7/4/09: Dear President Obama,

I’m sure by this time you’ve heard that Michael Jackson passed away. At this writing, he left this world exactly 9 days ago and I must tell you, Mr. President, your silence has been deafening.
If you thought it was adequate to have Press Secretary Robert Gibbs throw out a little aside on your behalf 24 [...]

3/19/09: Dear President Obama,

On the eve of the anniversary of your second month in office, I’m thinking it’s a good time to take a little inventory of your performance thus far.  The expressed opinions, of course, are only mine.  ‘Nuff said on that front.
So here we go.  
1.  Salaries frozen for executives of companies receiving bailout money.  That’s a [...]

1/31/09: Dear President Obama,

Well you promised to hit the ground running, and that you’ve done. 
1.  Lilly Ledbetter was ridiculously overdue.  Whether a person is male or female, gay or straight, black, white or a flying purple people eater should have zippo influence on the compensation they receive for a job well (or poorly, when you get right down [...]

1/13/09: Dear President Obama,

A few thoughts as you prepare to take the helm:

Your campaign was executed flawlessly: Plouffe is a genius with a solid understanding of the people you’re gonna serve. Give the man a parking space, and think of him as E.F. Hutton.

There are naysayers as well as supporters with chronologically detailed lists of every promise you [...]