It Wasn't My Fault, I Was Drunk

The Hon. Trey Radel

When a private citizen gets caught using illicit drugs, he or she will be prosecuted and serve time in prison where they will meet like-minded junkies with neck tattoos and bad attitudes. When a mayor of a major North American city, or an American congressman gets caught, even admits to buying the drugs, nothing is done and they aren't even terminated from their job. 

Of course, I'm referring to Rob Ford, the mayor of Toronto, and Trey Radel, the congressman (R-FL). In Ford's case, his excuse was that his judgment was off because he was in a drunken stupor. In his mind, that should excuse him. He will continue on as mayor of Toronto, at the taxpayer's expense, although all responsibilities of the office will be assumed by the Deputy Mayor and City Council.

Michelle's Buddy and Obamacare

Will the Affordable Care Act website ever work? Will the Obama administration decide that the site should go analog? Will they open up the phone lines to accomodate more than a dozen callers at a time to help assuage the enormous traffic volume that was unexpected from a population of 300 million Americans who are being forced to get Obamacare and yet still surprised the Obama administration by the volume of calls? And finally, did I previously write a run-on sentence?

It's comforting to know that Obama is now getting the brightest and best to fix the website problems caused by the dullest and worst he originally hired to do the job. I questioned why  he selected the people he chose to do the job, but then I learned that Michelle had gone to Princeton University with Toni Townes-Whitley, the woman who heads CGI Federal, the company hired to do the project for $678 million. Both Michelle and Toni are members of the Association of black Princeton Alumni. They are more than casual acquaintances, and Toni even made contributions to Barack's campaign fund. Nobody can ever accuse the Obama's of not taking care of their friends. But conflict of interst? You make the call.