Just what might they be smoking?

President Obama is picking up criticism for his handling of the attempted terrorist attack by such characters as Dick Cheney, Pete Hoekstra, and a couple of the other losers on the right. That Dick Cheney can contribute anything meaningful to the world is doubtful at best and a sorry indictment of the garbage the media likes to spew forth. Anyway the Republicans are trying to use this to their advantage, despite the fact that the democrats did not act in this way when a similar event occurred. I give you Politico´s take on it as well as Time´s Joe Klein.

I am afraid for the United States. If this party ever gets back in power there is no telling what they might stoop to. With a Republican at the helm it seems that there is a middle ages just around the corner. German political commentators have noted that they have never heard a condemning like the one Obama has made of the governments after this incident. Nice to hear some honesty, instead of continuously talking about brave men and women and so on...

On a happier note the Winter Olympics are coming up and Sweden has a pretty nice team that is going to play for the repeat of the gold medal from Torino. Peter Forsberg made the squad and for those who don´t remember what this man is capable of I give you this video to remind you of the time he took his first olympic gold back in 94. A real classic but watch it for Forsberg´s second shoot-out goal.
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