By centering the Olympic bid around Chicago’s iconic eatery “The Wieners Circle” did Barack Obama set hiself and Chicago up for failure?

The Wieners Circle is a fine eating establishment in Chicago known for excellent food, ethnic diversity, and friendly service. The plan was to base the Olympic Village around this classic Chi-Town eatery. Hindsight’s 20/20 as they say…

I’d say so… next time Mr President you may want to lure the IOC with Portillo’s instead!

Following his miraculous saving of what appeared to be a badly fragmented G20 summit, President Obama took a few hours to travel to the village of Lourdes, in the foothills of the Pyrenees Mountains, to see the shrine where the virginal Bernadette saw the vision of The Virgin Mary in 1858.

The shrine, which is now the destination of some 5 million Catholic pilgrims a year, is considered one of the holiest in the Catholic Church, with some claiming the waters flowing out of the grotto to have healing powers.

That was certainly the case with the visit of President Obama. The Virgin Mary appeared some 18 times to Bernadette, but has not appeared in the 150 years since. Until the president’s visit!

When President Obama entered the grotto a shining vision appeared before him, startling the other pilgrims. Clothed all in a black taylored dress, with bare arms and a slit down the side that revealed shapely legs, one pilgrim who witnessed the vision called her “a Black Madonna.”

Aware no doubt of the reportedly healing powers of the water flowing from the grotto, President Obama added his own water to the flow. A man, blind from birth, who drank the water was immediately able to walk.

Another man, crippled in an automobile accident nine years ago, drank from the president’s water and was suddenly able to see.

Presidential council Rahm Emmanuel put out a press release hailing the miracles as a part of the president’s vision for Hope and Change in the world, and pointing out that his next challenge would be to turn wine into water in Jerusalem.

A spokesperson for Pope Benedict questioned as to whether the president’s actions really qualified as a miracle. “Now, if he can make the waters of the ocean recede, and turn back the warming of the earth, that would be a miracle,” he said.

A CBS news camera was on the scene at Lourdes, and recorded the entire proceedings. A special segment of 60 Minutes is expected to air the president’s miracles, with interviews of the blind man. Reportedly veteran newsman Dan Rather is expected to come out of retirement to air that broadcast, as CBS explained that only he is experienced in this type of reporting.