About That Balloon Business

 I pondered for the last day or two...over a national story that I read.  Apparently, when all that Chinese balloon business occurred (early on)....the White House was set to a decision....to keep the public from finding out about the balloon.  No balloon....no worry.

Why?  Well....no one can really say.  I'm sure after the holidays...one of the chief questions to be posed to the WH press-spokesperson....will be 'why'.

So I analyzed this from several prospectives.  

Their vision?  They probably thought it would be like some satellite, and just not visible to the normal eye (that was NOT the case).  But maybe in talks with Biden....he just kept you can't see balloons that high up.

Then I thought....as dementia prone as Biden is....maybe he's got people around him who think the the same way he does.

But this led me to a meeting-mentality....where you have eight folks in a room....suddenly keyed-up on a balloon threat from China, and the general discussion wasting ninety minutes of your time....with no one really wanting to engage upon the idea of shooting it down.  Chief reason?  How would you explain this on CNN?

These are simply rough times for the average White House 'expert'.  You get dragged into a meeting with the boss....knowing that he's mentally ill-prepared for the job, and crappy situations demand some kind of response.