Via the White House flickr feed.

Again, via the White House Flickr feed.

Via the White House Flickr/self-parody feed.

See also:
Obama White House– you are making this too easy. (Part I)
More gold from the White House Flickr feed… (Part II)
Thank You, White House Flickr Site (Part III)
Thank you, White House Flickr Site (Part IV)

See also:
More gold from the White House Flickr feed
Obama White House– you are making this too easy.

Amid mounting criticism that, nearly a year after the inauguration, his Presidency is defined by vacuous rhetoric and paralyzed indecision, President Barack Obama has announced plans to appoint a “Decider” to his White House staff to make difficult and unpopular policy decisions. According to Obama,

When I decided to run, I figured the Presidency would be just like every other job I’ve had– symbolic, inconsequential, an opportunity to hobnob with a rarefied cultural elite.

However, it has become apparent that I miscalibrated. Between two wars, nuclear threats from Iran and North Korea, an emboldened Russia, to say nothing of an intractable economic catastrophe at home that has shredded the progressive playbook over and over, I’m so exhausted that I can barely decide who to invite for weekly music night at the White House, or which fawning interview to grant.

It is for that reason I have made the decision to augment my White House staff with a “Decider.” The process may take some time, and I may have to appoint a Decider to pick the Decider. It’s a big choice, the gravity of which I do not underestimate.