SHORT TAKES ON THE DRIFTING WRECKAGE – AT 11:53 P.M. ET:

THIS IS SERIOUS – From CBS:   WASHINGTON -- Security at home will be tighter as millions of Americans head out for the holiday.  Police at Los Angeles International Airport today are armed with automatic weapons. This Thanksgiving week -- amid ISIS threats -- there will be a larger police presence than usual in New York.  "I think it quite clear what we're advocating, seriously, is don't be afraid, be aware. It is part of the new world we live in," said New York City Police Commissioner Bill Bratton.  A new intelligence bulletin sent to law enforcement around the country warns there could be copy cats looking to replicate the Paris attacks in the U.S.  Obama would probably describe them as misguided but still welcome newcomers.

GAFFE – Does Obama get anything right?  In hustling for his immigration program, standing alongside the president of France, he naturally quoted from the poem by Emma Lazarus displayed at the Statue of Liberty, and he got it wrong.  Obama, as noted in USA Today:

Give me your tired, and your poor,
Your huddled masses yearning to be free ...
Send these, the homeless, tempest-tossed to me,
I lift my lamp beside the golden door!

The actual poem:

Give me your tired, your poor.
Your huddled masses yearning to breathe free,
The wretched refuse of your teeming shore.
Send these, the homeless, tempest-tossed to me,
I lift my lamp beside the golden door!

But, as Hillary would say, what difference does it make? 

TRIBUTE – There's not much I like about the music business today, but every now and then someone steps up and shows us how it's done.  Celene Dion delivered a magnificent tribute to Paris at the American Music Awards this week.  It's here, and I hope you watch it.  She has always been an accomplished singer, but I think this was her best performance, and obviously heartfelt.  It made a stunning impression on an audience that is usually served a diet of lesser things. 

November 24, 2015