Monday, February 09, 2009

Time to Impeach President Obama?

The President will be holding his first televised news conference tonight at 8 PM. And yes, I'm completely infuriated by this profound act of arrogance..

Monday nights is a major TV night. I record Big Bang Theory, How I Met Your Mother, Two and a Half Men, Chuck, Heroes, 24, and House. The President's arrogance in disrupting my TV habits is inexcusable. Who voted for this guy, anyway? If this were an isolated incident, I might be inclined to let it slide. But it comes on the heels of another outrage perpetrated by Obama just two weeks ago.

Back on January 27 the Washington area received several inches of snow during the course of the day. Then that night the snow changed to sleet and freezing rain, adding several inches of solidly packed ice to the layer of snow. Needless to say, the next morning was a traffic disaster. Rather that put their students at risk, schools wisely closed for the day.

Now you would think the President of the United States would have other things to worry about than commenting on the winter habits of Washingtonians. After all, there are terrorists to capture and looming economic depression to prevent. But no. Obama has offer his own two cents worth by delivering this little quote to reporters:
"My children's school was canceled today. Because of what? Some ice? . . . We're going to have to apply some flinty Chicago toughness to this town."
Say what? "Chicago toughness?" WTF is that? First of all, ice is a hell of a lot more dangerous than snow. You can't just plow ice out of the road. You basically have to wait for it to melt.

Secondly, how can you compare Chicago to DC when it comes to snow? Does Chicago even have hills? More importantly, they get an average of 38 inches of snow versus 15 inches for DC. That means that not only do residents there have more experience driving in icy conditions, but Chicago and its suburbs will have much more sophisticated snow removal equipment. And that's just simple economics: Why would the DC area invest as heavily in the number of plows and salt trucks if you're only going to use the stuff a couple of times a year?

Finally, what possible grounds does Obama have to talk about how the rest of us handle snow and ice? I'm willing to bet he wasn't outside that morning chipping ice off the presidential limo. And as to his little girls, they ride to school in a heavily armed motorcade. They're not out there on a street corner waiting for bus, trying not to slide into the path of oncoming traffic.

It's clearly time to give President Joe Biden a chance.

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