Red Meat Political Commentary

President Bush has had a tempetuous term of office, weathering storms on both the foreign and domestic fronts, oft criticized and shortly facing the judgement of the ages. It is the work of intellects far greater than mind to determine his place in history.

However, one minor quibble; what is up with this business of extending daylight savings time? For we quiet few who suffer from Reverse Seasonal Adjustment Disorder, additional daylight starting earlier in the year is not welcome news. Suffice it to say that two or three more months of laying on the floor curled in the fetal positon with blankets drawn tightly over the head, and having to duct tape the shades to the wall, is no walk in the park.

Let me take the courageous step of being the first blogger to urge the President to use his power under the law as passed to defer extending the daylight savings time hours.

As a brief aside, Reverse Seasonal Adjustment Disorder is a much misunderstood ailment. Let me explain it by way of allegory. Back in the '70's, an actor named Alan Alda shot to stardom on the strength of his performance as the wisecracking surgeon, "Hawkeye" Pierce, in the television series, "M*A*S*H". (Parenthetically, Alda gave a groundbreaking performance in the movie version of the play, "Same Time, Next Year", in which he was also the last known American actor who wore jeans with a butterfly stiched smack dab on the ass.) Anyway, the character of "Hawkeye" always had a two day growth of stubble on his face. In an interview with the then nasceant "People" magazine, Alda revealed, "The funny thing is that I'm an odd duck. I like to shave."