Hey folks, Fred the Tuckpointer here with a quick check in from my sister Mis’ place in North Royalton.  Since my shoulder separation, Sadie decided we should be separate too, at least until I “get my act together” -  whatever that means.  Its not too bad – Mis works third shift down at the clinic, so we barely talk to each other and she gets lots more cable channels than what we get at home.  And her internet’s faster.

So Joel on this site here chimed in and wanted to get my take on Obama blowing the Olympics.   I think its awesome whenever bad things happen to the country, as long as they happen while Obama is president.  Let me explain: we all know that Obama, and everything he stands for is everything our Founding Fathers fought against.  Take the socialist medicine program Barry’s running down the pipe; in the old days, when George Washington was wounded he would call his OWN doctor, not some British appointed court quack to get it patched up.  That’s the way it was, and the way it should be.  So when the insurance companies threaten to raise everyone’s insurance rates, then that means Obama is a failure and should be impeached.  Same deal with Afghanistan – he got us in this mess we’re in over there, and now he can’t make up his mind how many troops to send over.  Whatever he ends up doing, if it doesn’t go well that means America wins in the long run.  Its important that he looks bad, no matter what.

So back to the Olympics…its no coincidence that Chicago, that dirty and corrupt city, was in bed with Obama the whole bid process.  I was rooting so hard for him to get embarrassed, and when they gave the games to Rio, it was the first of many nails into the coffin of his presidency.

And the Noble Peace prize thing…well, I think everyone knows that’s rigged.

In other news, I still can’t move my arm above my shoulder.  I work in the receiving bay at Wal-Mart, so it may be tough to do much of anything, but I can’t afford any more time off.  Maybe I’ll drop by the house on the way to work tomorrow to see if Sadie’s up for a visit.  In the meanwhile, Fred the Tuckpointer signing off.

Schadenfreude co-writer Joel Friend and I have two very different takes on how to properly go see your favorite band live. Joel likes to cut himself off from all media that would give him even the slightest idea of what goes down at the show. Very similar to how George Bush handled news and information.

I use to take this same approach to a U2 live show. But this go around, I’ve taken a different path. I’ve visited their website, read the blogs, looked at pictures, read set lists. Pathetic, I know. We’ll cover that in another entry.

For now, my question is this: Should I post a huge photo of the new concert – and let me tell you, it is quite a different undertaking than you’ve ever seen before in a live rock show – for my next blog entry? Doing so would make it difficult for Joel to visit the site, for which he writes, for at least a day. Maybe we can even talk Stephen into keeping the entry up at the top for a week. Ok, maybe a couple of days. Joel would either not be able to come to the site, or risk seeing the picture.

That he must wear some really smooth shoes or something because he really looks like he’s floating backwards while appearing to walk forwards. It doesn’t look nearly as smooth in sneakers on a gym floor. You see what you do is you put your left foot up, like this so it looks like you’re in mid-stride, and then your right foot you put flat. Then drag your right foot backwards and tip it up to look like it’s in mid-stride while dragging the left backwards.

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As of 10:30pm, there are 80 references to “Joe The Plumber” on youtube. I’m real curious what 24 hours of a nation full of videocameras brings. I have no need to post this clip, I’ll be tagging all my posts with “Joe The Plumber” anyway, but, like you, I didn’t know what the hell John McCain was talking about. I thought it would be some outrageous piece of tape, but I think the McCain Campaign just highlighted a clip of Obama being a pretty good communicator. Sure, Obama lost a vote he wasn’t going to get anyway, but I don’t think Obama’s tax policy, nor he come off too badly in this clip considering the situation. One thing Obama fails to mention is that tax cuts below $250,000 means more people can afford to pay Joe for his service at the business he’s thinking of buying that I don’t, personally, think exists. Incidentally: The Poor Little Fella Who Made $250,000 and other Republican children’s stories are available at our online store.

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And while I’m on the debate: If “ACORN is now on the verge of maybe perpetrating one of the greatest frauds in voter history in this country.” shouldn’t you be able to have them all arrested without causing any embarrassment to you or your campaign? The election’s been stolen from him three weeks before we could even vote.

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