maybe, 3 or 4 years before we hit a full-blown financial crisis and debt spiral.  The Centres for Medicare & Medicaid Services, the CBO and the OMB all say that Medicare will be bankrupt within the decade (Actually, it already is in the red and the IOUs it holds from the Treasury are only worth what's actually in the Treasury), the CBO's economic models can't even predict an American economy past the year 2037, i.e. the economy collapses, unless massive overhauls of the entitlement programmes are undertaken.   The Europeans are telling us, 'STFU and get your own house in order before offering us advice."

Meanwhile, our noble, young President has meet with the Secretary of the Treasury and his own Council on Jobs and Competitiveness -- combined -- fewer times in number than he has been photographed eating hotdogs and hamburgers on different days in the last 6 months at some campaign event or courtside.  Cue the "Don't Worry, Be Happy" music.

For all of you, who know someone planning to vote for Obama, here's a Sophie-gram for you to send them:   Stupid Is As Stupid Does

* Awesomely Awesome News! Awesomely Awesome Obama Plans An Awesomely Awesome "Pivot" To Awesomely Awesome Jobs For The Awesomely Awesome 15th Time!  DATED 04 AUGUST 2011

** End date 07.19.12

*** National Prayer Breakfast, welcoming sports' champions, spelling and science winners, groundbreakings, etc.


****  Someone mentioned that 10 rounds of golf in the last 6 months seemed low for a President, who has played more than 100 rounds in his 3.5 years in office.  It would have been in 2009, 2010, or 2011, but fundraisers and campaign events do cut into tee times and visits to the 19th hole.  Never fear, if he (Allah-damned-forbid) somehow manages to get reelected, he'll be playing 10 rounds per month. 

Rock and Roll All Nite - KISS

You show us everything you've got
You keep on dancin' and the room gets hot
You drive us wild, we'll drive you crazy
You say you wanna go for a spin
The party's just begun, we'll let you in
You drive us wild, we'll drive you crazy
You keep on shoutin', you keep on shoutin'

I wanna rock and roll all nite and party every day
I wanna rock and roll all nite and party every day
I wanna rock and roll all nite and party every day
I wanna rock and roll all nite and party every day


You keep on saying you'll be mine for a while
You're lookin' fancy and I like your style
You drive us wild, we'll drive you crazy
You show us everything you've got
Baby, baby that's quite a lot
And you drive us wild, we'll drive you crazy
You keep on shoutin', you keep on shoutin'


I wanna rock and roll all nite and party every day
I wanna rock and roll all nite and party every day
I wanna rock and roll all nite and party every day
I wanna rock and roll all nite and party every day
I wanna rock and roll all nite and party every day
I wanna rock and roll all nite and party every day
I wanna rock and roll all nite and party every day
I wanna rock and roll all nite and party every day
I wanna rock and roll