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[Major Hogwash]

What a year it has been!!
So, as a year end wrap-up thread of sorts, I thought I would say that it has been one hell of a bumpy ride.
But, here we are, finally, at the end of the year.

It would be less than honest of me if I didn't tell all of you guys and gals that it has been hard for me to stay here to make comments after reading some of the harsh, unwarranted criticism of the President that I helped to elect, and then to re-elect.
Especially the kind that never seems to take a break at the DU.

There's not much that I can do about that, so I pretty much just pass on commenting on most of that contrived falderal anymore.
As far as I'm concerned, President Obama is the greatest President of the United States in the entire history of the United States.
And since I've been interested in American history ever since the 3rd grade, I'm fairly certain that is an accurate assessment of President Obama, having studied the rest of the American Presidents for the last 50 years.

As a politically-minded person, who is aware of what is going on most of the time, I can assure you that I have never seen such a level of undeserved, discombobulated vitriol expressed by just one political party directed at the President ever before in my entire life.
So, if you weren't for you guys here in the Barack Obama Group, I would have been long gone.
You are undoubtedly the best people the DU has to offer.
And I am grateful for that.

For the first time since I have been on the internet, for almost 15 years, I have to admit that I'm actually jealous of someone else that I've met on the internet.
I don't want to point out any one individual, but on that note, Cha, I have to tell ya, I'm jealous of you.
There you are, in beautiful Hawaii, our 50th state, the island paradise of the United States, the state that I have always dreamed of moving to ever since Elvis did 2 or 3 movies there, at the very same time that our President is vacationing there!

Plus, on top of that, my hometown college football team, the Boise State Broncos, are playing in the Hawaii Bowl on Christmas Eve!
Against Oregon State.
I just learned the other day that Oregon State is where Michelle Obama's brother is the head coach of their basketball team.

Hmmm, divided loyalties.
Oh well, I guess I'll just have to root for a tie!



Naw, that ain't ever going to happen.



I really wanted to go to this bowl game, and that was even before I found out that President Obama was going to go home for the Christmas break for a short vacation.
But, it's probably a good thing that I didn't get to go.

I would have just hounded him if I would have been there, if the Secret Service didn't prevent me from bugging him to death, asking him a hundred questions for hours on end.
So, he lucked out . . I am stuck in Boise, freezing my tootsies off.