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"We're lookin' for a home life, and clean smellin' sheets,

and all the soft places to fall."

Willie and Waylon

(Poncho and Lefty album, circa 1985)

Flint and I used to sing that song at the top of our lungs while driving his little Toyota pickup truck through Utah. We were going to go teach rock climbing. How appropriate.

I also sang that song with the other Wilderness Rangers in Wyoming a year earlier. We rode horses into the Absorka Wilderness, and dodged grizzlies, moose, lightning, hypothermia, broken legs, drownings, bad cooking, and poachers.

Now here I am in Marble, Colorado, building my own house with the help of my wife and kids. As I cut the 2x12 lumber for roof blocking, it drops onto the floor. Some of the pieces crack, and some of them actually break into two pieces. So looking around for a solution ("Dad, they're hitting the ground too hard"), I set out the Tweety Bird chair.

The Tweety Bird chair was bought by a friend in San Antonio and given to one of my children a few years ago. It's a nylon fold up chair with a Tweety Bird sporting a 12 inch head and 3 inch body. I put the chair under the overhanging wood, and when I cut the board off with the saw, the wood would fall and be caught by the Tweety Bird. Every time the board landed without breaking, I would yell, "Tweety Bird!". That kept the nailers warned that product was on their way in good condition.

Enter: "The Tweety Bird Effect". The Tweety Bird Effect is when you try to keep things from breaking by giving them a soft landing when they fall.

Barack Obama must think that he's the big Tweety Bird in Washington. He's trying to catch the falling auto industry. He's trying to catch the falling bank industry. He's trying to catch the falling healthcare industry, falling education system, falling military, falling bike path industry, and falling travel trailer industry. And don't forget the falling environment of the entire world.

As the big Tweety Bird in Washington, our President will pretty much keep you safe in EVERYTHING. The only thing you have to do is give him your money, time, and life. It's that easy to be kept safe.

The only thing is, what if Barack Obamais a bad cook, or an unconstitutional poacher?

Anyone who has been on the Internet lately (I assume you're not reading this on a bulletin board at work) has noticed the “stimulus” ads. I'm talking about the ones using Barack Obama's name.

“Barack Obama wants you to lose weight!”

“Barack Obama wants you to buy a new car!”

“Barack Obama wants you to buy organic toenail clippers!”

Who are these people, and why don't they fire their ad agencies? Do they really think that Americans want the President telling them what to do on EVERYTHING?

“Barack Obama wants you to invest in yo-yos!”

“Barack Obama wants you to sell your children to slave traders and go back to school!”

“Earn your B.A. (Barack of America) degree while sitting at home collecting unemployment!”

To have so many ads on the Internet using Barack Obama's stimulus plan as the impetus, shows what a nation of charlatans and con men we've become. Either that, or we are all now taking marching orders from our new Commander in Chief. Or maybe we all are greedy and just want “the other guy” to pay for our life's choices.

“Barack Obama wants you to plant wildflowers!”

“Barack Obama wants you to give blood to the needy government!”

“Barack Obama wants you to lick his boots! Only $29.95. Don't delay!”

The chickens will come home to roost when Americans start calling the White House switchboard and begin asking questions like, “Mr. President, where should I send my kid to college?... Or camp?”

“Mr. Obama, which peanut butter should I buy?”

“Mr. President of the Century, where did I put my car keys?”

“Hey Barry, can I borrow the car tonight?

“What's up with last week's NASCAR satellite feed?

“Why are there so many questions about cars on Jerry Begly's blog site?”

I don't know. Maybe it's OK for Barack Obama to be invoked about everything. After all, he asked for it.

“Hello Whitehouse? My organic toenail clippers broke. Where do I send them for repair?"

If the soldiers were giving locals copies of the Koran, would there even be a problem?  I think not. We can drop leaflets from the air as part of a propaganda campaign, but a harmless little book is verboten. So the army actually burned the Bibles? The number 451 comes to mind. 

As the head of all armed forces, and as a Christian, Barry should have at least set the soldiers straight as to the Army not officially handing out the Bibles. But what you do during your 3 day pass is on your own head.  Instead, we have shown the world how politically correct and draconian our leaders are.

It is interesting to contrast our current president with our first president.  The famous painting of George Washington kneeling in prayer in the snow at Valley Forge is seen quite often in the circles that I run in.  On the other hand, we have a new President who is nominally Christian, nominally Muslim, and absolutely wants the Jews to jump at his command. He allows the burning of the most sacred writings in Christendom. What's next, telling us what cars to drive?  Oh, never mind. He just did that already, today. 

It's going to be hard to keep up with Barry's fast paced, basketball presidency. Unfortunately, this is one pick-up game that we can't afford to lose.

This past weekend, President Obama spoke at Notre Dame, in South Bend, Indiana.  Yes, there was a big flap over the fact that he is probably the most pro-fetal murder president we've ever had, and he was addressing faculty, students, alumni, parents, and supporters of a large Catholic institution. But what's the big deal?  After all, he's the first sitting president in the U.S. who was NOT raised in a "Christian" home. So why should Americans expect our President to support ANY Christian values, or beliefs. According to the book on Barack Obama's religion, he was raised by an Atheist mother, and nominally Muslim stepfather. 

Getting back to the flap at hand, neither Barack Hussein Obama, nor any other pro-fetal murder supporters begin to understand the seriousness of their belief.  They choose to call it "pro choice" in order to set the terms in their court. The natural opposite of "pro choice" would be "anti choice". The problem with the term "pro choice" is that is lowers human life to the same level as choosing whether or not to buy potatoes, a pair of shoes, or a dog.  Since when do humans get to "choose" whether or not and innocent life is terminated?  Only in a barbaric culture do they assume the "right" to do that.  Note:  The words "barbaric" and "Barack"  merely sound similiar. 

If we have a president who doesn't mind the idea of deciding whether a person will get to live or not, then I guess Obama wont mind telling us what to drive, what to eat, where to live, how to act and think, how to spend our time, who to contribute to, how our children will be educated, and the list goes on and on. We've voted for our nation a man who will be very very involved in our lives-personal as well as public.  If you voted for change, we've all got it coming. Like it or not.