Monday Musings With The Crew

• If you follow sports at all, you have seen the story of Jeremy Lin.  The Asian-American point guard sensation came from nowhere to lead the New York Knicks to a 7 game winning streak.  The streak came to an end in a home loss to the New Orleans Hornets Friday night, in part due to Lin's 9 turnovers.  Here is a screen shot from ESPN.com after the game:

That's right, ESPN's headline after the loss by the Knicks was "Chink in The Armor".  Very nice.  ESPN has fired the employee responsible for the headline, as well as suspending on-air commentator Max Bretos, who used the same phrase in a discussion of Lin.  

• Time to give credit where credit is due.  Supermodel Cindy Crawford has decided to end her 10 year old daughter's budding modeling career, saying "at this point she's too young to pursue a career...".  Kaia Crawford's Versace ad did generate some criticism, including in a recent Monday Musings.  Not only are Cindy's parenting instincts on target, her political ones are as well.  After supporting Barack Obama in 2008, Crawford has gone on record as having switched party affiliations to the GOP and has endorsed Mitt Romney in the Republican primary.  

• Not to be outdone by Ms. Crawford.....Sir Paul McCartney revealed in a recent Rolling Stone interview that he has given up smoking pot at age 69 in order to be a better example for his 8 year old daughter.  McCartney is quoted as saying "When you're bringing up a youngster, your sense of responsibility does kick in, if you're lucky, at some point"  Gee Paul, ya think?  

• Interesting political tidbit from Germany last week.  German President Christian Wulff resigned on Friday, after being embroiled in a series of scandals.  Included in those were charges that Wulff's frequent holidays were paid for by businessmen, that he had received favorable loans because of his position, and that he had criticized media outlets that were reporting on his actions.  Hmmm, does that sound familiar to anybody else?  
• Lavish vacations paid for by others.....check
• Favorable loan terms unavailable to others.....check
• Attacking media that criticizes his actions....check

               Oh yeah, now I remember.....this guy does that kind of stuff all the time

• New Jersey Governor Chris Christie ordered flags throughout the state flown at half-staff this weekend during Whitney Houston's funeral service.  There are many things I love about Chris Christie.  This was not one of them.  In a related story, a cocaine addict was found dead from overdose in a Newark alleyway over the weekend.  The B-2 flyover is scheduled for tomorrow.

The Company You Keep......

One way to evaluate a President is by examining those he surrounds himself with, those he turns to for counsel, those he goes out of his way to support.  Let's turn that lens towards Barack Hussein Obama.

In March 2010, Jon Corzine became the CEO of MF Global, one of those gigantic brokerage firms that all the Moonbats were squawking about before it got cold outside.  20 months later, on Oct.31 2011, MF Global filed the 8th largest bankruptcy in U.S. history.  Oh and by the way, under Corzine's leadership approximately 1.2 billion dollars belonging to MF Global clients mysteriously "disappeared" after being comingled with company funds in violation of federal law.  At his recent appearance before Congress on the matter, Corzine meekly mumbled "I don't know what happened to the money".  

I bet the name Corzine is starting to ring some bells, right?  Didn't he used to be some big shot Democrat politician you ask?  Why yes Grasshopper, you are correct.  A former U.S. Senator (D-NJ) and former governor of New Jersey, Corzine was swept out of office in 2009 by Republican Chris Christie.  So, after driving the state of New Jersey into the ditch (literally), Corzine's brilliance led MF Global into ignominious bankruptcy and Congressional hearings within 20 months.  

What in the world does this have to do with Dear Leader?  I think I'll just let the administration speak for itself......

Ok, Ok, that is just a President working to keep a Democrat governor in office.  That doesn't mean Obama thinks Corzine is all that, right?   Not so fast ......

Is there any wonder that Dear Leader and his merry band of progressives has no idea how to get the U.S. economy back on track?  I wonder if any of the MF Global customers that lost over a billion dollars under Corzine's stewardship would agree that he is "the smartest guy in terms of the economy and finance".  Barack Hussein Obama and the company he keeps has driven our country to the very brink of disaster.  Time for a grown up to take the wheel.  Let's just pray it's not too late.