WASHINGTON D.C.--Obama spools up long list of Exec pawns but Speaker pushes his own gauntlet demand for cuts. Who knuckles while Nero fiddles depends on publicity backlash. Republicans can scarcely get lower than single digit love now shown. President inauguration will show lowest post WWII approval below 50%. Likely those numbers really reflect his election was just a stacked deck, since "polls" aren't predicated on who voted. With all the storm and circumstances, November gambit of minority "gifts, Chris Cristy disloyal party caving, who could suggest a big mandate for Obama? History is already rewriting 2012, which is why truth and consequences is the reruns we'll be watching. Meanwhile back at the base of the Cliff? Just bone piles.

When I was in Journalism School at arguably the best, and for sure the world's first ever, "The Fourth Estate" was a fortress concept we revered. Now the Did you ever think what the first three "Estates" were?

The Legislative, Executive Branch, Judicial Branch, setting up The Fourth as vital free and honest unbiased News Media. Why is a "free Press" so important? Because Politics and ideology were bound to corrupt the other three, and without unbiased reporting at every level the People have no hope of oversight and ombudsman on guard. Despotic and corruption lurk deep in society, and Liberty and Freedom, true Democracy, are soon dimming flames. Jefferson wrote "the Tree of Liberty will need to be watered with blood every 25 years if Democracy is to survive man's nature". While lopping the heads off government has no place in America, we still see the graphic version playing out in despotic governments worldwide. Hundreds of "hotspots" are being watched by a variety of Democratic watchdog groups, and supposed world forum is the United Nations, with actual "Peace-keeping forces" able to send their forces in when necessary. You judge the effectiveness versus the so-called Superpower armed forces.