Summer's Last Edition of "Small Bites" sliding between your Ears

* President has Oval Office redecorated during his most recent two week vacation, hanging alternating bright yellow and pale yellow striped wallpaper thruout the room. Pattern/colors identical to my own 1950s era master bathroom (Photos to follow to Super Elite Members).

* No word on whether Mr. Obama has also redecorated the Presidential Yacht, or merely moved around its deck chairs for better viewing of the icebergs.

* On a more serious note (not that spending $800,000.00 on office decor in the current economy is not symbolically significant) Hamas brutally murdered four Israeli civilians, including a pregnant mother, leaving seven other children as orphans. Hamas' Boss Thug then issued a Public Statement congratulating the killers as courageous heroes in its war of extinction against the Jews.

* Presently, I am unaware of any Public Statement from the European Union, Turkey or the United Nations; indeed no calls for sanctions or creation of an International Commission to get to the bottom of the underlying causes of this slaughter of innocent life, or demands for the perpetrators' bosses to be brought to justice. Nothing, nada, niet....

* Perhaps, however, these four jewish citizens of Israel will not have died in vain, should their murders remind the world of the underlying causes of the IDF's poorly executed boarding of the one blockade runner boat off the Gaza Strip, for which the above named entities got their worthy international commission. Hey, it exists, so lets just give it an expanded agenda.

* So, now, Labor Day weekend beckons all loyal listeners: do make merry and count our many blessings - good friends, family and, hopefully, a job next Tuesday. Just saying ...