Thank you for closing 395, Barry

Early on in the administration of our "clean and articulate" President, the page sixers of journalism wrote with orgasmic joy of his coolness, his love of food and his desire to be out and about. Remember the "date night" which shut down part of the West Side highway so he and Michelle could see Raisin in the Sun?

Well, that's continued. The Obama's like to go out. And it's annoying.

Bush was a dullard who liked to spend time on his ranch. He also entertained in Crawford (or Camp David) and held many meetings there- away from the press, the limelight and the inconvenience it would cause the average Joe.

Not Barry.

Some months ago he held that nuclear summit which did as much to reduce nuclear proliferation as what I am about to do: NO MORE NUCS. And now- SHAZAAM! PRESTO CHANGE-O! Done, right? It worked? No? Crap. Well- the intention was to reduce nuclear threats... and when you are a lefty, intention is ALL that matters... but I'm getting off point... my point is that Obama held said nuclear magic show in the DC Convention center- right smack in the middle of the city- and shut down blocks and blocks of city streets, creating a traffic nightmare and causing those who live around that area to live in a version of the Warsaw Ghetto.

Bush would have held it at Crawford. But past Presidents cared about the results. Obama only cares about the show. After all- that's all he's got. That's how he ran his campaign and won: show. Appearances. Perception. Impression. Illusion...

So Russian Czar Medvedev comes to DC and after Obama bows before him (I'm sure he did...) he went to a burger joint in Arlington. And to get there, Secret Service shut down I-395 for hours.

Thanks.

Thanks for causing untold numbers of people headed to Dulles and Reagan to miss flights. Thanks for causing thousands of us to be stuck in traffic, engines idling with AC blaring in 95 degree temperatures (so much for global warming theory, eh Barry??). Thanks for backing up 14th Street, 4th Street, South Capitol Street, I-295, Pennsylvania Avenue, SE, Rt. 50, the GW Parkway, the Beltway...

But hey - you LOOKED really cool. "Hey I may be President but I know a great little burger joint if you want to grab lunch". Funny how he only had 20 minutes for the CEO of BP (how's that leak going?) but he had time to take an impromptu trip to grab a burger with the premiere of the Soviet Union.

Substance doesn't matter. It's all about impressions. It's about telling the muslims in Cairo how bad America has been and how great islam is. It's about telling ex-pats and Germans how bad Bush is and how great he will be as President. It's about telling Americans how wrong they are on race and how he remains uncontaminated of Rev. Wright's hatred. The purpose is not to win, but to tie. To make all things equal. To "spread the wealth around" as he told Joe the Plumber. To ensure fairness.

I bet Obama loves Soccer.