Taylor Swift's Holiday Gift to President Obams

When I first saw Taylor Swift's latest video, I just didn't care for it. It's too pop, it's too cute, it's more of just being all about her.

What a fool I was.

Today's news made me realize, it's not about herself at all. It's about President Obama, clearly.

Did you see the latest report on our national economy?

US economy notches its best performance in over a decade

Gross domestic product for the third-quarter leapt a better-than-expected 5%.

The U.S. economy’s third-quarter performance was the strongest the nation has recorded in more than 10 years, as consumers continue to spend more as they feel emboldened by a stronger job market, a stronger housing market and rising stocks.

Gross domestic product for the third-quarter leapt a better-than-expected 5% according to the Commerce Department’s “third” estimate. That growth exceeded the prior quarter’s 4.6% increase. It also was the greatest advance since the third quarter of 2003, according to Bloomberg.

U.S. stocks rallied Tuesday following the data, driving the Dow industrials above 18,000 for the first time.

With this, on top of all the other good news on and about America in these past 6 years, all the Republicans and Right Wingers and Tea Party members and just the haters in general, it makes me think of Taylor Swift's latest.



Haters gonna' hate, Mr. President.

Shake it off.

Great quote today

As always, I was listening to KCUR 89.3 FM, the local NPR (National Public Radio) station and Bill Shapiro's show, "Cyprus Avenue" was on. It was his 2nd hour and it was a replay of one he did on Johnny Cash.

Anyway, Mr. Shapiro--because I don't know him--was speaking of the capitalization of country music which, he said, gave us the "putrid pablum of Taylor Swift."



I laughed out loud.

And I was in my car.



Have a great weekend, y'all. (I'll be writing tomorrow).