Pearls Of Wisdom From Lizzie

The Queen is one of those unique individuals who thinks things out. Unlike moi she ponders her thoughts then comes to a calculated conclusion. I call it brilliance.
We are huge followers of a Catholic priest, Fr. Robert Barron. He's based out of the Chicago area and has a world wide following because of his sermons. His web site is titled; "Word on Fire" if you're so inclined. Anyway, I came back from a trip to the golf driving range drenched from a downpour, and Lizzie hit me with her pearls of wisdom. She had just finished listening to Fr. Barron's daily sermon on line. He, the priest, referred to the main character in the movie "Moneyball". It tells the story of the general manager of the Oakland Athletics baseball team. He had hired a young man who fed him statistics on so-called washed up ballplayers. The A's had little cash and the GM needed to be frugal with the money for salaries and still field a team composed of these players. He called a meeting of all his scouts and laid it on the line. The scouts were incredulous with his thinking. The consensus among them was to buy one great player and carry the team on his back. They weren't sure who this would be but, without thinking, wanted to go for it. Much to their anger and dismay the GM said, "no". He had a vision for the future and was going to carry it out even if it meant he was going to lose his job.
Lizzie rarely does this but she got political with me. It is her contention that Obama is like the Oakland A's scouts. He has no vision. He has no plan for the future. His personality can carry him until it's decision time then nothing happens. All one has to do is look at his record in the Illinois senate and as Senator of the United States. He voted 'present' on 80% of the bills presented. She then went on to say, like them or not, Ronald Reagan and George Bush had a plan. What Obama is most concerned about is self-preservation. Lizzie is a pretty smart cookie, I'd say.