• workout day two: Slightly less pain…the State of the Union was more painful #
• Shaking my head….”MSNBC’s Matthews On Obama: “I Forgot He Was Black Tonight”" http://j.mp/9P0lTP #
• Not just fraud, unlawful fraud….”Scientists in stolen e-mail scandal hid climate data” http://j.mp/dlcq8D #
• Oh good lord, PETA please go AWAY!!!….”PETA proposes robotic groundhog for Pa. festival - Yahoo! News” http://j.mp/d2V4Co #
• “Obama’s answer for America: more of me - NYPOST.com” http://j.mp/cqreLe #
• “Fact Checking some the SOTU” http://j.mp/b4FAz1 #
• Yikes….”NY pols stunned to learn Obama administration opposes funding for 9/11 health bill” http://j.mp/9ZKXdG #
• Change we can believe in….”Senate permits gov’t to borrow an additional $1.9T” http://j.mp/cdlL8Q #

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• “Reuters AlertNet - South Korea returns fire from North -Yonhap” http://j.mp/aNvGxn #
• NO COMMENT!…..”Man caught at airport with 44 lizards in pants” http://j.mp/cP4MGX #
• No Freaking allowed….”School Outlaws “Sexual Bending” - January 26, 2010″ http://j.mp/b6svBS #
• Will the real Ellie Light please stand up?….“Ellie Light” story turns a little bit freaky and a whole lot deaky” http://j.mp/a58B9b #
• ya think? …..”Obama: Hey, maybe this ObamaCare process should have been more transparent” http://j.mp/ak1×4E #
• When good whistleblowers go bad. Lesson here? Don’t get Cocky with a little success…..”Acorn whistleblower arrested” http://j.mp/ahhasW #
• And isn’t married except his wife says he is…….”Good news: “Ellie Light” comes clean, admits she’s a guy” http://j.mp/bH777J #
• oh my…..”Ben Stein: Obama The Master Cameleon Is Surrounded By Ass Kissers” http://j.mp/bp8sIu #
• Tonight’s workout was informative: I am now fully convinced I am horribly out of shape #
• “MA Dem Chews Out Geithner: “Stinks To High Heaven”" http://j.mp/a4joAa #
• “RED LIGHT CAMERAS UNSAFE?” http://j.mp/cYsXDR #
• Yes, they do actually have ideas, if anyone is listening…”Ryan reintroducing GOP health-care reform bill today” http://j.mp/9OAQtI #

• “YouTube - The National Debt Road Trip” http://j.mp/2SOrB #
• remember the fainting women?…..”More presidential phoniness - MyNorthwest.com” http://j.mp/8ZO4lb #
• “‘Chemical Ali’ hanged for ordering gas attack - NYPOST.com” http://j.mp/7Fas8I #
• “Even Jon Stewart Mocks Obama For Using Teleprompter In Sixth Grade Classroom” Video at mediaite” http://j.mp/5rDhra #
• Good news: Hand surgery in April is no morecanceled. Bad news: It’s next Wednesday instead. #
• Another campaign flip? …. “RealClearPolitics - Video - Obama Campaigned Against Spending Freeze” http://j.mp/bx35k0 #
• So much for competition for competition’s sake…”Russians announce cash for medals offer to athletes” http://j.mp/bDdndk #
• A nonexisitent ineffective effort….”Obama to propose freeze on government spending” http://j.mp/cmWlk1 #
• Change we believe in………”US teen pregnancy rate up for first time since 1990: study” http://j.mp/bWWbNp #
• Competition for the joy of accomplishment …. and the cash too. “Russians announce cash for medals offer to athletes” http://j.mp/bDdndk #
• Classc, a seriously classy goodbye…..”Conan O’Brien’s Final Monologue on The Tonight Show - That Video Site” http://j.mp/bUtLev #

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• This headline was just too funny to ignore…”Brit faces jail over loud sex” http://j.mp/59e7R2 #
• Finally, we have Haggis…..”US to lift 21-year ban on haggis” http://j.mp/6CSDeR #
• And the children shall lead them…..”UK 7-year-old raises $160k for Haiti - Yahoo! News” http://j.mp/5tK1rG #
• “Terror alert: “unusually high” number of people on their no-fly list trying to board US-bound planes” http://j.mp/7JHLsf #
• This coffee is HORRIBLE….oh wait, forgot to stir it…Nevermind…. #
• 3 different aides gave three sets of stats. Way to synch up….”White House brass split on stimulus stats” http://j.mp/5PSUB9 #
• Shocker (not): .. “The Hindu : News / National : India, China won’t sign Copenhagen Accord” http://j.mp/7sjI88 #
• More scientific fraud…..”Scientists using selective temperature data” http://j.mp/7xGiQt #
• Checks and balances….”CNN Poll: Most Americans applaud Democrats’ loss of supermajority” http://j.mp/57ksCI #
• yup. “CNN Poll: Majority of Americans say much of stimulus wasted” http://j.mp/7fxjI1 #
• I seem to recall when this was bad when it was Hallyburton….”Hope and Change: No-bid war contract goes to Dem donor” http://j.mp/8qbjgC #
• Time to switch tactics, they wore this one out…..”Democrats’ Bush-bashing strategy goes bust” http://j.mp/855KQF #

• a good productive day. Cleaned out the garage and found enough room to put a car in it. Tomorrow? More of the same, but inside the house #
• Naive wishful thinking or optimism? … “Bayh Says Obama May Call for Freeze on Discretionary Spending” http://j.mp/7pDYj5 #
• So much for altruism…..”FT.com / Americas - Haiti aid agency accused of rivalry tactics” http://j.mp/5SF6Yq #
• “DEBKAfile - Rush of terror alerts on three continents plus Middle East” http://j.mp/77hl3v #
• ouch. “Leftwing Professor Writes Hilarious Essay About ‘Conan Obama’” http://j.mp/4wLsu4 #
• More on the mysterious Ellie Light….”Ellie Light: Obama Astroturfer?” http://j.mp/6m7v6T #

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• 60 Minutes doing this would be up for an emmy….”ACORN Filmmakers Giles, O’Keefe Sued in Philadelphia Federal Court” http://j.mp/629lFN #
• If Bush had done this….”Obama Issues Ruling Saying It’s Legal For The FBI To Break The Law Accessing Phone Records” http://j.mp/7Qp4g6 #
• “Female Suicide Bombers May Be Heading Here from Yemen, Say Sources - ABC News” http://j.mp/8XSzSD #
• “Four Reasons Not To Fear The Supreme Court’s Business-Political Spending Decision - The Atlantic Politics Channel” http://j.mp/7i4SN4 #
• well, what do you know…I really can park my car in my garage… #

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• Let’s hope his replacement is not even worse…”Senate Dems Not Sure They Can Get Enough Votes to Reconfirm Bernanke” http://j.mp/6ZSZZG #
• I think assuming this is his end is grossly premature…..”The World Bids Farewell to Obama - SPIEGEL ONLINE” http://j.mp/5CHqKd #
• Let me file this under WHO CARES!! …..sheesh, grow up…..”Scott Brown’s Wife Music VIDEO” http://j.mp/8GHtfF #
• Uh why would you lie about this?…..”Man Claims Terror Ties in Little Rock Shooting - NYTimes.com” http://j.mp/8dp5O3 #
• Uh…so many one liners, so little time…..”Lawyer Disciplined for His Odor in the Court - The Daily Weekly” http://j.mp/8GOTWz #
• I have no idea how I feel about this…..”Holiday Inn Launched Human Bed Warming Service Starting In London Kensington” http://j.mp/756BdK #
• mmmm, a burger and a beer…..”Burger King plans beer-selling Whopper Bar in South Beach - USATODAY.com” http://j.mp/7fs861 #
• Interesting. “Majority of Americans, and Nearly 6 in 10 Young Adults, View Abortion as Morally” http://j.mp/7rnrou #
• I know!! Let’s change the world on faulty science….”UN climate change expert: there could be more errors in report” http://j.mp/7FuTux #
• Hell hath no fury…….”Scorned Mistress of Married Obama Adviser Posts Billboards Nationwide” http://j.mp/5TIQrb #

• Just for a break in the seriousness… This is awesome….”YouTube - Harptallica-The Unforgiven” http://j.mp/4IdIQF #
• Damn the public opinion, full steam ahead….”Investors.com - Dems Double Down” http://j.mp/5WukZg #
• Eve Chris Matthews isn’t buying it…..”Howard Dean: Brown won because ObamaCare isn’t liberal enough” http://j.mp/8g7dkL #
• Comedy Gold: Even Chris Matthews isn’t buying it…..”Howard Dean: Brown won because ObamaCare isn’t liberal enough” http://j.mp/8g7dkL #
• Oh, for the love of……”Chavez: US Weapon Test Caused Haiti Earthquake” http://j.mp/4AOVC5 #
• Heard at work: Avatar was basically Dances with Wolves, in space - with Smurfs #
• Oh ow….”RealClearPolitics - Video - Specter Tells Bachmann To Act Like A “Lady”" http://j.mp/4ILTML #
• Hey! He’s not a Republican anymore! No point waiting for outrage….”» Specter to Bachmann: Act like a lady” http://j.mp/5nPTt2 #
• At least one industry is thriving under Obama…..”Hope and Change: K-Street lobbying firms post banner year” http://j.mp/70Paf9 #
• Oh, ha ha, so funny…not. …”TSA guard plants baggy of white powder on passenger as a joke” http://j.mp/7tRMY6 #
• What Media Bias? “MSNBC to Massachusetts: Drop dead!” http://j.mp/7mYxdm #

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• A message? A foreshadowing? We’ll see…”Blog Archive » Scott Brown elected senator from Massachusetts” http://j.mp/754zT3 #
• I think it was directed to more than just Teddy…..”Roger Ebert: Massachusetts to Teddy: “F … you” http://j.mp/4WAv8b #
• There’s an app for that….”Earthquake Survivor Calls iPhone a Life Saver | NBC Miami” http://j.mp/8gvF3R #
• “Haiti TV coverage: Reporters saving lives is good, but selling it on TV feels bad” http://j.mp/6mnA7A #
• His idiocy never fails to amaze me…..”Olbermann: Massachusetts suddenly turned racist!” http://j.mp/7io7yl #
• Thanks to David for turning me on to Slacker.com radio. Now playing Hideaway by the Weepies #
• More good new music: Take back the city by Snow Patrol #
• Sanitized for whose porotection? And why?… “Fort Hood Report: No Mention of Islam, Hasan Not Named - TIME” http://j.mp/5Aey7M #
• Now playing: the sultry tones of Jane Monheit #
• Race baiting, the new American Sport…”MSNBC’s Deutsch: Mass. Voters Opted for ‘Visceral Comfort’ of a White Guy” http://j.mp/76mHPb #
• Note to Democrats, pay attention, this was a message. Note to Republicans, don’t get cocky, you got the same message in 2006 and 2008 #

I had hoped that the lesson of Brown being elected would do some good.  Indeed, Obama seemed to suggest that today in interviews.  He correctly noted that people are angry.  The problem is, he is not getting what they are angry at.

I got this today and it seems to suggest they learned the wrong lesson.

Yesterday’s disappointing election results show deep discontent with the pace of change. I know the OFA community and the President share that frustration.

We also saw what we knew to be true all along: Any change worth making is hard and will be fought at every turn. While it doesn’t take away the sting of this loss, there is no road to real change without setbacks along the way.

We could have simply sought to do things that were easy, that wouldn’t stir up controversy. But changes that aren’t controversial rarely solve the problem.

Our country continues to face the same fundamental challenges it faced yesterday. Our health care system still needs reform. Wall Street still needs to be held accountable. We still need to create good jobs. And we still need to continue building a clean energy economy.