The AP reports that Obama has picked Robert Gibbs to be his press secretary. He was Obama’s communications director during his campaign. This is not good news. When I saw Gibbs on television I was always left with a yucky feeling, kind of like when I see someone picking up poop behind their dog. From the article:

One critic called Gibbs “the bland face of brazenness” when he said Obama’s decision to resign from his church amid the controversy over the Rev. Jeremiah Wright was “a deeply personal decision, not a political decision.”

To me he’s a bit worse than bland but I agree that he’s brazen. According to a former employer (former Rep. Glen Browder, D-AL) he’s also special:

“Robert had a special quality even back then. In retrospect, it was clear Robert was destined to make his mark.”

It takes someone really special to stand in front of America and say that Obama’s decision to denounce his pastor of twenty years was not politically motivated. That the timing of his “deeply personal decision” just happened to occur when Wright was getting a lot of bad press and Obama was in the midst of his campaign. And the poor guy was not joking.

Gibbs reminds me of Billy Mays. They both are trying to sell us a load of crap. In fact I may have stumbled upon Gibbs’ job description: Clean up the crap your boss leaves behind and then sell that crap to the public.

I’m still looking for that global warming Al Gore promised us. It’s 24 degrees here in Florida this morning. That’s a record for this date.

The New York Times spews hate for the South because it mostly preferred McCain over Obama. They somehow divine that it is clearly due to Obama’s race. I filched their divining rod and found that New York City is also racist. In the February primary they voted 56% to 44% for Clinton over Obama. Yep, it’s gotta be racism.

I just heard Senator Debbie Stabenow from Michigan say on Morning Joe that nine out of ten workers in the USA are employed by the auto industry. If that’s true she has identified the problem with our economy. If 90 percent of our workers are building cars and six percent are unemployed how can we expect to produce all the other goods that we need with the remaining four percent — like houses. But wait a minute! I thought the collapse of the housing market was caused by overbuilding.

One of the most dominant complaints lately has been that our economy has shifted too far from manufacturing toward service. I suppose we can stop worrying now that Senator Stabenow has spoken.

Obviously, though, the senator is wrong. What she probably meant to say is that nine of ten workers contribute, to some extent, to the auto industry. But I don’t believe that either.

The biggest problem we have in this country is that too many demagogues like Stabenow are in leadership roles.

Dr Walter E. Williams: “Maybe the election of a black president will help white people over their guilt feelings so they can stop acting like fools in their relationships with black people.”

I heard this morning that Paulson is really pushing the bailout money out to banks now, including to some that don’t need it or want it. I wonder how much Joseph A. Bank got.

Fox News reports that Barack Obama may become the most heavily guarded president in history. Here is a picture of part of his security detail:

This is a huge relief. I thought BO was opposed to assault weapons. Surely he will allow us to have the same level of protection that he has. Right?

He has chastised Congress constantly over the last several months for providing itself excellent health insurance while denying that level of coverage to ordinary citizens. Do you think BO has the audacity to do the same regarding personal security?

Obama wants to take my wealth and provide my healthcare. Doctors and hospitals now take my wealth and provide my healthcare. Where’s the “change” Barack?

Seriously, how can adding another layer of bureaucracy improve the healthcare system? Obama knows that it won’t; he just wants the additional power. It’s just another way to buy votes.

As I’ve mentioned before, there’s no guarantee that Obama’s plan will provide better healthcare to the poor. Since the poor don’t pay taxes they are a burden on the system. What is the incentive for a public healthcare system to keep them alive? Well, it could be their votes, but it now seems that being dead is no hindrance to voting.

I see a huge opening for Cuba. If Obama wins and socializes our healthcare system people with money will need an alternative source for healthcare. Michael Moore has already assured us that Cuba has a superb healthcare system, so Cuba should start exporting healthcare. It should establish opulent seaside and mountain healthcare resorts.  I’ve heard that they are about to become an oil exporting country. With healthcare-tourism and oil Cuba could probably finance the welfare of all its citizens, finally making Castro’s great experiment a huge success. (They need not worry about the current travel and trade restrictions; Obama will surely lift those.)

Some dork at AP thinks VP Dick Cheney uses buckshot to shoot quail. Guide for AP writers: Buck hunters use buckshot. Bird hunters use birdshot. Further clarification: Quail are birds, not deer.