Nancy Pelosi has done the impossible.  She’s made me agree with her.

Thursday, the speaker of the house killed the notion of any resolution honoring pop star Michael Jackson who, in case you missed it, passed away last Friday.  Lawmakers, she said, are able “to express their sympathy or their praise any time that they wish.  I don’t think it’s necessary for us to have a resolution.”

She then went on to say that “A resolution, I think, would open up to contrary views to — that are not necessary at this time to be expressed in association with a resolution whose purpose is quite different.” 

So…does that mean she squashed the idea in order to spare our fragile ears from any more talk about the late popstar’s pedophilia problems, or was it really to spare house members the ugly responsibility of taking a stand on a measure that could become a racially charged issue?

Perhaps she was trying to save Republican Rep. Peter King from the trouble of making more Youtube videos of himself.

No matter.  Whatever the reason, she got this one right.  Jackson was not a man worthy of such an honor, so whatever your motives were Nancy, I salute you.

- Robert Laurie

Yes, ladies and gentlemen, that’s US President Barack Obama and French President Nicolas Sarkozy taking in the scenery today at the G8 summit.

I would expect this sort of behavior from the french, but who knew Obama had such an eye for the ladies?

Way to keep it presidential, Barry.  When Michelle sees this, I think you’re gonna get “The Look.”

UPDATE: This video from GoodMorning America attempts to clear the president in regards to the now global accusations regarding his “wandering eye.”  While it may or may not help Obama, it does have some fun with Sarkozy’s motives.

While we’re on the subject, let me take a moment to address those of you who got all bent out of shape over this.  You really need to lighten up.  The puerile, overly dramatic hand-ringing by leftist Robalution readers has been utterly ridiculous.  Obama’s just a man, not a god, and, however much you may want it to seem otherwise, not infallible.  Please try and have a little fun.  Life’s too short to live it as a maudlin, disconsolate stick in the mud. 

 -Robert Laurie

Yesterday, I posted a graph detailing Obama’s projected deficit, and the neo-socialists went into a frenzy.  I’ve never seen so much hate mail.  It was delicious.  Most of what I got was just a bunch of feverish, screaming tirades laced with “tough-guy” language and a lot of swearing.  Some of it was just depravity masquerading as sentences – lots of threats, etc.  A select few tried to make a point.

Primarily, they featured the “this is all the fault of the last 8 years” argument.  I was all set to write a response today, something about how the last 8 years were bad, but are dwarfed by the fiscal irresponsibility of the Obama administration.  As I got started, though, I remembered that these people have a tough time reading long sentences, and the facts they contain frighten and confuse them.  It’s important to keep in mind that these are the kind of folks who get their news primarily from The Daily Show.  So, I was left wondering what to do.

This morning, a friend shared this video with me, and I figured I’d let it do the talking.  It comes to us from the fine folks at Political Math.  Next time you hear the “but Bush was bad too” argument, you can admit that he was, then show them this clip, point out the hypocrisy, and stand back.  The truth really seems to get under their skin.

- Robert Laurie