Political Officer Putin, reading out of the Bible that had belonged to the wife of Captain Ramius, commander of the Red October, a man with the power of launching nuclear missiles… and a nuclear war.

“Then they gathered the kings together to the place that in Hebrew is called Armageddon. And the seventh angel poured forth his bowl into the air, and a voice cried out from heaven, saying, ‘It is done!’” Putin looks up at the Captain. “A man with your responsibilities, reading about the end of the world…. Huh.”- the movie Hunt for Red October

It is disturbing that we have a President with Armageddon on his mind.

There are many ways to describe a snowstorm in Washington D.C., and to my knowledge no one has ever called it Snowmageddon. In fact, I’ve never heard that term used to describe any winter storm, not even one much more severe than this week’s weather. So far as I can tell, our President coined the term a couple of days ago. Very creative. And as I said, quite disturbing.

There are two ways to look at it, I think. (more…)