Ya' know, I am actually jealous of my fellow Americans who have nothing more to be concerned about than how well President Obama tossed the ceremonial first pitch at the All-Star game or how he was attired while doing it.
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One might have thought that the most cringy part of President Barack Obama's performance on the mound before last week's All Star game was that his delivery of the first pitch had absolutely no mustard on it. At least he didn't bounce it to the plate.
But now the controversy is not about his weak-sauce sinker, but his baseball attire. The fashion community, and by that we mean anyone wearing clothes, says the president was wearing mom jeans — high-waisted, baggy demin favored by, moms? Actually, they didn't seem that bad — no pleats or elastic waist band, anyway. But when the president felt compelled to address the pressing matter Tuesday, he issued no apologies. (Jeff Thomas, "The Star Report," Silicon Valley Mercury News, 7/21/09)
But now the controversy is not about his weak-sauce sinker, but his baseball attire. The fashion community, and by that we mean anyone wearing clothes, says the president was wearing mom jeans — high-waisted, baggy demin favored by, moms? Actually, they didn't seem that bad — no pleats or elastic waist band, anyway. But when the president felt compelled to address the pressing matter Tuesday, he issued no apologies. (Jeff Thomas, "The Star Report," Silicon Valley Mercury News, 7/21/09)
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With economic upheavals, a government spinning & spending out of control, North Korea & Iran promising to nuke their favorite enemies, all kinds of policy-makers threatening the planet with forced abortion & euthanasia, and every other type of apocolyptic scenario imagineable unfolding, it must be nice to blissfully ignore all that and, instead, express such concern over a ceremonial pitch and clothing.
Alas, I am cursed: I am not ignorant enough.
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