The L.A. Lakers did not beat the Boston Celtics to claim their 16th NBA title. The NBA officials put the kabosh on any title hopes that Beantown had. It was bad enough that the C’s were minus their starting center Kendrick Perkins, but they had to battle the barrage of foul calls that the officials levied against them to bail the Lakers out. Leading for almost the entire game, the officials had to take matters into their own hands and hand the Lakers a second consecutive title via the free throw line. It’s a sad day for Celtic fans and NBA fans, having to watch the commissioner give the MVP award to Kobe Bryant who had a horrible game 7 performance. Why bother with playing next year, why don’t we just give the Lakers the trophy now instead of watching another pathetic season of FAKE basketball.

One of the main selling points of candidate Barack Obama’s presidential campaign was how intelligent he was. The easiest way for him to demonstrate his huge intellect was to point out how stupid president Bush was. This was very effective, because the general perspective of the American voting public was that a baboon with a banana could do a better job than George Bush. We all had to accept that we had voted for a baboon not only once, but twice as Bush served two terms. Obama’s massive intelligence was a given, although most of his transcripts and thesis work from his college years is closely guarded and off limits. Most people just looked at his big head and the very proper English that he uses as proof conclusive that his brain power was unprecedented for a president. The “change” and “hope” he made central to his campaign was depending on Obama’s genius to transform our country and bring us back from the brink.

In his speech to the graduating class 0f 2010 at Hampton University, president Obama said ” “And with iPods and iPads; and Xboxes and PlayStations — none of which I know how to work — information becomes a distraction, a diversion, a form of entertainment, rather than a tool of empowerment, rather than the means of emancipation.” SAY WHAT ? The collective world of educated elitists and progressive snobs did a double take. All of a sudden, Obama’s intellect was in question. Never mind that the majority of Americans do not agree with his policies, and most of us cannot understand them (we already know politicians don’t read), we were always assured that president Obama knew something we did not. Now we find that we all know stuff that he doesn’t, like playing on an X-box or using an i-Phone. Whos knows what else we know how to do that Obama does not know. Additionally our president clued us in to  the fact that too much information wasn’t good for us. Now we were all looking at that enormous head of his and realizing that it may have not been from being super smart, but from absorbing too much information.

Back in reality, the exact opposite is true. Most of us know how to access and use information to our advantage. Take for example Carconnection.com. This is a website for researching automobiles for purchase. Users can enter information such as suzuki sx4, or mercedes benz r-class, or scion xd to bring up specific data on that make or model. Users can even search for groupings of vehicles. With the current price of a gallon of gas expected to rise dramatically in the future, searching for Hybrid cars might provide much needed information on how to go green. Getting the facts helps us make the best choice, when deciding to purchase a car.

The president is constantly telling us that he needs time to process all pertinent information, before he can take action. The amount of time he is taking and the questionable decisions that he is making is making us begin to wonder if maybe “too much” information is a bad thing for him, not us. When it comes to processing information, most of us say “yes we can”. Whether Barack Obama can remains to be seen. At the very least we have learned that you cannot judge a book by its cover, or at least a president’s intellect by the size of his head.

President Obama is taking drastic action regarding the disaster in the gulf. His focus and effectiveness, not to mention his overall image has been sullied by the news that he is finding time to put in 18 holes of golf, while millions of Americans are suffering. The white house knew the images coming from the gulf of birds drowning in oil, and miles of beaches and marshes covered in oil were bad enough. Hell, they knew the camera shot of the very leak spewing oil continously around the clock that they demanded BP put in place was now an ungodly reminder to the general public of their ineffectiveness and lack of answers and action. But they had no idea that the public would get so upset at the sight of their president knocking back a few friendly holes of golf.

The president’s now aware of how bad this looks wanted to remind Americans of two things.  First there is a lot of blame to go around and as soon as he has time for another press conference he would let everyone know who’s ass to kick. The second thing the president wanted to remind everybody of is that things take time. The oil leak, the economic recovery, healthcare, stopping Iran from developing nuclear weapons, are all things that will go on  for a long time and there no way to know what the future brings. The key for all of us pulling through disasters and hard times is finding balance. There’s always gonna be time to point the finger or to work on actual problems, but we all have to take time to relax and do the things that make us Americans. Go to a movie, golf, shopping, sports, etc… Even the president has to spend time golfing, going to broadway shows, sporting events, concerts etc…

The president has a staff to coordinate and make sure he has a front row ticket, but for us regular folks its good to know where to go to get tickets. ACheapseat.com is a good website for getting not only good tickets, but getting good deals too. Whether your looking for tickets from a particular venue like the WANG THEATRE TICKETS , or the BOSTON OPERA HOUSE TICKETS , or the Air Canada Centre Tickets, or your looking for tickets to Jay-Z, or Paul McCartney, this website can help you. With the current economic doldrums, it is more important than ever for people to save money or get the lowest prices on the internet. Make the time in your busy life like the president does to go out and have a good time. The oil will still be there to work on later.

As the disaster in the gulf looks to envelope and consume his presidency, the president is confident that his golfing will not be the disaster that everyone is predicting for his re-election. The American people will understand, there is time to play the blame game later and as soon as he is done playing his golf game he will devote the vast majority of his time to kicking ass and making sure everyone knows who is to blame. Finally the president agrees that the oil in the gulf is a mess and causing a lot of distress. He believes he dropped at least a stoke or two from his game trying to avoid a tar ball trap out on the course. It’s time to clean up this dam mess, he will use his power as president to make sure any course he may use will be cleaned up as a priority.

The Obama presidency rode into office on a tidal wave of “hope” and “change” promised to all his supporters chanting “Yes we can”. Now two years into his term there’s nobody chanting “yes we can”, while millions of us are chanting ” hell no” and “why don’t you do something”. President Obama has shown  that he is an idealog, pushing through legislation that nobody wants, while being slow to move or ignoring anything he disagrees with. His ability to blame others and to over analyze everything has now formed a perception with the general public of a president with no plan, no answers, indecisive, vague about his positions, and ultimately weak. With the economy totering on the brink, with no evidence that any of his big government solutions are working, and now an eco-disaster of Chernobyl proportions taking place, the collective confidence of Americans in their president has never been lower.The word that best describes the current Obama administration’s achievements is “Broke”. Everyone and everything is going broke or is broken.

The U.S. federal government is broke. Many states are broke. People are still losing jobs and going into foreclosure. Healthcare is still broken. Social security is both broken and broke. The border and immigration is broken. The banks, wall street,  and financial institutions are still broke. The economy is broken. Trade is broken. Our voting system is broken. Foreign countries now view Obama as weak resulting in international trouble spots that are coming to a boil. Additional terrorist attacks, North Korea’s aggressions, Irans’s weapons development, and now Turkey and Hamas challenging Israel’s blockade of Gaza are all examples of where Obama’s weakness is now hurting the U.S. Where’s the “hope” and “change” in that ?

Now Americans are realizing that Barack Obama is not a savior, and not some “new” outsider come to Washington to bring reform. Obama is showing his inexperience and stubborness. The recent political scandals of his administration trying to rig and manipulate the system for political gain only show that he is just another politician “doing what everybody else is already doing”. In fact his brand of Chicago style politics now have him doing what many others are not doing. Obama is joining the select group of people like former president Nixon, former governor Rob Blaggoiyovich, and wallstreet con man Bernie Madoff. People who thought they were not crooks, but were !