Priorities, Mr. President

All over the blogosphere conservatives and even some lefties are criticizing the president for his upcoming trip to Denmark to help bring the 2016 Olympics to Chicago.

Expressions of outrage are many, expressions of support are many, too. At any other time, I'd say "OK, it's not THAT big a deal. The man is constantly on TV anyhow, I guess this is just another photo op for the cronies."

But for this man, who has claimed that the health care bill MUST be passed NOW because of the dire need for the program for the little guy, to take time out of his schedule for something so ... partisan ... is really kind of disgusting.

The people are reeling right now. They were just informed that not only does Iran in fact have a secret nuke site, but that the president and world leaders have known about it for some time and have yet to do a thing about it. The people have had ACORN's true nature thrown in their faces in a manner in which NO ONE can any longer ignore.

The president has been caught out on a myriad of lies, the least of which is the fact that in the health care legislation he and Congress have been trying to shove down our throats, there is provision for not only taxes and other penalties, but jail time for those who do not knuckle under.

And in the midst of all this, men and women in uniform still fight and die both in Iraq and Afghanistan and yet this president has only spoken to the commander of the fight once in 70 days.

It sounds to me like the president has been enjoying his little trips here and there, his TV appearances and little "atta boy" town hall "meetings" instead of doing what he was elected to do.

Please, Mr. President. Could you stop working to get more fame and pats on the back and get back to doing your job? You won the campaign, you don't need to glad hand any more. We need you to do what you claimed you were ready to do: We need you to run the frigging country and protect the people.

Or is this too difficult for you? After all, we tried to tell you the White House isn't a good spot for on the job training. Do you think maybe you're in over your head a little bit? I sure do.

I hope like hell your lack of experience doesn't net this country a few more thousand deaths.

But I guess you and your buddies in Chicago can look at it this way, at least you looked like a big shot on the world stage.