"Masked Man?"

"Mission Impossible" what a great t.v. show that was. I remember spending Sunday evenings watching this show with my folks. What was great about it was that it was so different from the rest of the programs on at that time. There were westerns, cop shows, variety shows, and situation comedies; yet "Mission Impossible" was something totally different. The main premise was a select group would take on a mission that was so delicate that no recognized government agency could tackle it, and if they failed the government would dis-avow any knowledge of their actions. One of the characters was "Rollin Hand", played by Martin Landau, was a master of disguise and deception who through amazing make-up could imitate any villain and deceive their minions. The many faces he would wear was one of the attractions of the show, I was always curious as to what image this chameleon would take. As always the team would be victorious at the end, leaving their victims stunned and surprised, caught completely by surprise. It was a gigantic "con operation" that maneuvered the bad guys into the teams well developed plan, a great deception. The bad guys were always heinous villains as bad as Stalin or worse and it was always fun to see the look on their faces when they realized that they were out smarted. Tonight is the State of the Union Address by President Obama, it will be his first since taking office, and the people of the United States are sitting on the edge of their chairs waiting to see what the President is going to say. Over the past several weeks we have seen quite a bit about campaign promises, and what has actually happened over the last twelve months. Many Americans don't know which Barack Obama they will see tonight. Will we see Barack the "liberal free spender", or will we see Barack the "Chicago deal maker", or will we see Barack the "Promise Maker", what face will we see? I don't think we will see Barack the "Promise Keeper"(apologies to promise keepers) because Barack hasn't kept any of his campaign promises! Tonight we will see a master juggler at work, spinning facts and fiction at such speed no one will have time to think about what has recently happened in the United States over the last few months. We will see the democrats cheer at the most innocuous claims of accomplishments, they will stand up smile and act as if this has been a great year for America. We will see a face of victory, yet we will not see any results to accompany that face. We will see a face of concern over the economy, yet the token remarks about budget cuts will barely scratch the surface of the tremendous debt that we have seen thrown on the backs of the American people. We will see a face of hope, yet we have seen no improvement in the worst economic collapse since the "Great Depression" with no recovery in sight. Yes America we will see many faces from Mr. Obama tonight, but the real question is, what is the real face of our President? After twelve months we still don't know the real Barack Obama. When will the mask come off !?