Let's check in with his testimony in favor of a bill that would repeal his state's same-sex marriage law:

    * "So because I disagree on something that's pushed down my throat, I'm supposed to roll over because, representative, you think it's normal? I'm sorry you got the wrong person."
    * "I wanted to make sure everyone understood here, that this legislature sold the rights of $10,000 per kid under title four, when they said that homosexual couples, not married, can adopt. So we sold each kid to a homosexual couple that's not married for $10,000."
    * On incestuous couples: "Aren't we discriminating against all them?"
    * "What about the Muslims now? Everyone's praising the Muslims. They're killing us. What about them, they want three, four wives. We're discriminating against them."

Andre? Jim? Joe? Mark? Time to put up or shut up. Your honor is at stake.

Even Nicholas Perricone recommends some of the Avon skin creams!

I'm a licensed esthetician (on the side) and wouldn't hesitate to recommend most of the products in the "Anew" skincare category. Just avoid the ones with AHA.

They have some terrific products in Moisture Therapy lotions and, of course, the infamous Skin So Soft as a bug repellent.

But I agree with Perlstein that Obama is on his naive way to trying to defeat a thuggish opponent by merely floating like a butterfly.  Because stinging like a bee apparently was only for Hillary.

"Although the facts of this case are not those of the typical physical control case in which a jury can infer that the defendant was in physical control because he drove the vehicle to where it came to rest, a jury could reasonably find that Fleck, having been found intoxicated, alone, and sleeping behind the wheel of his own vehicle with the keys in the vehicle's console, was in a position to exercise dominion or control over the vehicle and that he could, without too much difficulty, make the vehicle a source of danger," Page wrote. "Based on the totality of the circumstances, the facts in the record, and the legitimate inferences drawn from them, we hold that a jury could reasonably conclude that Fleck was guilty beyond a reasonable doubt of being in physical control of a vehicle under the influence of alcohol and with an alcohol concentration of .08 or more."

(And Justice Page is also known as one the Minnesota Vikings infamous "Purple People Eaters" of the 1970s, and later for the Chicago Bears. During his football career, the Vikings won an impressive four conference titles. Page played in 218 consecutive games without an absence, during which he recovered 22 fumbles, made 178½ sacks (Vikings-138½, Bears-40), and scored three touchdowns (two on fumble recoveries and one on an interception return). He also had three safeties, the second most in NFL history. He set a career-high in sacks with 18 in 1976 and is unofficially credited with 5 other seasons with 10 sacks or more. [1] [2]

While in the NFL, Page earned All-Pro honors six times and made second-team all-league three additional times. He was voted to nine consecutive Pro Bowls. Eleven times he was voted All-Conference, in 1968 and 1969 as All-Western Conference and 1970 through 77 and 1980 as an All-National Football Conference.

In 1971, Page was named both the AP NFL Defensive Player of the Year (the first player to be named such) and the AP's NFL Most Valuable Player. Page was the first defensive player to be named MVP since the award's inception. In addition, he was voted the NEA NFL Defensive Player of the Year in 1973.)

Appellant Daryl Fleck was convicted of: (1) felony first-degree being in physical control of a motor vehicle while under the influence of alcohol (within ten years of three or more qualified incidents), Minn. Stat. §§ 169A.20, subd. 1(1), 169A.24, subd. 2 (2006); and (2) felony first-degree being in physical control of a motor vehicles with a blood alcohol concentration of .08 or more, Minn. Stat. §§ 169A.20, subd. 1(5), 169A.24, subd. 2 (2006).

So one case you can make is that Obama was just fated to have a bad first year...

But could more have been done to turn things around? The best chance of averting the normal, dismal aftermath of financial crisis was to respond very aggressively on multiple fronts: really big fiscal stimulus, massive recapitalization of the banks to get them lending again (which in turn would have meant temporary nationalization of the weakest players). And aggressive action at the Fed, including really big quantitative easing and a higher inflation target, could have helped.

In fact, the Obama administration didn't do any of these things. Instead, it pursued meliorative policies: a stimulus that was huge by historical standards but inadequate to the size of the problem, and a bank policy aimed at restoring confidence rather than promoting a revival of lending...Betting that the economy would largely take care of itself was, it turned out, a deeply risky strategy -- and the bet went bad.

The best bet is to pass health care, so that Obama has something to show for his efforts...and hope that the economy turns around in time to help Obama in 2012.

Caye Caulker is a 15 min. boat ride from Ambergris, but doesn't have much in the way of beaches - more of a backpacker destination that you can use to jump off on snorkeling/dive trips.  If you want any creature comforts (i.e. choice of restaurants, air conditioning, market, etc.), I'd stick to Ambergris.  The mainland is nice (some nature reserves, Mayan ruins, canoeing on the Belize River), although it's not that easy to get around, since outside of Belize City the roads are not marked very well, and there's always the crime issue.

Obama's Theory of Change had none of the above, and resort to any of the above was declared  inappropriate and inadmissible.

"He's still our guest here,"

I know it's terrible not to approve of Mr. Obama.  However, thankfully, it's still legal to disapprove of the president.