BloggeRhythms

We should all be used to news like today’s, but it’s still beyond comprehension that half the country doesn’t care that we have no leader. In  today’s day and age, it really doesn’t matter because capable folks take care of themselves. Nonetheless, even if only for cosmetics sake, there ought to be someone trying to act like a president once in a while. 

 

Today, news outlets report that tensions in Ukraine continued escalating as Russian-speaking troops took over two naval bases, with reports that the naval commander was taken into custody. 

 

At the same time, according to CBS News DC: “Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov was quoted Wednesday as saying by the Interfax news agency that Russia didn’t want to use the Iranian nuclear talks to “raise stakes,” but may have to do so in response to the actions by the United States and the European Union.” 

 

The report continues, “The statement is the most serious threat of retaliation by Moscow after the U.S. and the EU announced sanctions against Russia over the Ukrainian crisis.” 

 

So, here we have Valerie Putin clearly demonstrating that he couldn’t care less about what the U.S. thinks, and is totally convinced there will be no real retaliation. But worse than that, Iranian leadership knows the same thing too, meaning they’ll just keep right on building their nuclear arsenal while Syria, Egypt and Iraqi invaders aren’t worried about consequences either. What’s more, if someone reads the headlines to Supreme Leader of North Korea, Kim Jong Un, he and Dennis Rodman will likely plan an invasion of the South. 

 

However, while all this goes on world-wide the incumbent’s busy too. He’s filling out his NCAA bracket. 

 

And at the same time, Steve Myrick MVTimes.com notes that: “Like the annual return of pinkletinks and crocuses, inns and hotels around the Island are getting familiar calls this week from White House officials planning a vacation on Martha’s Vineyard for President Obama and his family. 

 

“Three reliable sources, who asked not to be named because they are not authorized to release information, told The Times that Mr. Obama will return to the Island in August. Two sources said the vacation is scheduled on or about August 9, a week earlier than the first family visited in previous years. 

 

“The president brings a large entourage of Secret Service agents, White House staffers, and support personnel, and the White House began arranging for lodging this week, according to the sources. 

 

“Mr. Obama and his family have vacationed on the Island every year since his 2008 election, with the exception of 2012, when he was campaigning for re-election.” 

 

But, foreign policy isn’t the only issue where the continually vacationing incumbent’s totally wrong, as evidenced by Terence P. Jeffrey of cnsnews.com who writes: “Women are still the ones that are carrying the greatest burden when it comes to trying to balance family and work," President Obama said last week to a group of women who serve in the U.S. Congress. 

 

“With this in mind, he is now planning a "White House Summit on Working Families" to take place this summer. Obama is no doubt preparing to cast stones at the private sector. He really ought to look at his own administration.” 

 

OPM maintains a database called FedScope that contains historical information going back to 1998 on much of the federal civilian labor force. According to this database, about 44.4 percent of civilian federal workers were female in 1998. 

 

In 2013, only about 43.5 percent were female — the lowest percentage in the sixteen years available.In 1998, nationwide, about 46.3 percent of the civilian labor force was female — about 1.9 points more than the female share of the federal civilian labor force.

 

In 2013, about 46.8 percent of the nationwide civilian labor force was female — about 3.3 points more than the female share of the federal civilian labor force.” 

 

So, it really doesn’t matter what the subject is, in every aspect of governance and performance this administration’s  the worst since Jimmy Carter, which really takes world-class incompetence. 

 

Adding proof to that point, though it’s not actually needed, Mike Emanuel FOX News Channel on-line writes that: “Frank Todisco, chief actuary for the Government Accountability Office, told a House committee last week that the agency had $100 billion in debt and unfunded health benefit liabilities at the end of the last fiscal year. 

 

“At this stage, even the Postal Service admits it needs help. 

 

"Despite our efforts and our hard work, we cannot return the organization to profitability or secure our long term financial outlook without the passage of comprehensive reform legislation," Jeffrey Williamson, United States Postal Service executive vice president, told the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee recently.” 

 

In response, Congressman Darrell Issa said, ‘There is no better time than in an election year for people to call up and say I don't want to be paying out of my general tax revenue for somebody else's junk mail being delivered. That kind of message will cause people to make a reform this year." 

 

So, while many folks may not even be aware of world events being mishandled completely, or how badly the economy and health care are being butchered, if Republicans can actually reduce the tonnage of junk mail received by voters, they'll win every election they run in. 

 

That’s it for today folks. 

 

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