August 6, 2009 --

Would prefer soda (not diet) or (in summer) vodka, seltzer and lime. That said, would first ask the President if the "Professor Gates" question was arranged before the healthcare news conference. If not, would inquire why, as chief executive of the federal government, he responded to an inquiry about a local police matter ?

Would ask the President to comment on the request by New York City,"If you see something, say something?" Would he change that to, "If you see something, shut up?" Also, does the President think "police-profiling" is becoming a law enforcement problem?

Would inform the President that LPR disagrees with the people who think he is a socialist. Would ask for comment on the LPR view that "progressive," today, is just another term for "authoritarian," and that the President seems to prefer this mindset.

Would observe that progressives seem to rush to judgment -- and isn't this another way of saying "prejudice?"

Would remark that LPR agrees with the criticism that conservatives conserve nothing-- starting with the nation's founding principles, for example, which is why the GOP is a lot like the Democrats (and not doing well in recent elections).

Would ask the President what he thinks of the advice Madison gives our leaders
in Federalist No. 57 to stay close to the people or government will become tyrannical. Would also ask if Madison's Federalist 57 observation on the aggrandizement of the few at the expense of the many, describes the economic mindset on Wall Street, in Big Business-land and in the nation's capital, today.

Would ask President, given his lawyer's background, what he thinks of states that require registration fees from insolvent lawyers who can only get volunteer work.

Would quickly withdraw question -- as dealing with state matters, if President would agree to allow states and localities some room to govern themselves.

Would wonder if the President thinks legislators act responsibly when they vote on bills AWR (approving without reading)? Follow up would inquire -- isn't this more like acting responsively?

The president as candidate, speaking in Manhattan, very, very early in the campaign (with LPR barely able to get an image).

Would ask President if he has read Saul Alinsky's "Rules for Radicals." Follow-up would inquire as to the President's reaction to the particular suggested form of protest Alinsky proposes for African-Americans--at pp. 139-141 of the book.

Would conclude by asking the President if the motto "e pluribus unum" has been replaced, effectively, by "e pluribus duonum." -- the duo being the insiders and the outsiders -- "you know, the FOBs (Friends of Barack) and the rest of us."