Say It Ain't So, Joe

I would think it rare that a conservative like myself would agree with our VP Joe Biden on much, but remember his famous comment which seemed like a political gaffe...last Oct. 19th?

"Mark my words," the Democratic vice presidential nominee said in a Seattle fundraiser, "it will not be six months before the world tests Barack Obama like they did John Kennedy. The world is looking. We're about to elect a brilliant 47-year-old senator president of the United States of America. Remember I said it standing here if you don't remember anything else I said. Watch, we're gonna have an international crisis, a generated crisis, to test the mettle of this guy."

Well, in the trial of corruption that led to the downfall of Chicago Black Sox back in 1921, on the second day of Shoeless Joe Jackson's testimony, a group of small boys were gathered at the courtroom entrance. One asked, "It isn't true, is it, Joe?" He responded, "Yes, boys, I'm afraid it is." By the time this report reached the west coast, it had become: "Say it ain't so, Joe!"

We are not even into month six of the Obama administration, and prophetic Joe who runs off at the mouth like a leaky faucet was not plagiarizing anyone, like he did in his 1988 presidential campaign…forcing Biden to withdraw from the race.

Biden’s prophetic prediction back in October is coming true. Not only is his boss being tested by an unexpected recession, but overseas he faces critical mass issues with North Korea’s unabashed “in your face” actions to the U.S. in detonating an underground nuclear device on May 25th. Officials in South Korea said they had detected a tremor consistent with those caused by an underground nuclear explosion.

The country's Yonhap news agency reported that the North had test-fired three short-range missiles from a base on the east coast immediately after the nuclear test.
Expect more fireworks from North Korea on July 4th. U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates said Thursday that the military has set up additional defenses around Hawaii, consisting of a ground-based mobile missile system and a radar system nearby.

Gates spoke after Japan's Yomiuri newspaper reported that North Korea might test-fire a Taepodong-2 missile with a range of up to 4,000 miles sometime around the 4th of July. The missile would fly over Japan but would not be able to reach Hawaii, which is about 4,500 miles (7,200 kilometers) from the Korean peninsula.

The latest news today is that North Korea may test medium-range missiles instead of the Taepodon-2, but if it goes through with Gates' prediction...I have to say with the kids in the courtroom…to our VP: “Say it ain’t so, Joe.”