Blog Heap of Links for the day 29 April 2012

“And I came to Washington as a 29-year-old kid," said Biden. "...And my image of the military commanders at the time was... [in 'Dr. Strangelove'] where Slim Pickens is on the back of an atom bomb, dropping out of an aircraft, yelling, yippee-ki-yay!"

"Jimmy Kimmel and President Obama roasted the Secret Service, Washington's political and media elite--and each other--at the 98th annual White House Correspondents' Association dinner on Saturday night at the Washington Hilton." —ABC
[WNUed:] I watched the above video .... and leave with an underwhelming feeling. Sighhh .... moments like now makes me miss this President and the style that he always brought to a White House Correspondents' Association dinner.

Now, let’s cut through the drivel: play-acting at being married with someone to whom you have not committed will delay that commitment, or finding the person you really want to commit to. Acting like someone’s wife, when that person has not wed you in front of his family and friends, will just make you feel like you’re in a perpetual audition – because you’re in a perpetual audition. Not to go all Ayn Rand, but you wouldn’t take that from an employer (it would be “hire me, enough already, or I’ll find another job”); why do you take that from a man?

Still classy, President Bush dances with a wounded warrior. He looks a little lead-footed, but she seems to be enjoying it. [Photo]