SHORT TAKES ON THE DRIFTING WRECKAGE – AT 11:52 P.M. ET: 

A WOMAN WITH STANDARDS – From Fox:  "An Indian bride has walked out of her wedding ceremony after her groom-to-be failed to solve a simple math problem, police said Friday.  The bride tested the groom on his math skills and when he got the sum wrong, she walked out.  The question she asked: How much is 15 plus six?  His reply: 17."  Can you imagine any bride trying that here, given the state of American education?  She'd be told that a wrong answer isn't really wrong, just an expression of an alternative narrative.

HYPOCRITE KERRY – From Daily Caller:  "Former Secretary of State Henry Kissinger hammered John Kerry in 1985 for interfering in diplomatic negotiations with Nicaragua’s Marxist government as a Massachusetts senator.  Thirty years later, Kerry is skewering Senate Republicans for their open letter to the Iranian leadership warning that any nuclear deal with the United States without the advice and consent of the U.S. Congress would not last beyond President Obama’s term.  Kerry and then-Iowa Sen. Tom Harkin visited Nicaragua in 1985 to cut a deal with the Sandinista government, which was close to the former Soviet Union. President Ronald Reagan, however, was already set on overthrowing the Marxist government in Nicaragua by sending aid to a group of Nicaraguan rebels — the contras."  And Kerry was actually negotiating with a foreign country.  The Senate Republican letter simply informed another government of the American system.

YOUR TAX DOLLARS AT WORK – From Breitbart:  "President Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama were both in California at the same time yesterday, but the pair took separate flights for two different television appearances.  Yesterday, President Obama traveled aboard Air Force One to California for a TV appearance with comedian Jimmy Kimmel. The First Lady, however, flew on a separate plane to California for a TV appearance with Ellen...The First Lady flew back to Washington D.C. separately, while the president will fly back to Washington D.C. this afternoon."  We are paying for this extravagance.  I wonder how many college scholarships could have been given for the cost of these TV appearances.

A NEW NATIONAL HOLIDAY – From Breitbart:  "Wednesday at the White House the First Lady celebrated Nowruz, which White House Dossier describes as the 'Iranian festival of spring that marks the beginning of the Persian new year.'  There is absolutely nothing wrong with honoring the many events celebrated within this magnificent e pluribus unum melting pot of ours. The problem is that this is not about honoring a group of people who make up less than 1% of our population. When the Obama White House celebrates the Amish holiday of 'Old Christmas' be sure to fire me up a flare.  That spectacle wasn’t about anything other than kissing up to the women-oppressing, homosexual-murdering Islamic theocrats in Iran who have only three goals: 1) Get a nuclear weapon. 2) Use that weapon to wipe out Israel. 3) Jump into a pile of 72 virgins."  I can't wait for Obama to be introduced as the Grand Ayatollah.

March 13, 2015