ONE MAN'S VACATION IS ANOTHER MAN'S...

BARRY STRESSING OVER THE 'FISCAL CLIFF'

Our "Lord and Savior," Barack Obama, just-completed his portion of what has been described as being a 'family vacation', heading home after five days or roughly 120 hours. This little respite of his, having taken place in that little known part of Asia, known as Hawaii, was the vacation many guys can only dream about. But I think Barry differs from most in that, because while there was a rather intense focus on recreation alone or with the guys, there was a relatively light schedule of actual family-oriented events.

Barry played golf three out of the five days he was on Oahu, engaging in marathon sessions of up to six hours for a total of about 17 hours our on the course. He spent another three or four hours 'toning' up in the gym. No doubt he views all of this relaxation as his way of dealing with the rigors of his office, but it also makes quite clear his lack of any deep concern regarding the consequences to be faced by everyday folks should we actually make the plunge over that much talked about fiscal cliff.

Anyway, by contrast, our 'Dear Beloved Leader' spent about two hours on the beach with Queen Michelle and the kids, and another couple of hours hiking with them. While this weird little family unit certainly got some quality time in while at their rather exclusive vacation home, most of the fun stuff was to be had by the head dude and his assorted posse. On both Monday and Wednesday, the family barely got to see Barry until sometime after 3:00 pm, when he had finished his workouts and rounds of golf.

Wednesday’s little golf outing was Barry's 19th of 2012 and the 111th of his presidency and it featured longtime pals Bobby Titcomb, Mike Ramos, and Greg Orme, the same posse that was with him when he was out on the course on Monday. But alas, our 'Fearless Leader' returned back to the 'grind' late this morning, back in Washington where his new 'pal' will be Speaker John Boehner, whom Barry hopes to bully and threaten into coming around to his way of averting the fiscal cliff, by simply raising taxes.