Another Day, Another Ridiculous Backdrop for Mr. Showbiz ---pix->>>

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A brief news item on NPR piqued my interest this morning. They announced that the President would be visiting a retirement home near Rochester to tout his drug benefit plan. My grandmother lives in a retirement home near Rochester, so I checked the local papers online and, sure enough, the Commander-In-Chief was headed for my grandmother's community at Ferris Hills.

I emailed my family to share the bad news, and received this response from my Republican father:
"The residents are rather upset. Only a chosen few get to see GW and the rest have to stay in their rooms while he's there."

Classic. George W. Bush, not content with locking up foreigners in Cuba, has sent my 88 year-old grandma to her room.

The point of moving to a facility like Ferris Hills is to be able to get out of your room, get some exercise, interact with your peers, and enjoy the view of Canandaigua Lake. But today all these residents - the ones who don't pass the loyalty test - are shut-ins.

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