By The Arch City Madman

There has been a tradition that the President of the United States makes a visit to the National Scout Jamboree. This is a tradition that goes back to President Roosevelt visiting the first event in 1937 at the Mall in Washington D.C. Regardless of party, the President knew the significance of the event.

According to several news sources, he just didn’t have time in his schedule due to fundraising events and a taping of “The View.” A spokesman for the White House denies that this was the reason. What a shame for the leader of the free world.

Introducing Basil Marceaux, running for the Republican party nomination for Governor of the great state of Tennessee … Magnificent!

By WC Windbag

OK, saw this on Hot Air earlier. As Allahpundit says about it, “three and a half minutes of brilliance to cleanse the palate”.

By The Arch City Madman

I’m sure I am way off on how the Gulf Oil Spill has been so miserably handled by the current administration, but it just doesn’t seem like much of a priority for the President. I came across this video and just had to post it. It gives an interesting overview of the oil spill time-line.

Now I really don’t believe that Obama could do much about what happened any more than I think he can walk on water, but you’ll have to admit that it could have been handled a little better. If I were his handlers I would have sent him down to the gulf as soon as this appeared to be a big deal. It wouldn’t have changed a thing, but it would have made it look like he cared about those people. Now he just looks like an ineffective manager.

By WC Windbag

You have to be happy when a celebrity uses their status to raise awareness to a cause of goodwill, even if they are dull on stage. In this case, Jimmy Buffett is trying to raise money for those affected by the Gulf oil spill.

Red Staters of the Gulf will appreciate Buffet’s efforts and benevolence. It is fantastic when we can just work together for the good of the community, except…

By The Arch City Madman
I’m all for putting Math and Science first and foremost in our education. The United States lags way behind the rest of the industrialized world in these subjects. NASA is one of the places the best and brightest go to contribute to the scientific community.

Upon further inspection, and comments from the NASA Administrator Charles Bolden, I’m perplexed why this agency is singling out Muslims to promote math and engineering.

By WC Windbag

What happens in the Era of Obama when you ask a group of intellectuals about George W. Bush? He inevitably becomes one of the worst Presidents in US History. The latest proof of this is a new Siena poll of 238 presidential “scholars”.

By WC Windbag

I saw this over at Hot Air this morning, and it cracked me up. This could easily be 75% of all candidates from all parties.

By The Arch City Madman

I am beginning to wonder if the Obama administration is really serious about stemming the tide of illegal immigrants into the United States. We all know that the last administration didn’t want to piss off the Latinos, so a bare minimum was done down on the southern border. A fence here, a fence there, but no real change or effort.

If the Federal government were really interested in stemming the tide of illegals, they would have done their due diligence before now instead of presenting us with ugly window dressing.

By WC Windbag

The most interesting phenomenon that the FIFA World Cup tournament has produced in years (besides the 0-0 tie shootout to decide the World Championship) is the vuvuzela. It is almost as bizarre as the world obsession with this sport.