I watched some footage today of Vladamir Putin signing some decree.  It was in the midst of this Crimea thing, but it could have been file footage from anything.  There he was sitting at his desk.  No crowd of onlookers, no little boy who needs health care, no speaker of the house looking like a grinning ghoul with a face so stretched it might burst.  Just Vlad sitting at his desk and using a single pen signing the document.

Look at anything Obama signs into law but particularly signature pieces of legislation.  For the farce that has become and still is Obamacare, he used 22 pens, one for each letter of his name.  It took him a minute and a half to sign his damn name.  And the pens?  The run about $140 each.  So $3080 tax payer dollars spent so that he can feel even better about himself by giving the pens away.

Does the pen that made the “O” have more value than the other letters?  Pretty soon, I bet you’ll find plenty of them on Ebay.

If you look at pictures of the signing you’ll also see that the box housing the pens is exactly the right size for all 22 pens.  Now 22 is an odd number.  Pens do not come in that quantity; usually 12 or 6.  So the ornate, polished, and felt lined box had to be custom made as well.  More money down the toilet.

The thing is, everything is a ceremony for this guy.  He invokes himself into everything.  Moochelle does too.  I was watching the premier showing of Cosmos on Fox (Fox!) the other day.  Great show full of computer graphics and theories about the start of the universe.  There’s Barry introducing the show.  How many times has he been on the View?  Who watches that show, anyway?

Moochelle had to have an episode of The Biggest Loser.  Barry injects himself into all sorts of legal issues from Trayvon Martin (“if I had a son, he’d look like Trayvon”) to the Henry Louis Gates fiasco where he said the “Cambridge police acted stupidly.” before any serious facts of the case were established.  Oh, and in that scenario, when the officer, Gates, Obama and Biden got together for a backyard beer?  Who helped the elderly Gates down the steps?  Yes, Officer James Crowley.  Biden and Barry are walking ahead oblivious to the struggles of the elderly Gates on his cane.

Obama thinks the world is his stage and everyone on the planet are members of his personal audience.  We’re supposed to watch in awe as he makes decisions and clap in amazement whenever he mounts those steps at a measured trot.

Got news for you, buddy.  The world has figured out that you are far more actor than leader.  You are out of your depth and do not have the resolve, stomach, back bone (pick your example) for making tough, sound, strategic decisions.  More sanctions are expected against ole’ Vlad by Barry.  Of course, Putin will be in Kiev before Obama finishes signing the document.