Canales News Briefs

March 8, 2009

- YouTube video of a "drill team"

competition between Nation of Islam

"yutes"

To All,

And there were some who were worried about the Boy Scouts and some of their policies, activities, and programs. Well, at least they do not look like those militia guys (at least outwardly...).

In other news:

The Devil Is In The Details:

One of the more interesting things happening in news of late is in the nature of the reporting on the Obama Presidential Job Rating.

A Gallup job approval rating of 67% (rolling three day average) from February 24-26 would seem to indicate increasing approval in the period after the proto-State-of-the-State Speech given to the nation.

On the other hand, Karl Rove notes that approval numbers in the 61-63% range are pretty much average for this same time period for a number of previous presidents.

But oddly enough, one factoid missing in the coverage has to do with the nature of the sample.

The Gallup poll noted above has a sample size of 1,551 national adults above the age of 18. Not a registered voters poll, nor even a likely voters poll, said poll groupings in the past have been noted by some to tend to overstate support to the more liberal end of the political spectrum.

By way of comparison, Obama won the presidential election (the most exact poll there can be in our system) with 53%-46% over John McCain. And while it's possible that what Obama has done since last November has increased his public perception (Wall Street may have other opinions), the public needs to keep track of the differences in polling samples so as to not be "hoodwinked" as to what is going on.

Links at:

http://www.gallup.com/poll/116224/Obama-Approval-Rating-Increases.aspx

http://www.rove.com/polling_notes/0000/0046/Polling_News___

Notes_03_06_09.pdf

http://www.cnn.com/ELECTION/2008/results/president/

http://www.weeklystandard.com/Content/Public/Articles/000/000/016/

255ykuzy.asp

The Taste Test:

It seems that the British Press has been told, after discovering that Obama is not as capable of dealing with foreign leaders such as Prime Minister Gordon Brown as hinted during the 2008 Campaign, that the reason for the recent gaffes had to do with Obama's exhaustion over dealing with the domestic economy.

Now, Obama spent millions promoting himself as capable of handling the "heat of the kitchen" required by the job of President (along with walking on water, getting lions to lay down with lambs, and somehow feed multitudes with 7 loaves, 7 fishes, and having Barney Frank in his hip pocket).

But what seems to be becoming visible to the nation's food critics is the potential for Obama to become one of the most expensive flops to ever come out of "Hell's Kitchen".

Facts need to be faced. Things at this level cannot be dressed up with confectioner's sugar or lighting that enhances presentation. Not only is Obama flubbing the economy to the point that those on Wall Street are going through massive buyer's remorse, he has also hired a "Gang That Couldn't Shoot Straight" when it comes to foreign policy, economics, and environmental policy. There have not been this many ruined soufflés since Jimmy Carter slammed the door on wealth back during the run-up to RCRA.

The problem is, can we truly afford to wait for whatever is coming out of The Crock Pot this time? Stay tuned.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/northamerica/usa/barackobama/

4953523/Barack-Obama-too-tired-to-give-proper-welcome-to-Gordon-Brown.html

http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0309/19719.html

http://www.reuters.com/article/worldNews/idUSTRE5253XS20090306?sp=true

http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=CNG.9ca28ad2530b0d0029e1304762eca18f.8c1&show_article=1

http://bighollywood.breitbart.com/emannix/2009/03/07/things-president-obama-does-instead-of-watching-the-stock-market/

http://www.mainstreet.com/article/moneyinvesting/news/cramer-my-response-white-house?page=1

http://www.thepeninsulaqatar.com/Display_news.asp?section=Business_News&subsection=share+market&month=

March2009&file=Business_News200903087454.xml