FINANCIAL crisis? Bank bailouts? Not to worry. President Bush pretends he’s on top of things. What could possibly go wrong there?

HE can’t remember how many houses he owns.

SO Joyce Anderson Gleasure (Letters, June 13) thinks President George W Bush is defending the highest code?

IT’S hard to believe 10 years will have passed next week since the death (May 14) of a true American idol — singer, actor and entertainer Frank Sinatra.

IN honour of the Pope’s visit to New York, all restaurants and fast food places are featuring ‘Eggs Benedict’ as their special of the week!

SO when all is said and done a presidential candidate in the US can be appointed by superdelegates no matter who a majority of the voters may have chosen in the primaries?

AMERICAN ultra-conservatives are so angry at John McCain’s success in the Republican primaries they’re ready to stage their own ‘McCain Mutiny’.

IF nothing else, for a change it will be nice having someone in the White House in 2009 who can pronounce the word “nuclear” correctly.

DESPITE his clean-cut appearance and campaigning style, I feel Barack Obama is just too good to be true.

THE assassination of Benazir Bhutto and the ongoing turmoil in Pakistan is a direct result of Bush administration policies that foster “democracy” regardless of the consequences.

I’VE asked this before and I’ll ask it again: why isn’t New York representative Peter King heading up the office of Homeland Security?

HAVE you checked heating oil prices lately?

ROBERT GOULET, who died recently, must have sung If Ever I Would Leave You (from Camelot) at least 1,000 times. He had a rich baritone voice so perfect for the Broadway stage and it’s a shame he didn’t stick with Broadway to the end. He never quite ‘made it’ and was mired in some really bad TV and movie ventures. But fans of this talented man will always remember him for his magnificent voice and bemoan the fact he has left us all too soon.

GOOD grief! I hear there’s another Lord of the Rings movie in the making. I hope the soundtrack includes the ever popular ‘You’re Getting To Be A Hobbit With Me’.

I’M as fair-minded, even-handed and (dare I say it) liberal as the next person, but when it came to inviting Iran’s President, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad to address New York’s Columbia University members, it was time to draw the line.

IT can truly be said that the great French mime artist, Marcel Marceau, lived and died by the old adage ‘silence is golden’.

FIRST he thanks Australian Prime Minister John Howard for sending troops to Iraq. Then he says English is his “second language” and how happy he is to be at the OPEC summit meeting (instead of APEC).

I TOTALLY agree with Kate Hyde’s scathing letter about surviving diabetes (Sept 9).

WHY are so-called celebrities constantly on the front pages of newspapers and magazines as well as on countless TV ‘entertainment’ shows. The media must answer the obvious question: which part of ‘we don’t care’ do you not comprehend? The war in Iraq and Afghanistan, tension in the Middle East and important domestic issues should take precedence over these unfunny air-heads. It’s time for the media to clean house and put things in their proper perspective.

I ENJOYED Ray Fitzgerald’s letter headlined ‘Great bands echo down the years’ (August 8) about the proposed ‘Walk of Fame’ outside the old Arcadia ballroom in Cork.

IF he runs for the White House, New York’s billionaire mayor Mike Bloomberg is one candidate who could certainly put his money where his mouth is.

FROM what I’ve seen and heard so far, there are so many candidates running for president of the USA, including possible late entries, I sure hope there’s a line on the ballot that reads ‘None of the Above’ because that’s what I think of this field of wannabes.

I WAS shocked at the news of the passing of a true diva/prima donna and patron of the arts, Beverly Sills.

US President George W Bush’s State of the Union speech last week once again showed he just doesn’t care what the American public thinks — or anyone else for that matter.