The Very First Blog

This is my very first Blog so bear with me. Let me say this up front, I have dyslexia and sometimes will leave words out.  I see the words, but you might not.  The grammar might not be correct, but just concentrate on the content, not necessarily how I put it in words. 

I hope you will find them interesting, thought provoking, and some will be funny as is my personality. In any case, they will be honest and truthful without a hidden agenda.  My wife many times has asked me, "What did you mean when you said that?"  My response has always been, "exactly as I said, I have no hidden meaning like some, I am not that deep."  I say what I mean, good or bad, right or wrong to your point of view, it's an honest reflection of the way I feel.

I am a political independent as I see both sides of an issue and tend to side which ever makes sense to me.  I don't like extremism either to the left or the right, just as you shouldn't look at life out of only one eye, you must open both eyes to understand so you have the ability to see the entire picture.  I hope you will pass my blog on to friends, relatives, business acquaintances, but most of all I hope you enjoy them and return to read it on a regular basis.    That being said, here we go......

My first subject is Mrs. Obama's recent trip to Africa. Currently, and I am sure you are as surprised as I am, our Free Press has not reported as to who is paying for this junket, oops I mean "mission" to Africa.  If it is coming out of the Obama's personal account, I have no trouble with it, althought I think she could do more good keeping their money in the US and not spent in other counties.  But that will be another blog for another day. If you and I are paying for it, this just doesn't make sense, especially during our current economic conditions. There are many other issues that need financial support for our tax dollars to be spent on. If we are paying for it, this seems like a waste of taxpayer's hard earned dollars.  For discussion sake, let's assume we are paying for it. 

I wonder if this is how the trip evolved?  Let your imagination take you to the White House...

While at the dinner table in the White House, Michelle says, " OK kids, where would you like to go on your summer vacation this year?  Next year we are all going to be helping Dad get re-elected, so let's go somewhere special.  Let's not forget, Dad may be out of a job next year so let's go somewhere where we can be treated like royalty. 

Shall we go to California and meet all the movie stars that backed Daddy's campaign in the election?  No, we can always invite them to visit us in the White House.  That way it can give them a thrill and something to brag about to their friends.  You know how they like free publicity!  Then, how about we go to Spain, although the press did catch us and in the end we had to pay for it ourselves, we had a great time there.  Daughter, "Oh Mom, we did that last year.  Let's go somewhere we've never been, far far away."

Michelle, "OK honey, how about let's go back to our roots, let's go to Africa!  And if I work it right, the taxpayers will pay for it so we can save some money as well.  We'll make it a fun trip, maybe even go on a Safari!  Let's bring both of your cousins too, as long as it's free.   If we work it out right, we can meet Nelson Mandela and his family for about 20 minutes for a "Photo Op" and it can all be justified as a Mission."  Daughter, "Is Dad going too? Michelle, "No he has to run the country, but let's take Grandma and your cousins too.  Won't that be fun?  Because you and Grandma are such picky eaters and the food is so bad there, we'll bring our cooks and servants along so we won't have to deal with the yucky local food, except of course for photo ops.  Just like when Daddy and I went to Ireland recently on the taxpayers." 

And so another Obama vacation was born.

More on Thursday.  If you would like to comment, either good, bad or indifferent, please write me at steveblue22@gmail.com.  Thanks  Hope to hear from you soon.