Saturday, May 30, 2009

Brobama Not So Bro with the Lower Branches of Federal Government

Yet another interesting tidbit of information regarding Mr. Barack Obama's competency as President of the United States has revealed itself today via Drudge Report.  This little Politico diddy explains that when President Obama went to Five Guys to grab a burger with Brian Williams (you know, just a typical Friday in paradise), he got served more than an All-American patty and fries. During a very brief conversation with the president, an employee of Five Guys had the opportunity to do what many republicans and CEO's have been trying to do since January... school Obama. The man revealed that he worked for the National Geospatial Intelligence Agency, a branch of the national Intelligence Community which provides satellite images and maps for the Department of Homeland Security, etc. However, Barack Obama responded with a bit of confusion, a sense of unfamiliarity with the subject of geospatial intelligence. Mr. Obama proceeded to politely inquire as to what this agency was at which point the flustered Five Guys employee did his best to explain (not doubting the competency of the burger-flipper/national security employee, he was probably just as shocked as the rest of us that the President of the United States was asking him for a government lesson). So what I'm guessing is when Brobama is singing kumbaya with Biden and the gang in that eery meeting room in the White House (see "W", it's pretty cool), the satellite imaging of Osama Bin Laden's caves most likely comes from this organization. AKA this is an essential aspect of one of the more prominent organizations in American government right now considering the imminent threats to national security that reveal themselves almost every day now. So shouldn't Barack Obama at least have heard of this organization? Visited it? If he doesn't know what it is, are we sure he's really cleaning house on government like he promised during the campaign? Sure, the executive of a company can't be expected to know what kind of copy machine is in one of their satellite branches. In fact, I wouldn't even expect an executive to necessarily know who is running their satellite branch. Yet, I would expect the executive to be aware of the fact that they have a branch in Albuquerque, even if it is Albuquerque. Now we all know that Mr. Obama is under a lot of pressure. He himself is facing his own eight (if not more) front war... problems with national defense, problems with supreme court justices, problems with playing golf on Memorial Day, problems with the middle east, problems with Chavez thinking we're dumb, etc, etc. It's just hard for me to understand how he didn't even know what it was. Or maybe he did, maybe he was just taken aback that a man working at Five Guys worked for the National Geospatial Intelligence Agency (I know I would've been shocked). At the end of the day, perhaps Mr. Obama should start reading up on the fundamental parts of modern day American government... I'm pretty sure a detailed list of our intelligence agencies would appear on there. 

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