HUH?

This is a comment left from my last article.

Anonymous has left a new comment on your post "Barry starting a new job": I would say that it is demeaning not to call somebody by their real name.

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It's amazing that someone who has paid any attention to the 20 month campaign by Mr. Obama wouldn't know that many people call him "Barry" and many people have called him "Barry" for years....and in fact many people in his family call him "Barry."

The world has become a bit too uptight and I am not sure when and how that happened but I think it has something to do with Dick Cheney and Karl Rove. (Not George because he was just the puppet for the puppet masters)

I don't have to apologize for my language and my reference points... especially when they are transparent and semi-frequent.

There are "elements" in our society that receive satirical emphasis from time to time and one of those elements should be PEOPLE WHO JUST DON'T GET IT because they think being politically correct is the answer to odd behavior.

There are so many wrong things going on in the world that need to be addressed and me calling Barack Obama by one of his widely known names "Barry" is most definitely not one of them.

The fact that the person who made the comment used ANONYMOUS shows me they didn't really believe their position.

AND NOW ON TO SOMETHING MUCH MORE IMPORTANT

It's been awhile since we've had young ones in the White House...and I'm not talking about the President.

Chelsea Clinton turned 13 one month after moving in the White House and Amy Carter was 10 when Jimmy moved in and Caroline Kennedy was 6 and John John was 3 when they had to abruptly move out of the White House.

Malia Obama is 11 and Sasha Obama is 7 and oh my God how their lives are about to change.

We already know how Dad likes to take them to school on occasion. Imagine that scene for a second in Washington D.C.

Imagine a quiet little shopping trip with mom to the mall.......NEVER GOING TO HAPPEN OVER THE NEXT 8 YEARS (if all goes as planned) SO THE NEXT TIME EITHER OF THOSE GIRLS WILL GO SHOPPING ALONE IS WHEN MALIA IS 19 AND SASHA IS 15.

...unless of course they close the malls for families of the President while they shop.

I'm wondering how Dad broke the news to them when he announced that he would run for President.....probably something like this....."listen girls...it's probably not going to happen so you really don't have to worry about it but Daddy is going to try and be President of the United States....and if by some remote chance it did happen...our lives would be altered drastically....and most likely neither of you would be able to go anywhere without 6 to 10 people wearing dark suits and carrying guns."

Malia and Sasha both look at him and say....."WHAT?"

Sahsa being younger thought for a second and said...."Can I bring you to school for Show and Tell?"

THEY HAVE NO IDEA HOW MUCH THEIR LIVES ARE GOING TO CHANGE....BUT I IMAGINE SINCE LAST TUESDAY THAT THE INCREASED NUMBER OF SECRET SERVICE HAS PROBABLY GIVEN THEM A CLUE.

Look for two young girls spending a lot of time inside a big house for the next eight years.

Boy oh Boy....Times have changed dramatically since Harry Truman used to take walks outside the White House.

What exactly happened?

I think it was the Paparazzi explosion....caused by the silly magazine explosion... that they try to sell us as we check out of the grocery store.

I'm pretty sure the Genie is out of the bottle and there's no going back to gentler times....but maybe we could start by not thinking that someone is being demeaning by calling someone by one of their nicknames.

Malia and Sasha Obama have much bigger problems then what somebody calls their Daddy...and if he screws up this job....

....Barry might be the nicest name he ever hears.

By the way....are African American comedians going to be the only comedians who can make jokes about Barack Obama?

If the ANONYMOUS comment on my blog is any indication of what lies ahead then it is safe to say that it will get very ugly.

Of course the country has never been faced with this problem before so bring on the humor and let's find out how the cookie crumbles when the fat lady sings and the blonds start telling jokes about the Polish.

Michael Timothy McAlevey