As IF Times

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So in essence, the President is claiming that the weather is the greatest threat to national security.

The weather.

A nation that’s been around since 1776, one that has been instrumental in advancing the cause of civilization, of expanding markets, of creating novel technologies, of expanding education and which has acted as a magnet for ambitious people throughout the world is being threatened by… the weather.

This is analogous to the homeowner who worries about vines growing on the brickwork as his house is being inundated with flood waters during a storm.  The flip side to his thesis is that the success of the United States through its almost 250 year history may have been attributable in large part to benign weather.  Any school child making that claim would not only be held back a few years, but would also be monitored for signs of mental stability.  He would be spoken to slowly in monosyllables.

And yet, the person who notionally wields the most influential position in the world is making this exact claim…with a straight face.  It’s as if he’s been smoking too much of the same stuff as his vice president.  The correct response of the media to this utterance should be, “wait, what did he say?” instead of general indifference.  If this isn’t Chauncey Gardener in real life, I’m the uncle of monkeys.

We wonder if this might cause some wheels to roll in the minds of those who had bought into the ‘vision’ of the President when he first came to public light.  If nothing else, perhaps there should be a new policy created whereby political aspirants should be asked a few simple skill testing questions before being allowed to be set loose on the public.  They wouldn’t have to know what a prime number is or calculate the square root of a fraction, but they would have to correctly answer the question of whether or not the weather will cause the demise of western civilization as we know it.  A wrong answer would cap their political aspirations at dog catcher.

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Just as the most recent breathless headline on Kim is released, it finally dawns on me that Kim and Hillary have the same public relations company pushing their respective brands.   For the public relations company, it’s a bonus because they do their work with exactly the same material, but get paid twice for it.

The parallels are blatantly evident once you analyze the circumstances of the two women.   Firstly, neither one of them have done anything in their lives that would beget the kind of merciless exposure and adulation that the media creates for them.  They are both famous for being famous, just like the immortal Rula Lenska of the 1960’s VO5 commercials.

Both have come to fame as a function of their relationships to famous men and both have had elements of questionable morality tied to their rise to public prominence.   Next to Oprah, they are probably the most recognized female faces in America.  As pointed out in earlier pieces, the public is fed a regular diet of Kim-isms including her most revelation of sex 500 times  a day, presumably with her hubby Kanye.  I didn’t even think that human skin could take that kind of wear.  There seems to be a loyal fan-base out there hungering for every morsel of her life.

The same can be said of course for Hillary, whose burning desire to attain the office of President of the United States is the worst kept secret since Neil Patrick Harris revealed that he was gay.  Despite having no real record of accomplishment other than being a darling of the Democratic machine, she has had, on paper at least, a most stellar political career, achieving senator status in New York, then on to being appointed US Secretary of State and now of course the presumptive shoe in for the Democratic nomination in 2016.  This presumed fait accompli is worn by Hillary as obviously as Kim’s cleavage for an evening out on the town.  The intellectual gulf between the two women is laughably wide of course, but in terms of milking the crowd, they are both equals.

There is a line that claims that the easiest way to silence a Democrat is to ask them to point out Hillary’s accomplishments.  Like Kim, while being admired and even revered by loyal fans, Hillary’s position of fame and reverence is in the absence of having done anything in her life that would justify them.

But, as we all know, that doesn’t disqualify one from becoming President.