I’ve been thinking about why that picture of President Obama’s daughter wearing a peace sign T-shirt at the G8 summit has bothered me so, and I think I’ve finally figured it out:

The fact is, people who wear such shirts – whether it to look au current or not, wear it to protest war. That’s how the whole peace sign thing got started, right? It was to protest what people thought was an illegal and immoral war in Vietnam. And, since that time, they’ve worn it as a form of protest against everything from nuclear proliferation to the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.

And there’s the rub: the fact is, her wearing a war protest T-shirt disrespects the men and women of our armed forces who are sacrificing their lives and fighting and dying in Iraq and Afghanistan – the very soldiers and sailors who serve her father in his role as Commander-in-Chief over. Sure, she may be only 11, but it’s not just tacky, it’s wrong. And the fact her parents allowed her out wearing that shirt in that kind of setting shows not only poor taste, but an unconcious disdain for the men and women of our armed forces, those who are serving, those who have been injured and are recovering from horrendous injuries, and those who have made the ultimate sacrifice on behalf of their country and the cause of freedom.

But frankly I’m sick of talking about the hypocrisy of limousine liberals like Barack and Michelle Obama. Let’s talk golf. Courtesy of my partner this year, Steve “Killer” Kowalski, check this link out. Amazing.

Finally, something I agree with Nancy Pelosi on. Wouldn’t you think the idiots in Washington would have more important items to consider? You know, like, um, the economy, for example? Maybe that’s expecting too much.

Lest one think I’m totally negative on President Obama, a couple of observations as evidence I’m willing to cut dude at least some slack:

1. This sounds like a good trade-off to me. Exploit the Russians’ paranoia and fear so they put the pressure on Iran. Good for us, good for them.

2. People are dissing the Prez because of this photo (an aside: how the heck do you capture a photo like that, anyways?), but if it were me I’d probably be doing the same thing. I may be married (happily so) but for Gawdsakes, I’m not dead. Can’t blame the Prez – after all, there’s some serious boo-tay goin’ on there. I just wonder what she looks like from the front…