The White House Hands Out Acorn Cookies

The White House pastry chef actually made cookies in the shape of acorns last year for Christmas, causing speculation that it was a subtle show of support for ACORN.

Well, maybe it was since in NObama's world, everything is political and the man will hardly blow his nose unless it will benefit him politically. But what I find really interesting about the story is that the White House made cookies. Some 20,000 of them according to Bill Yosses, the WH pastry chef. He said they keep them around to give to those who need a pick me up.

Wait...

Isn't this the low-fat, garden growing, healthy eating White House? Wasn't this administration supposed to set a new standard for health and nutrition?

Why aren't they giving away organic carrot sticks?

It's called PARENTING. Try it sometime.

The Center for Science in the Public Interest wants to sue McDonald's because they say...

"McDonald's marketing has the effect of conscripting America's children into an unpaid drone army of word-of-mouth marketers, causing them to nag their parents to bring them to McDonald's." (Source)

I read that and thought... And?

Of course kids nag. It's one of the things they're best at. They nag when the ice cream truck comes around, when they pass a mini golf course, in the toy aisle at the store, after almost every commercial they ever see, and yes, they nag about McDonalds. And Wendys...and Sonic...and Jack in the Box...and Pizza Hut...

If my daughter nags me to take her to McDonalds because she wants the latest Happy Meal toy, you know what I do? I say no. Usually. Sometimes - very rarely - I say yes and she gets excited and we go and she gets her Happy Meal and we talk and goof off and have a great time. And eventually I throw the Happy Meal toy in the garbage and she never even misses it.

So what if she eats chicken nuggets and french fries once in a while? She also eats vegetables and fruits and whole grains and lots of homemade meals too.

I say no to my kids a lot - way more than I say yes. I say no about all kinds of stuff like staying up too late, eating marshmallows for breakfast, playing hookey from school, watching inappropriate movies, and wearing shorts and flip-flops in the middle of winter. Sometimes they get mad and sometimes they don't. But either way, I'm still the mom and I'm still in charge.

And guess what? My kids still love me. They want to talk to me and hang around with me and listen to me read bedtime stories. The younger ones climb into my lap to cuddle and cover my face with kisses and the older ones come to me to talk about their thoughts and feelings. They want to go places with me and sit at the piano and sing songs with me and my daughter draws pictures of us together with hearts above our heads.

Toys in happy meals is not some diabolical plan to let kids take over the world. This kind of lawsuit is just another way for weak, ineffective parents to justify their failure to do their freaking job.

Hey parents, may I humbly entreat you to - GROW A PAIR!!

Hypocritical Much?

So, Rahm Emanuel is slamming Tony Hayward for going yachting today. According to this, Emanuel said the move was "part of a long line of PR gaffes and mistakes.”

Wait. Rahm Emanuel? This Rahm Emanuel? The Rahm Emanuel who attended Biden's Beach party with the press earlier this month and is pictured with a super soaker?

One wonders if after the interview Emanuel had time to register the irony, but probably not. After all, he had to run say goodbye to Obama, who was on his way out the door to play golf today.

President Whinypants trys to show some backbone - and fails.

Okay, this whole "tough guy" persona the president is taking on the oil spill? Dumb. He's trying to convince us he's swooping in and save the day with his talk about ass kicking and keeping his boot on the throat of BP. Hello? BP has admitted they made a mistake and they have accepted responsibility. They're doing everything they can (presumably) to stop the leak and make it right.

It's not like 9/11, this isn't some shadowy terrorist organization whose leaders are still running around free and must be brought to justice- we know where to find Hayward et al. Well, maybe Obama doesn't know where to find them but the rest of us are pretty sure where they are. *Hint to da One - it's not on the golf course*

I do believe there should be some recompense starting now for those whose livelihoods are gone. But if there's anything we know about the American legal system it's that the lawyers are going to be picking over this carcass for a long, long time. Obama doesn't need to worry that BP will get off lightly; they'll be lucky to still be solvent when all the lawsuits are over.

And while we're on the subject, Mr. President, does your fight for justice include more government handouts for the oil industry workers and those they support who are suddenly jobless due to your moratorium on ALL Gulf drilling?