Our “President” is mightily concerned with GENDER EQUALITY.  You read that right.  Gender Equality!  He addressed it this weekend with such eloquence, such sincerity, such community-organizer belief. 

Priorities?  What is that??  A civil war in Libya.  A major disaster in Japan.  A Congress who somehow cannot reach a meaningful budget.  Meaningless distractions in Obama’s opinion.  Gender Equality is what our “Dear Leader” chose as his topic for his weekend radio address because, in his mind, that is a transformational item.  After he finished pontificating, the President went for a round of golf. 

Do the words clueless, above his pay grade, almost laughable, totally incompetent come to mind??  Some want Obama to seize the reins.  Others (myself included) think perhaps he should leave the reins alone, all things considered.  Hope he enjoyed himself.

Every time Congress works toward a stop-gap budget, it risks a government shutdown, while Obama talks about gender equality and then goes golfing.  The ProgLibs refuse meaningful spending cuts while the GOP extends the debt ceiling for two weeks and gets crumbs for spending cuts.  Note that Obama has appointed Joe Bite-Me to be the lead administration negotiator on the talks and Biden immediately flies off to “really important” places.

A staunch member of the Obama Team, Senator Dick Durbin (D-ILLINOIS, hmn) says that the Emperor is working behind closed doors and just because you don’t see him does mot mean he is not heavily involved.  Durbin told CNN “The President’s establishing priorities, the most important American priorities.”  (I’m sure gender equality is one of those most important priorities.)  Perhaps Obama is busy prioritizing in his head while he rides his bike.

Obama has told the world that we are “tightening the noose” on Libya.  Yeah, right.  To date, that has been about it.  France and the UK want a no-fly zone to keep Gaddafi’s aircraft from massacringthe rebels.  As this is being written, it looks like Gaddafi is winning, as his forces capture more and more rebel enclaves.  The Arab League has condemned the Libyan leader in no uncertain terms.  The UN and even NATO are heavily involved in deliberations.  However, the no-fly zone is becoming a moot point at this stage.  The opportunity to impose this is likely gone.  The Obama position seems unusual for the world’s only super power, don’t you think?

When America does not lead, a vacuum occurs.  With previous Presidents who did not so consistently vote “present”, this vacuum would likely have led to inaction.  No longer, as evidenced by French and UK intentions.  Guess Obama is getting what he wants on the world stage: just one of many and on the sidelines.

On Japan, Obama seems paralyzed.  He initially talked a good game  but I guess the axiom “actions speak louder than words” was not taught in any of the schools he attended.  He assured the world that the relationship between the United States and Japan was “unshakable.”  That is a curious term.  Why would it not be?  He is credited with a US Navy presence off Japan.  He even dispatched two Nuclear experts to the scene.  I bet the alphabet news agencies have dispatched quite a few more than that, just to report.

He has yet to realize this is truly a major disaster.  The extraordinary Tsunami was bad enough but add to that the danger of a nuclear meltdown and you have a full blown ongoing tragedy.  What he should be doing (and saying) is that America  iswillng to provide useful manpower from all our resources, military and civilian. He should also tell the world we will spare no expense in terms of humanitarian help in the near term  and help in rebuilding a devastated friend in the long term.

One “bright” note in an otherwise depressing article on Presidential inaction, President Obama is set to reveal his NCAA brackets for the upcoming College Basketball tournament!  The Commander-in-Chief’s picks will be revealed tomorrow on ESPN.  The tournament is frequently labeled as “March Madness.  It wouldn’t be much of a stretch to also label Presidential inaction the same.