Pres. Obama: “I am not a cook!”

Lots of things, important things happen in our kitchens. We get ready for all manner of festive events sitting ‘round the kitchen table. There are discussions with lots of humor interspersed with serious intrigue and drafts, discussions as to what dishes to have and there are assignments of duties and finally a plan. The process is ever the same.

The more serious participant and always the last to speak after the finalizing of the plan is Pres. Obama telling the assembled around the table he will be the one breaking the eggs for all their various dishes. He tells them he is the official egg breaker for such occasions and also, as an extra bonus, he promises to really talk-up their contribution before, during and after its presentation to which there is the usual round of applause.

The President confesses time and again he is not a cook! "Never learned how to cook!" he would try to hammer home, and that his God given gift is the art of perfectly braking eggs. “If I brake’em, it is you who have to cook’em!”

At the conclusion of his remarks, he usually elicits chuckles and “Amens” from the other participants as they leave the table to prepare their various contributions for the festivity singing, “For he’s a jolly good fellow!”
As always,
BB

Breakthrough: Health Care Talks Advance In Senate
Excerpt:
"We have made a lot of progress. There's a lot of agreement. We have decided to take the next step and that is to ask the CBO to score what we've been discussing," said Sen. Tom Carper (D-Del.), one of five conservative Democrats negotiating with five liberals.
And from one of the "cooks":
Sen. Jay Rockefeller (D-W.Va.), one of the liberal members in negotiations, said that he was happy with where the talks had gone.
"I've got a smile on my face. I don't smile naturally," he said.
Read more at:
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/12/08/senate-sinks-abortion-ame_n_384846.html