Friday, November 27, 2009 - The Day After

Friday, the day after Thanksgiving. Black Friday, let that madhouse shopping begin. Leftovers, leftovers, leftovers. The Iron Bowl, Roll Tide Role! Most importantly, Thanksgiving is over. It's not that I don't like Thanksgiving, because it is a great opportunity to sincerely reflect upon all with which we are blessed. No, I'm happy because I don't have to watch that insipid news story any more, the same stupid story we all have to suffer through each year at this time...the official pardon of the White House turkey. I can only picture the second-rate reporters (the ones who have to work weekends and holidays) sitting around the newsroom, any newsroom in America, drawing straws to see who has to cover this annual act of lameness. And could a president have looked more uncomfortable at a press conference than Obama did this year? I think he would have been more comfortable holding a press conference about voter registration fraud while standing behind a podium inside an ACORN office. Why do we have to suffer through this each year? Reporters struggle each year to come up with a new hook and new puns to fill 90 seconds of time on what is one of the slowest news days of the year. Does the president do this each year to simply pander to PETA? And who are we kidding? Do we really think the president pardons the turkey then settles down on Thanksgiving Day to a nice salad or vegetable plate? Don't kid yourself, he is stuffing himself on turkey just like everybody else in America. In fact, he is probably gripping a turkey leg like it's the last foil-covered delight at a Renaissance Fair. All of this begs to question - white meat or dark meat? I'm just asking...