Well .. here we go. This is the day for the media "100 Days" orgy. Let's face it, if you're a right-of-center journalist or pundit you are not going to give him very high marks. If you're left-of-center he is going to be the BPE (Best President Ever) for these seemingly magic first 100 days.

The media loves Obama. Studies show that he has received more positive media coverage in his first 100 days than Clinton and Bush combined. This is easy to understand. The media had a large part in creating Barack Obama. Bernie Goldberg had it right with the title of his book, "A Slobbering Love Affair." Since the media had a large part in creating Obama, accepting the fact that he is less than a stellar president constitutes an admission that the media got it wrong. Not gonna happen.

So .. just how do you grade these first 100 days? Do you judge Obama by the goals he set for himself? Or do you judge him by what you would have liked for him to do. From Obama's perspective, the first 100 days have been immensely successful.

Obama wanted to begin a new era of dependence on government, and that he has done. Across this country there are people just sitting and waiting for Obama to come rescue them from their own fiscal irresponsibility. Just yesterday I was reading you stories from local politicians about constituents waiting for Obama to cover their house payments or past-due electric bills.

Obama wanted to go on a world apology tour. Lord knows he was a raging success with that. He's been all over the place apologizing for the horrible sins of the United States. Ours is a nation that twice saved Europe. Ours is the nation that kept the Soviet Union at bay for decades, and finally defeated them. Yeah ... we have a lot to apologize for. Obama took care of that nicely.

Obama wanted to denigrate the private sector and present government as the solution to all problems great and small. Another raging success. After 100 days of Barack Obama the newspapers and magazines are full of stories about the death of capitalism and the evils of the private sector. Government is definitely in right now. The man who gravitated toward Marxist student groups and professors during his college years has done his old friends proud.

So .. based on just those three factors Barack Obama has been a marvelous success over these first 100 days. However ... if you have dreams or expectations that your children might have the same opportunities to work hard, achieve and excel in this country; if you think that your children will be able to use their talents to create wealth and use that wealth to create a lifestyle free of financial stress .. these first 100 days have been a disaster. If you believe that America's greatness comes from the incredible dynamic of free people working cooperatively with one another in an society based on the rule of law with individual and economic freedom, then this first 100 days has been a train wreck.

You believe in socialism? A great first 100 days.

You believe in capitalism? A horrible first 100 days.

You believe in individualism? A bad first 100 days.

You believe in collectivism? A grand first 100 days.

You're proud of your country? A depressing first 100 days.

You think your country is the focus of evil? A wonderful first 100 days.

You believe in federalism? The first 100 days were a disaster.

You believe in an omnipotent federal government? The first 100 days were wonderful.

You think a president should be elected on substance? Bad first 100.

You think a president should be elected on style? Great first 100.

Perhaps you can add to the list through your comments.

But for those of you who are still in the mode of "yes we can" ... here's a little insensitivity for ya. It looks like other world leaders have jumped on Obama's bandwagon of "change."

Noon to 1pm ET Thursday we'll have a roundtable discussion about Obama's first 100 days. That should be fun!

Doesn't our new Homeland Security Director, Janet Napolitano, just give you a warm, nice, fuzzy secure feeling? I know that no matter how anxious I might feel about issues such as man-caused disasters (formerly "terrorism"), or the H1N1 virus (formerly "Swine Flu"), as soon as I see Janet addressing the issue I feel totally and completely secure. All hail PrezBO (PBUH) for this wonderful appointment.

Alert! @RollinsWallace on Twitter says that from now on the flu should be known as "Montezuma's Final Solution." I like it, though "Mexican Flu" does have a certain panache.

So I guess this means I can't refer to him as RINO Arlen Specter anymore or highlight his status as one of the Three Stooges. You have to be a member of the Republican Party in order to be a RINO, but now that is moot. The guy decided that he is switching teams ... no not like Barney Frank ... well kinda like Barney Frank ... he is going to go bat for the Democrats.

Did anyone see this coming? Judging by the reaction yesterday, I would say no. Maybe that was because just one month ago Specter was saying that he valued the two party system of checks and balances and that he was NOT going to switch parties again. (That's right, again. He switched from Democrat to Republican in 1966.) I think that Senator Jim DeMint put it well: "I would rather have 30 Republicans in the Senate who really believe in principles of limited government, free markets, free people, than to have 60 that don't have a set of beliefs."

The Democrats seem happy to take him. Obama says that the Democrats are "thrilled" to have him and will throw their "full support" behind Specter. In fact, Obama says that he will campaign and raise money for Specter's reelection campaign in 2010.. more on that in a minute. "Full support" also means that the teacher's and other unions will fall in lockstep behind Specter's reelection effort.

So why is this important? Well ... with Al "the jerk" Franken pretty much set to become the Senator from Minnesota, this would essentially give the Democrats their 60 seats. They would have a filibuster-proof majority. Do you remember how crucial it was for Saxby Chambliss to hang on to his seat in Georgia, preventing the Democrats from getting their 60 seats? All of that is now completely out the window. There are many reasons why the Democrats are thrilled to have him, but there is one particular piece of legislation on which Specter's vote could be crucial: the card check bill. As a Republican from Pennsylvania, Specter decided that he did not support the card check bill. Now that he is a Democrat, will that vote change? I would likely say yes. Remember .. there's all that union support for Specter now.

So now to address the big question: why the heck did he do it? The answer is very simple. Power. Arlen Specter knew that there was a distinct possibility that he would lose his reelection campaign in 2010. His poll numbers in Pennsylvania have been rapidly slipping, and he was going to be pitted against Pat Toomey in the Republican primary. How embarrassing would it be, not only for Arlen Specter to lose his seat, but to lose his party's nomination for his own seat? So the solution: don't run as a Republican. Instead, jump onto the Barack Obama bandwagon and hope that the coattails are long enough to carry him to 2010. After all, Obama has said that he will campaign and raise money for the guy. If there is one thing that Obama is good at doing, it is campaigning. So Specter gets to stand side-by-side with THE Barack Obama and run for reelection. In the meantime, Arlen Specter has gone from a joke of a Republican to an extremely powerful player in Congress. Think about how much power this guy suddenly wields when vote time rolls around. He will caucus with the Democrats, but does that really mean he is an assured Democrat vote? Will the Republicans spend their time trying to "win him back"? If that is the case, this will certainly deflect their attention from actually getting anything done in Congress. Like that was much of an issue anyway. But I really believe that this all about Arlen Specter's ability to seize a powerful position in Congress and to keep it for a long, long time.

Reader's Digest version? Power over principle. Simple as that.

It's been a while since we have heard from Minnesota Democrat James Oberstar. He has decided that he wants Congress to enact a mileage tax. Yep. A mileage-based tax on cars and trucks would help offset the fact that federal gasoline tax revenues are in decline. Oberstar doesn't want to waste time on pilot programs. He sees that as a waste of time that could be spent collecting tax revenue! He wants this passed now so that the government can start paying for highway program. However, a congressionally mandated commission estimated that switching to a vehicle-miles traveled tax would take a decade to put in place on a national level.

Here's the danger. Oberstar and his buddies in the congress would just love to have both the mileage tax and the present federal taxes on gasoline. They're talking tax increases here .. not just a different way of raising the same revenue. Oh how Democrats love tax increases. Oh ... and stand by for the program to prevent this tax from affecting the poor, poor pitiful poor.

Then again, we are dealing with government here ... so maybe you will. I mentioned this during the Information Overload Hour yesterday.

In Washington DC you can get a ticket for parking your car in your own driveway. There is a law that states, "Any area between the property line and the building restriction line shall be considered as private property set aside and treated as public space under the care and maintenance of the property owner." So basically, property owners in DC do not own the land between their front door and the sidewalk. While property owners are responsible for taking care of this plot of land, they technically do not own it. It is considered "public space." So if you pull into your own driveway, but do not pull your car far enough up so that it is flush with your house or building, technically your car is on "public land" and you can get a ticket.

You can bet your buns that the city has been taking full advantage of this. In fact, Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton is one of the many people who have been ticketed for violating this law.

So what do you do if you want to be able to park your car so that its nose sticks out passed your home? You have to go to the government and lease the your property back from the city government. .

Unbelievable. Only government.

A man gives up everything in life, including half a million dollars to build a solar-powered car and drive it around the country. He has been touring the country in his solar-powered car, followed by a van of international volunteers. They pull into an American city and within one hour, over $10,000 worth of passports, laptops, credit cards, and cash was stolen from his escort van.

Now my question is: In which American city were they robbed?

Think about it folks. A city that is crawling with parasites. Any guesses? Ok, here is your answer.

Remember the recent outrage that 9/11 mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammed was waterboarded 183 times? Yeah, turns out it wasn't true.

Jonah Goldberg says that Barack Obama's liberal arrogance will be his undoing. Yeah, right.

Guess who is going to own 55% of Chrysler ... the United Auto Workers union.

Al Gore is trying to convince people that this idea for cap-and-trade is going to save Americans money ... even though that is entirely not the case. Gore is a liar. You haven't figured that out yet?

Obama says that he wants an internal review to figure out what when wrong in the NYC photo op the other day. No review is needed. You just need to remember that this is the very nature of government.

When it comes to his handling of state secrets, Obama has been given a "D" grade by fellow Democrat Russ Feingold.

A recent Rasmussen poll shows that 77% of U.S. voters say that they prefer a free market economy over a government-managed economy. Then why in the hell did so many of these people vote for Barack Obama?

When it comes to this swine flu, guess what is the first country to impose an all-out travel ban to and from Mexico?

It seems the Democrats are living up to Rahm Emanuel's mantra of "never let a good crisis go to waste." Meanwhile, Obama has asked for an additional $1.5 billion to enhance the U.S. response to the swine flu outbreak.

The hog industry is furious over the swine flu because it is killing their sales, even though the flu has nothing to do with eating pork products.

A national flight attendants union wants the FAA to require airlines to develop and implement passenger-screening standards because of the swine flu.

Florida is considering a license plate that says, "Can A Brotha Get A Break."

This has been labeled the worst tattoo ever. I don't know .. I could think of a few fat women with ankle tattoos who could compete. You do know that an ankle tattoo on a fat chick makes her look slimmer, don't you?

One more bit of trivia before we go ... How many people does it take to change every light bulb in Grand Central Terminal?

Just for the heck of it, what happened during President GW Bush's first 100 days?