Morning Breakfast Blues

Good morning!  Today is Tuesday, May 26, 2009 and I 'm not really that hungry today.  Upon awakening,  I discovered that we still have all of the problems we had before with no viable solutions in sight.  I'm talking about bail-outs that aren't working, jobs that are disappearing, mortgages that were once considered sensible and safe going into foreclosure, home prices that are still tanking, 401ks that are shrinking and a deficit that is mind boggling and growing as we speak. I need a cup of tea, a piece of toast,  and some Tums.  That's all I can handle this morning.

If all of the above isn't enough to kill your appetite,  how about the prospect of two lunatics rattling their nuclear swords at the world and in particular at the U.S.  Perhaps the only intelligent thing V.P. Biden has said is that Obama would be tested very shortly after coming into office.  Iran and N.Korea seem to fill the bill in that area.

Iran has sent six warships into international waters.  This outrageous and unprecedented move comes on the heels of missile tests that were conducted last week.  Ahmadinejad is a loose cannon who is a few fries short of a happy meal.  The prospect of such a man controlling nuclear bombs is incredibly frightening. 

North Korea is playing with nuclear weapons as well.  There have been reports that the nuclear bomb that North Korea detonated on Monday was comparable to those that obliterated Hiroshima.  

So we wake up this morning to the stark realization that in addition to our mounting problems at home, we have at least two, if not more,  insane leaders playing with powerful nuclear material that could bring death and destruction to thousands , if not millions, of people with just the flick of a wrist. 

This is the kind of morning that makes me just want to pull the covers over my head and go back to sleep.  President Obama has a full plate this morning.  I wonder if he has much of an appetite for what he has to face.  The one thing I am totally certain of is that the President is going to have to get tough and forget about his "let's reach out and touch" our enemies approach.

It isn't working Mr. President, they are not listening and despite all the hugs and kisses you exchanged with our enemies they still hate us...POP...