What a great day Tuesday turned out to be; the Inauguration of our 44th President was historical, exciting, and I have to admit I was puffed up with pride the whole day. I don’t care for a fair amount of the man’s politics, but we got something right in my lifetime and that’s a good deal.
Can you imagine what today was like for him? Certainly he walked in with a game plan and he’s been in the loop for quite some time, but today was the day to get going and what a list that must have been!
Thing is, he doesn’t have a lot of easy choices. On his agenda:
1. What to do in the Middle East.
2. How much more Monopoly money to print up to goose the economy.
3. Figure out whose head to crack amongst the idiots who’ve pocketed billions and aren’t doing what they’re supposed to do.
4. Find a way to see if he can end Rick Warren’s filibuster, which I think is still going. (Holy smokes! I thought he was gonna jump in Numbers for a minute there and start banging out the genealogy.)
5. Delicately letting our enemies and two friends around the world know that everyone gets a second chance, but do that without appearing too much of a hawk or a dove.
Tough first day, that’s for sure and probably a tough four years.
Oddly enough I can understand exactly what he’s going through. Yes, it seems hard to fathom but let me explain.
Tonight I’m at Wally’s getting some stuff and the missus calls, saying, “Get some All Natural ice cream.” She’s on this kick – and it’s a good kick, I must say, but a kick nonetheless – with ALL NATURAL, NO HORMONES, etc, etc. They have ice cream there that’s cream, sugar, milk and cocoa and nothing else. Pretty good stuff.
Two minutes later I get a text from my daughters. Three words: “Get Moose Tracks.”
Do you know about this ice cream? Oh my. I'm convinced when I get to heaven Moose Tracks will be the first thing I see, period. Then there’s Extreme Moose Tracks and even in simply writing those words, I have to stop and weep for a sec.
OK.
Well, sir, there’s my dilemma and the level upon which me and my new Prez both sit.
The President of the United States must be all things to all men and women, at all times. As a man, I am compelled to keep my wife happy and I’m required to fall constant and consistent victim to my daughter’s moans of great pain whenever they ask me for something. What are the answers?
President O, you quoted Scripture on Tuesday, you invoked memories of past Presidential speeches, ideas, and focus. I give you one more great quote to remember.
“If momma ain’t happy…” You know the rest.
Means a half gallon of all natural ice cream sits in my freezer is what that means. To heck with the whining in my ears, I’m gonna do the smart thing. I don’t know if it will help you, but there’s an application you can make, I’m sure.
