Hande Weg, Du Ungwohnlich !!

The above title roughly translates to “Hands Off, You Freak”. Yes I know, it’s yesterday’s news, and I was going to let it pass, but the more I look back on the Heathen-in-Chief’s trip, the more I become inclined to expound upon it. (Do I know how to write a run-on sentence or what?)

First there was the press conference with Chancellor Merkel where he made references to the freakin’ pig they were going to eat, as he kept referring to Merkel as, Angela. Does he call Vladimr Putin, Vladimir? No, he calls him Mr. Putin or President Putin. I would think if he was going to call any world leader by their first name it would be Putin, because after all, he has “looked into his eyes, and knows his soul.” But I guess calling the Chancellor of Germany by her first name is a bit more respectful than hailing the head of the United Kingdom with a “Yo, Blair”.

Then of course there was his erudite perspective on the Middle East conflict. “See, the irony is that what they need to do is get Syria to get Hezbollah to stop doing this shit and it's over.” Brilliant, Mr. President. And don’t get me wrong, it’s not his simplistic approach to foreign policy or his defecating on the English language that really annoyed me. No indeed, it was his talking with his mouth full spewing buttery orts of a roll at Mr. Blair as he talked. Talk about your Weapons of Mass-Tication. He also had a dismissive attitude toward the Prime Minister, essentially saying to our closest ally, “Shoo boy, I’m right, you’re wrong, and I’ve got boborygmi, so let me stuff some groceries down my throat.”

Ah yes, our President, who every trip abroad gives new meaning to the phrase, “The Ugly American”.

Oh and by the way, I was glad to see that Congress was hard at work yesterday. While soldiers and civilians die in Afghanistan, Iraq, Lebanon, and Israel, the House decided it needed to take another swipe at amending the Constitution to ban same sex marriage. Fortunately, as the votes were counted, the Bible took a beating, and the bill fell flaccidly onto the floor.

Meanwhile in the Senate, 63 Senators voted to expand Federal funding for Stem Cell research. That’s great news for victims of Parkinson’s, Huntington’s, and other debilitating diseases. Unfortunately, George W. Visigoth is going to veto it on the rationale that unused emrbyos are better served by being thrown into a trash can then being used to attempt to cure human beings.

I apologize for being so political today, but sometimes one needs to vent. I feel much better now…well until I watch the news again, anyway.

And Now Our Moment of Hinn:

Benny is on a Healing Crusade, so in his place today, Rev Pat Robertson…

“I think George Bush is going to win in a walk. I really believe that I'm hearing from the Lord it's going to be like a blowout election of 2004. It's shaping up that way. The Lord has just blessed him.... I mean, he could make terrible mistakes and comes out of it. It doesn't make any difference what he does, good or bad. God picks him up because he's a man of prayer and God's blessing him.”

--Pat Robertson (Ed. Note: Did God say, “Hey W, Grope Angela.”)