Unless you’ve been under a rock, or in protective custody for the last few days in Canada, President Barack Obama has finished his six-hour drive-by State Visit. The national media, television and the wireless have been wall to wall with coverage. Even CNN dropped in the occasional live shot of Prez O getting off the plane, getting into his limo, getting out of his limo, doing a two-handed presser with our Prime Minister Stephen “Call Me Stephen” Harper, and getting back on Air Force One, after breaking the speed limit going up the Airport Parkway.
When it comes to actual ‘content’, we are now assured that Prez O can actually get into and out of an airplane, a limo and a press conference. There was much lip-flapping that Prez O actually turned around on Parliament Hill and waved at the gathered several thousand frozen citizens who had flown in to see him.
As for the press conference, no surprises. Everything had a “Sanitized for your Protection” stamp on it. We heard that Prez O likes Canada and respects our banking system. We also heard that relations will improve under the O-Man. This is good as the previous incumbent, Jo Jo The Idiot Boy, didn’t know what street Canada was on in Kennebunkport. Stevie even managed to crack a smile, despite cautions from his handlers to never, ever smile again.
For the American readers, imagine those old elementary school photos of Calvin Coolidge, then imagine him telling a fart joke with a big grin on his face. Doesn’t work does it? Harper made children cry during the election campaign when he’d smile at them. Harper smiling makes him look like he needs to wear a helmet while out of the house and take the small bus to school; not the big bus. According to the pundits, Harper came off as ‘statesmanlike’, which means as wooden as a pallet of 4 x 4 pressure-treated softwood lumber posts.
Just for giggles, I listened to the air traffic frequencies for Ottawa on the web and heard the pilot of Air Force One ask for wind speed, direction and runway, then confirm that he was over the Greely marker, wheels down and ready to land. The landing was accomplished successfully.
Other than that, Prez O has now taken “Canada” off the whiteboard list at 1600 Pennsylvania Ave. Perhaps he got a fridge magnet from our Governor General, Michaele Jean.
There were no beavers harmed during the writing of this blog post.
RoadDave 
Private jet and Limo. Perhaps driving up in a Ford Escape Hybred would have been more politically correct. Just ask Alan Mulally. These perks are shameful.