2009.06.20

During an interview, President Obama killed a fly. Click here to witness the carnage. Some hail President Obama's lightning fast reflexes. PETA (people for the ethical treatment of animals) called it an "execution". They are angry at the President for killing a fly. Click here for the story. For the record, I support President Obama's execution of the fly. I support a war on flies everywhere.

A quick search of Google indicates that there are 5,410,000 articles about President Obama killing a fly. Killing a fly is an incredibly trivial thing and yet over five million folks have felt compelled to comment on it.

Now, here is the sad part, I did a google search for "President Obama" and "health care" there are 6,690,000. There are only slightly more than 1,000,000 articles more about health care than killing a fly. That says a lot about the interests of the population.

The stimulus package is spending close to one TRILLION dollars. Guess how many articles are on the web about President Obama's stimulus package? 3,420,000. There are two million more stories about killing a fly than the trillion dollar stimulus package.

President Obama is connected to 4,690,000 stories on the environment and 3,670,000 articles about taxes. There are 1,380,000 articles about Barrack Obama and immigration issues. There are 1,090,000 articles related to President Obama and "national security". There are 808,000 about Gitmo.

It says a lot about the nation's priorities. Killing a fly is big news. National security, taxes, immigration, and Gitmo are low on the radar.