Thursday, July 30, 2009

A Compromise Too Far



I now officially regret having voted for the President.  First, a href="http://www.thedailybeast.com/blogs-and-stories/2009-05-10/obamas-dont-ask-dont-tell-hypocrisy/"no movement on /aa href="http://www.thedailybeast.com/blogs-and-stories/2009-05-10/obamas-dont-ask-dont-tell-hypocrisy/"DADT/a.  Second, bailing out the very people who brought the global economy down.  Third, criminally not pushing for an NHS style socialized medicine for the United States.  (OK, I am angry about the first, moderately miffed about the second, and employing a sense of humor about the third -- although one of the best things about living in the UK is the NHS.)divbr //divdivBut this is a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/07/29/the-beers-obama-gates-cro_n_247392.html"too much/a.  Bud Light?  What the hell are you thinking, man?divbr //divdivIf you have to prove you're down with the folk, go for Busch, full on Bud, Old Milwaukee, or in a wink to hipsters everywhere, PBR.  But Bud freaking Light?/divdivbr //divdivThe NYT has an interesting, even entertaining analysis of this debacle, and correctly points out that the Blue Moon has a href="http://thepour.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/07/30/a-cold-one-at-the-white-house/?hp"no craft beer cred/a.  /div/divdiv class="blogger-post-footer"img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7163938-6836827439763906629?l=lefarkins.blogspot.com'//div

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