[verga]

Everyone knows this is so much more important than creating a budget, dealing with Syria, being more flexible with Russia, Iran's nuclear program,...... the list goes on and on.

Show of hands... Does anyone actually wonder why I refer to him as Obozo?

[arthurus]

To a functioning dictator the wee stuff is every bit as important as the big things. Obedience to his whim is the principle involved and obedience to the small stuff is what proves his position. In the USSR one was just as soon shot for disapproving Stalin’s secretary’s shoes as for plotting revolution.