8/10/06 - Vacation Time for the President

While we all like to take the annual vacation from work, it seems really lame that our President decided he could once again take ten days to go to his Crawford ranch while the Mideast continues its month-long descent into flames and destruction. Nevermind the growing chaos in Iraq, as our troops become engulfed, after nearly four years of death and destruction, into all out civil war. Israel and Lebanon are the scene of terrible and expensive destruction and bloodshed, to the horror of most of the world, while the President is clearing brush.

Is it just me, or does it seem like every time the President takes a vacation, that destruction and death from terrorism, hurricanes, or other disasaters seem to take place.

And is it better to have him engaged, or are we better off is he is not paying attention?