"President's Day"

I know I'm a day late with this, but this post is a little more serious than usual.

It's hard being president. Let's just start there. Ben Franklin, in a new book on him, Big Ben, (I read it; it's excellent, fascinating, even for the layperson), struggled much more than was ever known. Same with Teddy Roosevelt, too. So, even the top dogs have a hard time being president.

But what occurred to me is this: When Harrison Ford was president, he made a brilliant move that I can't believe no one else has copied -- maybe it's just out of respect, like, they don't wanna bite his style. Anyway, he made a really cool action movie called Air Force One, where he plays himself and he takes control of a hijacked plane, showing himself to be the ultimate leader -- It's not real, but it's impressive, and it's forward-thinking. He's showing us what he's about and what he can do.

Yeah, it didn't win any Oscars, but it got three stars and the positive effect it had on his presidency can't be overstated.

Jimmy Carter, our 39th president, was a good man -- really a great man -- from a troubled family, who paved the way for this kind of thing when he made an instructional basketball home video with legendary UCLA coach, John Wooden. It's boring as shit, but it was the first time anyone had tried something like this.