Wow, we’re almost at mid-June, where did the year go? Mornings come really early, days stay really late, and with my grass seed down in the side and back yards I’m seeing more happy birds than I ever have before. Besides the usual collection of doves and sparrows we’ve got a pair of these pretty little gray birds with rose-colored breasts and a streak of rose on their tails. A few thoughts and observations while wondering what kind of bird that might be:

From Political Wire: Today’s fatal shooting at a high school in Oregon is the 74th shooting on an American school campus since a lone gunman’s attack on Sandy Hook Elementary in Newtown, Connecticut in December 2012. My comment? That’s because the only people in gun-free zones with guns are people who could care less about what the law is. They’ve got killing on their minds, and the only thing that stops a shooter is another shooter. Put armed guards outside and inside schools, and make it known, and you’ll be amazed at how the number of school shootings drops. These shooters are cowards at heart.

Question: has any President besides, perhaps, Richard Nixon had a worse couple of weeks than the Obama administration? Now these guys can’t even decide who’s in charge.

Somehow I get the feeling that in the end this is not going to turn out well for the Obama administration. I have to ask, is there anything these guys do that doesn’t turn into a $#@!& mess?

Have to agree with Eric Wilbur here. Grady Sizemore was a worthwhile risk, but he really can’t play anymore. Time to cut your losses, Red Sox.

So the Hillary roll-out begins, and once again only the most ardent of her followers are seeing that somehow the idea of “Hillary!” doesn’t quite hold up against the real Hillary Clinton. As Charles Cooke writes, the problem with Hillary isn’t just that she’s incompetent and completely out of touch, but that she’s not a savvy politician who can think on her feet. If she wasn’t married to Bill she’s a nobody. And the more people see of her, the more they will remember how we ended up with Barack Obama in the first place.