Are those horns?

No one will remember this one, but it is a sweet groove just the same, from 1984:

Did I Miss a Meeting?

Used to be I'd go to the doctor; they'd ask, and I'd answer, "yes, I still smoke."

Not this time. Having been previously diagnosed as a smoker (dozens and dozens of times), it is now sufficient to simply note my existing condition on the paperwork.

And thus it was I discovered I suffer from "tobacco use disorder."

When did this happen?

Off the subject, GD² brought home Michael Buble's "It's Time," and we are listening to it now. Holy crap can that guy sing. It's a nice little revival he's got going there.

No sympathy here

I'm not sure which is more absurd in this column by Tim Rutten; the almost biblical terms in which the far left sees a man whose "legend" remains strictly potential, or how he characterizes the response to Obama being awarded something for...well...nothing:

It would have been unthinkable a few years ago that the opposition party would not have at least extended the president perfunctory congratulations for this honor; he is, after all, the head of state.

I guess it depends on how you define "few."

It's not so much the revision of Obama - from the moment he was elected - which seeks to write history before it even occurs; it's the revision of the years 2000-2008, during which the left - apparently - would have found it "unthinkable" to act in a manner lacking respect for the "head of state."

I don't particularly care for some of the criticism of Obama. I have no time for birthers. But I have no sympathy for a left suddenly "appalled" at the tone. The left created this atmosphere every day for eight years. As far as I'm concerned they can eat it. They bought it, they own it.

More on Billy Mac

Boz, feeling a bit swiney after catching Monday Night Football at our place (with a very sick GD³), clued me to a huge feature article on Billy McLaughlin in the PiPress. My favorite line was this one, from a friend of Billy's, describing what it was like to re-learn to play left-handed:

Friend and attorney Ken Abdo likens it to learning to speak again "by uttering every word in reverse phonetically."

llew tup.

Wierder by the Day

While the MSM is mourning Obama's Olympic foibles, another story - one much more disturbing - is flying under the radar; Obama's "Safe Schools" czar Kevin Jennings.

Jennings appointment calls into question even more Obama's judgment, if that is even possible. Jennings is inspired by NAMBLA founder Harry Hay, who advocates for the rights of men who want to molest boys, and founded GLSEN, which readers of this blog will recall instructing middle school students in Massachusetts not to drink too much alcohol before they get "fisted."

Mr. Jennings is also being criticized for not reporting a relationship between a 15-year-old sophomore student and an older man. Jennings was a teacher at the time and therefore a mandated reporter.

But it's all good says Media Matters! They have proof the boy was 16 years old, so this whole thing is just a right-wing "witch hunt." Of course, as Dan Riehl notes, it was Jennings himself who asserted the boy was 15, and adds:

"Whether the student was straight or gay, does anyone really believe that a 15, or 16 year old student involved in restroom sex with total strangers is the bar we want to set for safe and acceptable behavior in our public schools? Give me a break. Media Matters might have done better to not engage this issue at all."

The left, of course, is going to make any and all criticism of Jennings an anti-gay bigotry issue, just like criticizing Obama is an anti-black racism issue. But Jennings, as someone who doesn't seem to care one wit - and even promotes - the molestation of boys, is an appalling choice to be in charge of school safety, and that has nothing to do with his sexual orientation.

Jennings is someone who should never have gotten within a thousand miles of a government appointment. Yet he is now in charge of the safety of America's school children. Obama has put the fox in charge of the hen house. I have never been more convinced that he is a complete idiot, and totally unfit.

Where do I sign up for the recall?