Just A Guy.

I'm lonely. I just realized that I may be the only guy in the entire universe to hold a certain unique honour.

Let me tell you something… though it may be hard to fathom, I, Old Man Crowder, appear to be the one and only person in the entire galaxy that does not care about Barack Obama. I just don't get what the big deal is.

He's coming to Ottawa for 6 hours tomorrow but his presence is effectively closing down the entire city for the whole day. Road closures, detours, air space closure, airport restrictions, transit changes, removal of curb-side garbage cans and mail boxes, covering over visible graffiti and homeless people. TV and radio have been blathering on about the arrival for nearly 2 weeks! All for just a guy.

Throngs of people braving wind, snow and cold for hours, wearing specially made t-shirts, waving American flags, eating specially prepared Obama Beaver Tails -- all in an effort to catch a fleeting glimpse of the new president. He's just a guy.

Hey, if the American people want to fall at his feet and burst into screaming hysterics reminiscent of the Beatles' arrival, then so be it. He's their leader. But I really have a hard time understanding the rationale behind idiots from around the world going positively apeshit about how incredible he is and how fantastic he'll be for the world; like he's Jesus in a motorcade. WHY?? They're not even American! And he's just a guy.

He's been in office for, what, a month? Certainly not enough time to determine how influential his policies are, how adept he is at his position or whether he really lives up to all the hype that has been generated so far. Sure, it's going to be tough to be as comedically bad as the previous president, but don't you think people should give it some time before pronouncing him as the greatest American since David Beckham or Wayne Gretzky? He's just the new guy.

And he's getting on my nerves. His arrival inconveniences me. His face inundates my TV. His name is all over my radio. He's invading my life, I can't get away from him and I don't like it.

Come on, people. Yes, he is the President of the United States, but he's just as human as anyone else.

And he is just a guy.