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Today's Note From a Madman
May 7, 2008
More Bush Priorities
And on the lighter side of the news, did anyone catch the picture of President
Bush taking a handoff from Super Bowl Champs' New York Giants' Eli Manning from
the front page of any number of newspapers the other day? There was the beaming
Manning with most (yes, most) of his teammates in the background, all with
smiles, putting the commemorative ball into Bush's bread basket the same way he
has done so many times in his career. And there was President Bush with a stern
look of concentration on his face, staring with squinted eyes at the smiling
Manning, his right hand on top of the ball and his left hand below it.
The handoff was perfect, as if it were happening in the third quarter of any
game. Had President Bush and Manning been wearing a helmet, pads and one of the
Giants' red-, white- or blue-based uniforms, it would have appeared even more
so.
As a guy who watches just about every game each week (I have the DirecTV NFL
package and hunker down in my football bunker for the 21 NFL weekends -
including the playoffs - each and every season); and as someone who played the
game, I can say that The President's form was perfect, like he was studying
exactly how to take a handoff for some time prior to the meeting.
And that's when it hit me - he must have!
I wondered just how much time President Bush spent in getting to know how to
take a handoff from Manning. I wanted to know how important it was to the "First
Fan" that it look as if he had taken many, many handoffs before this one. After
all, image is everything to President Photo-Op. Who trained him and for how
long?
And then I wondered about the "historic document" - the President's Daily
Briefing (PDB) entitled "Bin Laden determined to strike in US." If it had been
treated as if it were an NFL football in July 2001, perhaps this President might
have done something different prior to the bombings of the World Trade Center
and Pentagon on September 11, 2001.
What about the economy today? What about the Iraq war? And what about just about
everything else which has gone sour for the American middle class? What if
President Bush took the time to learn something about all of our other problems
like they were NFL footballs being handed off to him? Would he have learned more
about them?
President Bush takes great care to throw the ball out to the right player (or
manager) on opening day. This past opening day in Washington, DC, he refused to
throw the ceremonial first pitch to a player named in the Mitchell steroid Abuse
Report or his backup, a Venezuelan national. Imagine what he could have
accomplished for the American people had he taken the same care and concern as
he did in caring for that football.
It boggles the mind.
Recently President Bush took time out of his busy schedule to give advice to a
contestant on NBC's Deal or No Deal. He also made an appearance on American
Idol's big screen LIVE!
Where does he find the time?
-Noah Greenberg
If You Produce It, They Will Come (to
Purchase It)
The first Car Company who can put a readily available (not in limited supply so
that the greedy car dealerships can once again drive its price up), easily
affordable family car on the market that will get 50 mpg will be the one that
sets the benchmark for the others. We all know that it can be done and more than
likely has already been done. But why give it up all at once?
It's about sending messages and selling cars.
If the electric company wants a light bulb to last 107 or more years all they
have to do is build it. Why is it so hard to produce what people need and want?
Let's not forget that 50 mpg will certainly lead to 55 mpg, and so on.
If one company does the not-so-impossible, the rest have no choice but to
follow.
Which company is going to be the first to do battle with big oil and step up to
the plate? Have we all given up on what made this country great in the first
place?
-Marty Brandes
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-Noah Greenberg