YOU PICK 'UM

My sister, bless her little pea-pickin' heart, has a saying that borders on the gross, but is very appropriate to politics today: You can pick your nose and you can pick your friends, but you can't wipe your friends on the wall."

Talk about picking your friends...President BO is not so good at it.

His sophomoric approach to political philosophy leaves him scrambling to distance himself from his friends' pasts, backpedaling on his appointments of friends to important positions like "czarships" and all sorts of other issues.

Let's look at some of his most notable "friends."

You know, of course about green jobs advisor, Van Jones, forced to resign because he had never been properly vetted regarding his past involvements as a Communist and other serious issues.

Do you know about Cass Sunstein? In 2008 he wrote a book entitled "Nudge: Improving Decisions About Health, Wealth, and Happiness," In it he argues that changing to a policy of "presumed consent."

That means that you automatically give your consent to donate your organs when you die, and would have to "opt out" of the program if you didn't want to do that. This, says Sunstein, would "save many lives while also preserving freedom."

President BO has selected Sunstein to be his "regulatory czar," to head up the Office of information and Regulatory Affairs.

How about the man President BO has tagged for Science Czar, John Holdren?

Holdren was formerly a professor at Harvard University’s Kennedy School of Government.

Holdren co-authored an environmental "science" textbook that surveyed policy options to curb "overpopulation. "

In the book, he advocates involuntary fertility control methods like mandatory abortions, mandating family size and adding sterilants to drinking water or staple foods in order to help control the population.

I guess he identifies with the Charles Dickens character, Ebenezer Scrooge.

Mark Lloyd has been tapped as the Federal Communications Commission's Chief Diversity officer.

This past July, Lloyd wrote: "We call for ownership rules that we think will create greater local diversity of programming, news, and commentary,..." which is seen as sounding an awful lot like supporting a form of the so-called "Fairness Doctrine," requiring broadcasters to present contrasting views on important and controversial issues.

This is a doctrine intended to put the kibosh on the number of conservative programs that can be broadcast.

The right thing, of course, would be to let liberal programs compete with conservative programs for listeners. That way, listeners have a choice of what they want to listen to.

That's the only fair thing to do.

Add to these people the likes of: Jeremiah Wright, Obama's pastor, who officiated at his wedding, baptized his children and was his mentor of 20 years, and whom Obama now says he really didn't know that well; Bill Ayers, member of the Underground Weathermen, who held a fundraiser for Obama, effectively getting his political career started, and who Obama now says he really didn't know that well; Antoin "Tony" Rezko, convicted in Chicago of on fraud, attempted bribery and money laundering charges, and who helped Obama purchase his house, gave him lots of campaign money, whom Obama now says he really didn't know that well; and you might begin to wonder what standards President BO uses for friends and associates.

Can you think of a common denominator among these "friends?"

In my opinion, your friends reflect on who you are and what you believe.

I don't think President BO has done so well.