EverReady! 
Jesse Taylor of Pandagon joyously mocks the endlessly expressed notion that putting a little touch of Reagan in everything we do is key.
Taylor takes off on Scott Rasmussen’s Wall Street Journal advice to seek Him everywhere, and hilarity ensues:
“Barack Obama’s election reaffirms the central tenet of American political life, which is that Ronald Reagan is what people want, even before Ronald Reagan was around to let us know how much we wanted him….Ronald Reagan does not get to absorb every good thing that every presidential candidate ever does throughout perpetuity, nor is his corruption-riddled, hypocritical, propaganda-driven legacy the only benchmark for a successful period of governance. What we’re being expected to believe is that a black Democrat running openly on large levels of government investment in our economy, higher tax rates on high earners, a humble and diplomacy-focused foreign policy, alternative energy and expanded, government-driven access to healthcare – and repeated attacked as a socialist for doing so – is the exact same as a white Republican conservative who agreed with Grover Norquist’s remark that we must drown government in the bathtub.
A desire to see Ronald Reagan win every time does not mean that, in fact, Ronald Reagan actually won every time.”
Who Was Barack Obama? 
The hope’s barely dry for the Obama Administration, but an exhibit on the Senator’s rise to greatness looms.
Denver’s Blair-Caldwell African American Research Library and Museum has some odds and ends left over from the Democrat’s convention week in town, and they’re putting on a show!
This handsome number 
is the centerpiece of the jump-start backwards glance.
Comedy is best when fresh, so the plucky lads at carbolicsmoke.com launched a barrage of humor at the prospective Obama Presidential Library before he was elected!
Brace self for raucous laughter:Â 
“The first floor of the library will feature a spectacular Hall of Hope that will emphasize Obama’s famous speeches more than his accomplishments.
“It is rhetoric that moves a nation and defines us as a people,†Obama explained. “Accomplishments, on the other hand, are overrated.â€
Faithful readers are encouraged to watch the skies for the endless Internet replication of this side-splitter – but it will take effort to match the the timeless classic “PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY DESTROYED BY FLOOD,” which haunts the web.
Nowhere to Go But   
As he shows Barack Obama around to measure the White House drapes, 
 George W. Bush can take quiet pride knowing that he has secured another presidential first, surpassing Richard Nixon in the American people’s dislike.
Seventy-six percent disapprove of Bush’s performance, compared with sixty-Six percent for Nixon as he boarded the last chopper ride.
All Bush needs now is for a magnanimous President Obama to pardon him, and the healing will begin!
‘the greatness comes and you are really tested, when you take some knocks, some disappointments, when sadness comes, because only if you have been in the deepest valley can you ever know how magnificent it is to be on the highest mountain.’
Statuesque! Â 
Gerald Ford is another step closer to immortality in the United States Capitol, with the selection of the artist to create a larger than life statue.
Michigan is making room for No-Term Gerry by yanking the state’s statue of Zachary Chandler, a Civil War era Republican senator of real accomplishments.
The unfortunately named University of Missouri “Maneater” reports that professor J. Brett Grill will do the honors, although he seems a little shaky on his Ford facts. Gill says Ford “was one of our only unelected presidents,” but of course Ford was the only unelected president.
Whip Ignorance Now! 
To Coin A Phrase  
Long in the forefront of peculiar coinage, Liberia has thrilled numesmaticly inclined cold war enthusiasts with their talking Kennedy coin. It features audio of JFK’s storied “Ich bin ein Berliner†speech in which he either saluted doughty Berliners or embraced pastry.
   The Liberians are known for their broadminded pantheon of heroes, with George W. Bush earning a stamp for some debt transactions.
