Obama is God--apparently

I know this is old, old news but for the life of me I cannot understand why Obama decided an Ipod was a good gift to give the Queen of England! Seriously, what was going through his head? It's not the fact that an Ipod is a bad gift to give somebody but the Queen is not just a "somebody". She's a Queen for crying out loud! And don't give me the "But she already HAS everything else," spiel. As the leader of our country he should have given her a gift that represents us. He could have given her something that commemorates a part of U.S. history or something. His gift should have shown her his respect and admiration for her. I mean, why do I even has to EXPLAIN this? She's the Queen of England!!! Almost ANYTHING would have been better than a freakin' Ipod!!!


But the thing that's bothering me the most is how the news media isn't even talking about it. Well, unless you count this idiot
http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/editorial/outlook/6359512.html

I nearly vomited when I read this article!!!


I can GUARANTEE that if Bush had given her a gift like that the news would be all over it--calling him a redneck, a moron, or whatever. But Obama does it and no one says boo. Not to mention the fact that Michelle Obama broke protocol by HUGGING the Queen. You're not supposed to touch the Queen at all--even little kids know that!

(EDIT: Ok, so I've now read that the Queen herself initiated the hug-- if that's true then it was okay for her to do that.)

Michelle probably meant well but it's just the fact that they seemed ill-informed or that they just chose to ignore the rules altogether. The British people love and admire their royalty. Pretty much everything they do is "For the Queen". To me it just shows utter ignorance and lack of respect on the part of the Obamas.

So Obama is God apparently. He can do whatever he wants and all the millions of people who love him will just fall down and worship him. He dons all the magazine covers and even has collector cards in his honor(it's true, we sell them at Target). Every freakin' day those dumb news entertainment shows talk about "What did Michelle wear today" and stuff. I know that in the past a president and his family have always been considered newsworthy but this time it has risen to epic and frightening proportions. They're treated as super, duper, mega-tron celebrities!!! It's madness!

I really don't like where this is going. Doesn't anyone else see how this is a bad thing?

My Thoughts on Today

First off, I did not watch President Obama's (yes, I will call him President) swearing in or his speech because I was sleeping. I was not planning on watching it anyway. I did not watch either of former President Bush's or former President Clinton's second swearing in. I did watch when Clinton was sworn in the first time because my second grade teacher made us watch it. I may have watched George H.W. Bush's but I was only 4 so I don't remember and I doubt I watched Reagan's as I was an infant.

Fascinating Steph

I don't want anyone to think that I refused to watch it because I did not vote for him. I voted for Bush 4 years ago but did not watch his either.Had I been awake I probably would have watched it, but I was very tired and needed to sleep in. I did read his speech, though. I do not think it was a bad speech. It was pretty generic and what I expected it to be. I am sure it got the crowd going--as most speeches do. I am sure he got help with it and whomever helped him did a good job. Heck, I know I would want help! That would be so scary to give a speech like that!!! He certainly is braver than I am on that front.

Despite all of that I remain uneasy about the future. All I've heard ever since he began campaigning is, "Change, change, change!" I admit that we do need some change as a nation but I have never been put at ease through President Obama's words. Most of the time they've been really obvious or just a lot of fluff. I don't know what he plans to do to change things.

As I mentioned in my blog right after the election I am against the theory of sharing the wealth. That is completely ridiculous! I don't want our country to turn socialist, or worse, communist!!! That would be beyond awful!!! Then there's little things like the war, universal health care, abortion, the economy, and immigration--which I don't want to get in to today but are certainly important nonetheless. However, like I said before, I am mostly scared that our nation will be attacked again. That is the thing I fear the most. I cannot believe how we were so close as a nation seven years ago and now we are about as far away as we've ever been. How did that happen?

I do believe that today's inauguration was historic and I am not the least bit offended that an African-American is now our President. I did not vote for President Obama because I did not believe he was the right candidate for the job but as an American citizen I will always stand by the office of the President even when I do not agree with the party he is affiliated with. I do not wish any harm to come to him or his family and I still like the idea that he is letting his girls get a puppy.

There are two options now.
#1- I am right about everything and we are totally, totally screwed
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#2- I am wrong and everything turns out fine

President Obama, I hope I am proven wrong.

Good luck, sir.