Wish I'd written this column

I've enjoyed George Will's writing on baseball for many years now, even when I don't quite 'get' it. I'm not a detail-minded guru of the game, I'm a lowly little late-comer of a fan. His political commentary, on the other hand, sometimes brings on the computer-age verson of the glassy-eyed stare - click!

This column, however, has so much for me to love about it. In reviewing the pleas from BarryO and his Bride to the IOC, Will says:

Both Obamas gave heartfelt speeches about . . . themselves. Although the working of the committee's mind is murky, it could reasonably have rejected Chicago's bid for the 2016 Games on aesthetic grounds — unless narcissism has suddenly become an Olympic sport.

In the 41 sentences of her remarks, Michelle Obama used some form of the personal pronouns "I" or "me" 44 times. Her husband was, comparatively, a shrinking violet, using those pronouns only 26 times in 48 sentences. Still, 70 times in 89 sentences conveyed the message that somehow their fascinating selves were what made, or should have made, Chicago's case compelling.

I like every paragraph of this column, but in the interest of interest (yours), I'll add just a bit more that says SO much -- about BarryO, about Bride of BarryO, and about those who elected this pompous, arrogant windbag.

Nine days before speaking in Copenhagen, the president, addressing the United Nations General Assembly, intoned: "No one nation can or should try to dominate another nation." What was the speechwriter thinking when he or she assembled that sentence? The "should" was empty moralizing; the "can" was nonsense redundantly refuted by history. Does our Cicero even glance at his speeches before reading them in public?

Becoming solemn in Copenhagen, Obama said: "No one expects the Games to solve all our collective problems." That's right, no one does. So why say that? Then, shifting into the foggy sentimentalism of standard Olympics blather, he said "peaceful competition between nations represents what's best about our humanity" and "it brings us together" and "it helps us to understand one another."

Actually, sometimes the Olympic Games are a net subtraction from international comity. But Obama quickly returned to speaking about . . . himself:

NOTE: I have something on a more personal level coming up, so link and comments about Thomas Sowell's column will be posted at a later time. Thanks for your consideration!