FOD 2014.01.06

Have you noticed how nice and quiet it's been lately? obama is on his annuall Hawaii vacation. Congress is in recess. Things are rolling along quite nicely without either of them. Too bad it won't stay like this.

Speaking of barry and michelle's vacation, I almost choked when I saw this headline. It's from the New York Times.

For Obama, a Real and Rare Vacation in Hawaii

Rare? He does this every damn year. How does that make it 'rare'?

After a two-week vacation on the windward side of Oahu, ensconced with his family in a private beachfront rental, President Obama prepared on Saturday to return to the chillier clime — both politically and weather-wise — of the nation’s capital.

In an end-of-year news conference before he left Washington, the president said he hoped that his annual tropical getaway would leave him refreshed and ready for the challenges of 2014. “I am sure,” he said, “that I will have even better ideas after a couple days of sleep and sun.”

"...even better ideas..."  Based on his past ideas, that shouldn't be too hard.

Mr. Obama’s vacation schedule was nothing if not routine.

He went to the gym at Marine Corps Base Hawaii for a sunrise workout. He played golf nine out of 15 days. And he and the first lady, Michelle Obama, stepped out for dinner at a few of their favorite restaurants...

“One of the reasons that the president, I think, likes it here is that he can have a sense of normalcy, even within his security bubble,” said Senator Brian Schatz, Democrat of Hawaii. “He can still feel, perhaps, like he did when he was a teenager, just for a few moments at a time."

Does that include toking on a doobie?