A few disappointments popped up Saturday.

First was the news that Obama picked Biden for his running mate. So much for the idea of change. I guess Biden’s foreign policy experience was the key. I see another Washington insider, in the pocket of the credit card companies, who has lied and plagarized in the past. Maybe McCain will be bad enough to lose, or the war and economy will kick it to the Democrats, but Obama’s move seems likely to disappoint Obama’s female supporters as well as the young.

This sort of ties in to the cell phone announcement they failed to deliver on. Leaking to the mainstream press before emailing your subscribers is another example of not following your word. It’s a little thing, but doesn’t bode well for the future. If he is elected, we’ll see if Obama has the guts and morals to do the right thing, or if he’ll end up being another pretty politician who makes nice speeches.

On the local front, one of my neighbors caught the newspaper deliveryperson attempting to steal his garden hose at 4:30 in the morning. He happened to be up at the time, heard the newspaper land near the front door, then looked out the window and saw the guy backing up his driveway and getting out to grab the hose. When the neighbor went out, the delivery guy said “Sorry”, and threw the hose back and drove off. Really strange. Why try to steal a used hose that is not that expensive to buy? I’m still scratching my head on this one.