Who knows if by the time this is posted if our 44^th President, Barack Hussein Obama, will really be our ACTUAL (FLUB-FREE) SWORN IN PRESIDENT, and what does this mean for America! Now wait, wait… now I’m not a conspiracy theorist, so just hear me out.
     One would say our county is steeped in deep tradition and pomp and circumstance, after all, we have to be, right? We just spent $150 million or something like that during the inauguration. Here is the point… Our, still very young but strong country, has a lot of traditions and loves to perform very ceremonial acts! I am with that group, I love big patriotic displays, I love to be with people that feel the same way and enjoy our American traditions, and I love the rituals that our Founding Fathers thought up and carried out. I believe that they are all very important both to us here at home and those abroad.

     Our American traditions, especially the inauguration, show the world that America works… It shows those out there our mighty nation! It lets folks out in the world see what democracy is, it shows America, even though we are divided, still live “ONE NATION UNDER GOD!” And most importantly in a free society it shows a peaceful transition of power! It shows that our nation is strong, above all else! I am all about continuing those same time honored events! So in moments like these, when its all on the line… when you are in fact a ROCK STAR, like Obama is… its time to give it all you got! Not time to flub and fluster the lines, like was done to the Oath of Office, not time to go all Milli Vanilli with the performances, like Itzhak Perlman, Gabriela Montero, Yo-Yo Ma, & Anthony McGill did when they were supposed to be playing the music not faking it! And seeing how it’s the liberals that call us conservatives racist… it is defiantly not time to have Dr Joseph Lowery speak words like, “…black will not be asked to get in back, when brown can stick around, when the red man can get ahead, man; when the yellow man can be mellow man and when white will embrace what is right.” It is time to stand up speak loud and proud… and show us, first and foremost, that you can and will lead us, keep us safe, and that we live in the land of the free and the home of the brave. Then show those out there that wish our nation well or ill… That you KNOW WHAT THE HECK YOU ARE DOING!!!! 

     I heard the flubbed line and although I cringed I was ok. I thought, “you know… Not a big deal, we’ll get through this…” But then on the 21^st I heard that the powers that be decided to take a “mulligan“, and that puzzled me!?! But then I saw the pictures…. And I thought, “Oh God… he wasn’t using a bible!!!!! My telly was on low volume when I first saw the picture of the second swearing so I wasn’t able to hear what the news was saying. I knew it was the second swearing in from the bottom news scroll… but buddy, I tell you what, my first thought went to that bible that seemed to be M.I.A. And I had that thought long before anyone said anything about it from the news, go figure!

     Now, I was really confused. There must have been something so wrong with the first flubbing that Obama and Co thought they should get the wording right… you know, to play on the safe side. But then this terrible disaster, what next? I think all this does is show America and the outside world that Obama and Co don’t walk on water (I know… can you believe it, I was surprised!!!) it shows everyone that he is capable of mistakes, and that maybe, just maybe… everyone drank just a bit too much of the kool aid!

     I woke up on the 22^nd (Thursday morning) to hear they may consider a 3^rd go at it! I just cant believe it… A tradition that is more than likely one of the biggest in the world and here you have, what the media has deemed “the Messiah” and he is unable to get it right in 2 attempts now!!! If the first one was a practice run, shewww what an expensive practice. And then the second attempt… NO BIBLE??? You know there are going to be some out there that say that he purposely forgot the bible since he is a muslim and all! Now I don’t think that, but I do however think he is sympathetic to them and that along with the miss steps in our traditions may be dangerous to us!
     How, you may ask is this dangerous to us? Its just a starting point! I don’t know what was going on in his head, but for him to have these big of flubs on something this important… I don’t know just makes me think its not taken as serious… which may mean he doesn’t care about them… which may mean other National ceremonies may not be that important to him! There goes patriotism and everything that makes us who we are! The things that show the rest of the world we have pride! With his stance on “soft relations” with our enemies now is not the time to look weak! I just hope this is not the case! AT least if we are going to help the terrorist kill us… and pat them on the back, I at least hope we can keep our tradition, that is until they change them to “their” traditions, and by God… you better get those right! Hope, Hope… he has said that word, we’ve heard it a lot… I will say it now, I just hope this OBAMA NATION doesn’t turn into an ABOMINATION!

     So the media, and America for that matter, is in love with Barack... Its all so new, so romantic, so fresh... It feels sooo right, it feels soooo good! But this "puppy love" maybe heading for the “dog house” before Barack and Co make it to the White House. What? You ask... How can this be? What could be the problem? Is it Rahm "sleeps with the fishes" Emanuel and his connection to Rod Blago? Could it be the Leon Panetta pick to run, what will be, the Central Inept Agency? Or is it Git-mo, Hill & Bill-O, or Treasury Secretary-designate, and all around absent minded, Timothy Geithner? NO...
     Its the puppy pick... "BARK" Obama... The First Dog! The puppy pick, that I will happily call "puppy-gate" is causing a stir... Some poochie people are going “paws to the wall” over this, and some are even saying “Mr. President-Elect aint nothing but a Hound Dog“... But should they be???
     As the strong willed, God Fearing, Gun Loving, Constitution Protecting, Right Wing, Conservative I am. I am not happy with the party that is entering the Oval Office… but there is nothing I can do other than sit back, wish him the best of luck, and be there to watch his every step! Now, I have been and will be critical of Mr. Obama but I do wish him all the luck and I truly hope he succeeds… because if he fails, America fails! But to jump him for this “four legged” faux-pas seems a bit crazy, and makes me howl at the moon!
     Lets take a trip back in time (keeping with the dog-isms… we’ll do it Scooby Doo style) Imagine waving lines… the old Scooby noise… ah! Ok, here we are… November 2008.  Newly elected Candidate (President-Elect) Barack Obama announces that he and his family will soon be picking out a puppy! He promised his two young girls that after the election he would get them one. However, this task proved to be a bit more difficult, not just because all the coverage of the Rock Star, but due in fact that Obama’s ten year old Malia is allergic to most dog hair. Soon, after the news of the search for the pooch, America banded together to tell the Obamas that they should get a rescue dog… or find one on PetFinder!

     Now, having 2 pure breads myself (a Lhasa Apso and a Boston Terrier) I am kind of Partial, but I watched enough Price Is Right to know we do have an issue of an over population of dogs and cats out there. So, I was ok with the cry for Barack to get the girls a pound puppy… well truth be told, I didn’t care! We are only fighting 2 wars… our economy is on the last circle of the ol’ porcelain bowl, and oh yeah… Israel and Hamas is duking it out! WHAT DOES IT MATTER WHAT KIND OF DOG HE GETS???????

     If the girls want a Labradoodle or a Portuguese Water Dog who really gives a crap? Keep in mind they have to get a Hypoallergenic dog, and if one of the above mentioned dogs works… then get the damn dog!

     I’m all for this gushy love affair with the “BA-RACK STAR” to be over… but for jeepers peepers people? Fight him over a dog? If only Palin would have said he “Pals around with Pure Breads… instead of terrorist” maybe, just maybe she would be dancing it up at the Inaugural Ball Tuesday night!

     My research, on the research, shows there is a 2 - 1 margin on Americans wanting the Obama’s to get a mutt over the pure bread! The Detroit Free Press quotes Steve Minor as saying, “We are a country of mutts… it sets a good example…” [on Barack picking a mutt]. GFK Roper Public Affairs & Media ran a poll… in the survey more than half of pet owning Americans say Barack should get a mutt and 43% of all Americans agree!

     The problem is simple, pure breads are largely seen as a status symbol, sometimes running up to $1,100.00 for a dog! HELLO PEOPLE….. He has status!!! YOU ALL GAVE IT TO HIM!!!  Someone was quoted saying these dogs need homes not shelters, they are almost like humans! ALMOST LIKE HUMANS!!! ARE YOU KIDDING ME?? That’s a very liberal way to look at it… Dogs are just what they are DOGS! They do not have souls, as much as we love them… and I DO REALLY LOVE MINE, they don’t go to heaven, they to not pass go, they do not collect $200.00! They live, they provide enjoyment, and they die! (LOL, but don’t tell the liberals that… they are still really confused on the whole heaven, soul, God thing).

     The New York Times reported on Thursday, Jan 15^th the “puppy-gate” cut across political lines, with 38% of Democrats and 32% of Republicans wanting Barack to get a mutt! WHAT…. We have 30+% of both Donkeys and Elephants agreeing on a DOG?? Why don’t they get together more often… and DO WHAT IS RIGHT FOR THIS COUNTRY? NY Times printed that Daisy Okas, Spokesperson for the American Kennel Club said, “I’m frustrated with the Obama’s… Just get a dog already…”