Obama, like UPS, turns 'Right' and Avoids 'Left'

Obama's Presidency to date is a dream-come-true for the Republicans and the 'right' (sic) wing, while it is one of hopes dashed for those truly concerned about the country and the world. The key Bush policies and modus operandi are still in place-Gitmo is still operating, President is against same-sex marriage, wars are continuing, deficits are piling up, health care is a disaster, the economy is a mess, and signing statements are still being used.

Robert Gibbs, representing the President, really poured kerosene on the President's supporters and threw a lighted rocket with his liberal harangue.

White House spokesman blasts liberal critics - latimes.com: "Festering tensions between the White House and liberal activists flared Tuesday, with presidential Press Secretary Robert Gibbs scolding what he called 'the professional left' for its vocal objections to President Obama's record.

In an interview with the Hill newspaper, the president's chief spokesman voiced disdain for liberal critics who've likened Obama to former President George W. Bush.

'These people ought to be drug tested,' Gibbs said. 'They will be satisfied when we have Canadian healthcare and we've eliminated the Pentagon. That's not reality. They wouldn't be satisfied if Dennis Kucinich was president.'

Later in the day, Gibbs put out a statement saying he had spoken "inartfully.""

Left-Hand-Turn Elimination - New York Times: "It seems that sitting in the left lane, engine idling, waiting for oncoming traffic to clear so you can make a left-hand turn, is minutely wasteful — of time and peace of mind, for sure, but also of gas and therefore money. Not a ton of gas and money if we’re talking about just you and your Windstar, say, but immensely wasteful if we’re talking about more than 95,000 big square brown trucks delivering packages every day. And this realization — that when you operate a gigantic fleet of vehicles, tiny improvements in the efficiency of each one will translate to huge savings overall — is what led U.P.S. to limit further the number of left-hand turns its drivers make."