We went to a friend’s birthday party yesterday and had to get some new shots of Xaia and Kian.

It’s been quite a while since I posted anything political on my blog, hell the last post I had Hillary was still in the race. Since then Obama became the presumptive nominee, Tim Russert suddenly passed, and some people have been getting mad that Obama has been turning a bit more “towards the middle” for the upcoming general election.

First some are up in arms that Obama is now wearing a flag pin. For the record he has never said he won’t wear one, but that for some people wearing one “became a substitute for, I think, true patriotism.” With him wearing one now he gives the GOP a little less ammunition to try to use against him.

Now FISA is in the spotlight once again, and Obama’s reluctant support for the new bill has been criticized by many as a complete reversal of his earlier stance, so much so that Obama wrote a blog post stating his position. If he is elected only time will tell if he ensures that the executive does not follow the same path that the Bush admin has done over the past 7+ years.

The latest bit is on Iraq. His recent comments that “original position” on withdrawal has always been that “we’ve got to make sure that our troops are safe and that Iraq is stable.” And that “when I go to Iraq . . . I’ll have more information and will continue to refine my policies” has been taken by some as a complete reversal. On the contrary he has always said that he wants an stable Iraq but not at the cost of American lives and that we have to have a safe withdrawal of one to two brigades a month.

So we shall see what the future holds. There are plenty of Obama followers that are watching closely, including myself, that will hold his feet to the fire when necessary.

Been a while since we had time to take some photos. I have been in the middle of a major work migration and I just got back from a 3 day stint in Road Atlanta, Ga.