Archie Kobain

A communist, a Muslim, and a black guy walk into a bar.
The bartender says, “what can I get you, Mr. President?”

Hey, die-hard Obama fans:  That was a joke!

But if there’s one possible good thing that could come from the problems in Syria, it’s that people can stop saying/thinking that President O is a Muslim, as it is so obvious that he totally does not understand the Muslim world, or most of the Middle East for that matter. Unfortunately, it also shows that his administration, the leaders of our country, seem to have little or no clue concerning how that part of the world works.

And I too will sound ignorant if I make it sound like it’s all about the Muslims.  It isn’t.  Syria has a diverse religious population with many Christians – similar to Egypt.  It’s complicated and “we” don’t seem to get that.

And now, what should be, a big concern is coming to fruition…
We have changed Presidents, but we will continue to look like idiots, it the eyes of the world – maybe even bigger idiots. President O has a great speech writer and he does a great job of delivering those speeches but sometimes, he should shut the hell up – and act!

Two years ago, he said that President Assad of Syria needed to go. No U.S. President should ever make a statement like that without a plan.  Did we think that the Syrian government was going to be overthrown via Facebook & Twitter?  Syria is a different animal.  Obviously when Obama made this statement he did not understand Syria and how deeply rooted and well supported Assad’s administration is.  And what are the alternatives?

Well, (obviously) there are two sides to the Syrian civil war…  There’s Assad, who Obama said needs to go, and then there are the same folks that we are battling (and bombing with drones) in Yemen and Afghanistan. The folks known for supporting Al-Qeada.  So is that the side we’re on now?  Does this make any sense?  No. Instead it’s a glaring example of this administrations inability to think through the implications of their rhetoric.  Of course, maybe it doesn’t matter since (speaking of drones) most Obama followers just love whatever he says today without remembering what he said in the past.

To make things worse, POTUS drew some lines in the sand, a while back, and said that certain things would not be tolerated.  One example was the use of banned weapons.  So now, with fairly clear evidence that the Syrian government killed over 1400 of their own people using Sarin gas, Obama has decided to ask Congress whether or not we should take action.

Seriously?

Here we have a President who says, “if you do this – we will smack you”.  Then someone does it and he doesn’t act.  This is equivalent to having a bully kick you in the rear and you decide to fight back but first you decide to ask everyone at your church group what you should do. Chances are, they are going to tell you to turn the other cheek.

Get it?  Kick you in the rear – turn the other cheek.
I crack myself up sometime.  OK, all the time.  But I digress…

So the UN thinks we should do something, the Arab States think we should do something, and Obama said, “this menace must be confronted” – but we’ve done nothing.  He asked Congress to decide and…  Oh, they are not-around right now…see you next week.  Seriously?

This is awesome. So now, if Congress says “no”, B.O. can say, “I wanted to smack Syria (like the tough guy that I am) but Congress said no.”…and if Congress says “yes”, he can send off a few missiles and feel like it wasn’t all his idea.  What’s funny is how over the past few days, we are trying to decide exactly how to smack Syria.

“OK, boys…  I want a fair fight out there.  No hitting below the belt.  You can only smack Syria in the face with an open hand.  If you want to punch’em in the face, you must use a glove. Oh, and there will be no biting of the ears – just in case Mike Tyson joined the military.”

 Of course, this is all designed to try and get a YES vote – pretty please.  We promise to only use the nice bombs.  And we promise to only target some empty buildings, and we promise…

In the meantime, I’m sure the Syrians are watching CNN, waiting to hear how the U.S. Congress votes, so they can decide whether or not to return to work in the building that we would most likely target.  After all, doesn’t that sound fair…  You gas 1400+ or your men, women and  children, Saddam Hussein style, and in exchange, we’ll just blow up a few of your buildings.  Awesome.

We’ve become a nation of the gutless leading the gutless.  I’m out.

Now I know, someone out there is asking, “why do we have to be the world’s police?”
Good question.  Why don’t we let Saudi Arabia, Qatar or the United Arab Emirates deal with this, it’s happening in their back yard to their brothers and sisters?  Because it’s our job.  We outsource tons of thing to India.  Well, these guys have outsources their police work to us.  It’s what we need to do.  It’s what keeps them in our pockets. It is what it is… ’nuff said.

As stupid as it sounds to do something, sometime next week, I hope Congress proves me wrong and authorizes some sort of a response to Syria – knowing full-well that such an attack will accomplish absolutely nothing – other than show the world that we still remember how to smack you down when you cross the lines that we draw.  My guess is that Adolph Hitler could make a comeback and our current Congress would not authorize an attack. So, there you go world…  Obama wont strike without asking Congress and Congress won’t attack.  I guess it’s a good day for Al Qeada.

Mental Note: Don’t get an office at the Sears Tower. (41°52′43.82″N, 87°38′9.73″W)
By the way, who is Willis?

There’s no off position on the stupid switch…
Hmmm…  According to the St. Louis Post-Dispatch, a woman called the police because her drug dealer was charging too much for marijuana. She was then arrested and charged with misusing 911.

Here’s the full story…
http://www.stltoday.com/news/local/crime-and-courts/drug-dealer-overcharged-for-marijuana-st-louis-woman-claims-in/article_43a691a2-c027-56b6-9d5b-74eaad5665ad.html

Clearly, she needed to call the Consumer Protection Agency and not 911.  She was arrested for misusing 911 because, although the police undoubtedly agreed with her that no one wants to overpay for marijuana, this was not an emergency.  She’d already paid.  Maybe if she called during the transaction itself, then maybe it could have been considered an emergency.  Particularly if she was low on cash and her drug dealer was like, “pay up, bitch!”

The most troubling this in this article is where it mentions that her criminal history includes convictions for “assault, harassment and prostitution”.  Prostitution, seriously?  This had to be a case of an undercover cop posing as a “John”.  I mean, I’ve never been to St. Louis, so I’m not familiar with the “local color” there, if you know what I mean but…  Who goes out looking for a prostitute, finds this lady, and thinks, “yeah, baby…that’s the one for me.”

Yikes!

Barnsley, you are correct.  There’s a whole lot of ugly so far in this week’s post and that was the cherry on top – so to speak.  So we need to immediately move to…

Unknown Redhead of the Week…
That’s right.  We usually know who the redhead of the week is – but not this time.  Our research department receives a number of emails and suggestions every week and this was one of them.  Unfortunately, the research department (Barnsley) isn’t very organized and therefore, we don’t remember where we got this picture or who is in it.

That said, if this is a picture of you, please contact us.  🙂
Of course, we will need additional photos in order to positively identify you.

Here she is, the unknown redhead of the week…

Unknown Redhead

Are those kitty ears?  Meow.

I think it worked. I think there was enough “cute” there to counteract all of the previous ugliness.  And therefore, it’s time for me to get out – leave on a high note.

You’ve been a lovely crowd but I am out of here.

Smootchie, bootchies…

Be safe.  Arch on!

– Arch