He came back for some reason

Well it's Monday, and after a quick trip to the G8 and a brisk walk through the parts of Africa it's safe to walk through, President Obama decided to come back to America for some reason. Why? It's so much easier overseas.

Take the G8 Conference for example. As per all G8 meetings they made a bunch of huge promises that they totally swear they are going to do but also noted that it's difficult to say when they actually were going to get around to them, if ever. Hopefully Barry learned a few lessons during his first G8: talk up everything, accomplish nothing in a ridiculously short amount of time, then proclaim everything a massive success.

Take their climate change agreement that "the increase in global average temperature above pre-industrial levels ought not to exceed two degrees centigrade." Note that not only did they not come to any hard numbers or binding plans about how to actually do this, nut that even the language on their agreement is weaselly. "Ought not", not must not, can not, or, critically, will not. Then there's that pledge to give $20 billion for farm aid in Africa. If it's like other pledges they'll just end up crying poverty and stiffing Africa for the dinner check. Then Obama went for a quick jaunt to Africa where he got to strut around and bask in the glow of that farm aid promise that the rest of the G8 is going to welsh on and take easy shots at African despots, calling for an end to their tyranny.

Now he's coming home where he has to actually get things done and get them by the world's dumbest legislative body. Why tangle with this domestic madness? Did he need to watch the Sotomayor circus? Watch Goldmann-Sachs post up huge profits off the backs of the last round of bailouts? Watch Senators dick around on health care? There's nothing for you here Barry, just run and never look back. Turtle until a G20 or another G8 meeting comes around. Then you'll be able to feel like you've done something again.