What's this I hear about Obama giving iPods as gifts? I missed that. I have not paid attention to much news lately.

Well, that is downright tacky and that's all there is to it. BUT WAIT!! That is not all there is to it. On some level that feels like an affront to the American worker.

Geez. I have been buying furniture lately. And trying to buy American-made furniture is getting to be about as easy as crawling through ground glass. And I have to tell you, if you like American-made furniture, before you order anything, make sure the fabric for said furniture is not on a slow boat from China somewhere.

iPods! He is giving out iPods to represent American culture. Sadly accurate maybe, but tacky nonetheless. And it just does not feel right somehow. It is like something you would read in a satire.

Geez! iPods. Am I really reading this? iPods! Absurd. What would have been wrong with a Louisville Slugger? (I am afraid to check to see if they are still made in Louisville though.)

Absurd. Absurd. Absurd.

Boomer the Indignant