Ah, the exciting and completely arbitrary 100-day mark of the Obama administration. Since everyone else is talking about this landmark, at least when they are not discussing the pig flu that is sweeping the globe faster than the macarena, I thought I would reflect for a moment as well.

I must admit, I’m a bit stumped. What exactly has he accomplished? What do his supporters point to and say, “See … that’s why I voted for this guy!”? Yes, I know he has sparkly approval numbers. That’s lovely for him. But, what has he DONE? I’ve come up with my own list.

1. Break campaign promises. President Obama promised while a candidate for his current office that he would place any non-emergency legislation before the American public in an online format for five days before signing the bill. He’s one for eleven so far on that count. Were all of these laws considered to be “emergency” needs for the country? Not really. Don’t forget his extended weekend to Chicago to celebrate Valentine’s Day while the stimulus bill waited for his signature.

2. Gift neat little gadgets without proofreading. What an impressive diplomatic move on our part! Take a popular television commercial for Circuit City and incorporate into our foreign policy with Russia! Darn … if only the guys at the State Department would have made sure that the button said “Reset” instead of “Overcharge.” That would have been a totally brilliant move in geopolitics. Historians would have written books about it!

3. Appoint someone who doesn’t pay his taxes to supervise our tax collection. I know that Secretary Geitner is not the only Cabinet appointee who failed to pay Uncle Sam, but his omission is certainly the most offensive. The man who is now in charge of tax policy cannot even be trusted to follow the laws himself. But, I guess we can make exceptions for Obama’s chosen ones.

4. Treat a REAL federal responsibility like a silly matter of semantics. While President Obama is all excited about the idea of running private companies, inflating our tires, hiring our teachers, buying our refrigerators, and tracking us all with GPS devices supposedly intended for tax collection purposes, he is failing to take seriously the most important duty of the federal government, which is to protect the homeland. We now have someone in charge of this crucial responsibility who thinks that the 9/11 terrorists came from Canada and that acts of terrorism should be referred to as “man-made disasters.”

5. Pass the buck. When Harry Truman was president, he kept a sign on his desk that read, “The Buck Stops Here.” President Obama should have a sign that reads, “Looking for Someone to Blame.” In his first press conference, he deferred to Secretary Geitner to share “clear and specific plans” instead of explaining his proposals for economic recovery and their potential effects. Later, when asked about prosecuting members of the Bush administration , he said that he would leave it up to Attorney General Holder. These men work for you, sir. Ultimately, everything lies at your feet. Kind of scary, huh? Stop protecting yourself by associating the tough stuff with others.

6. Pass the buck, part two. President Obama doesn’t just make his administration’s decisions the responsibility of others before they happen, but also after the fact. At the end of the day, it is the president’s problem if a federal agency decides that Air Force One needs some Glamour Shots over lower Manhattan at the cost of hundreds of thousands of dollars to the taxpayers and with a known chance of panic among the area’s residents and workers. Don’t get all pissy about it. Take responsibility for it! You found out that one of your planes was taken for some publicity photos at the same time as we did? That’s comforting … and not quite believable.

7. Make up languages. While speaking in Europe, President Obama uttered the phrase, “I don’t know what the term is in Austrian.” I thought he was the most brilliant, sophisticated, cosmopolitan president that we’ve ever had?

8. Ignore your role as head of your party. As the sitting president, you are considered the head of your party. Every high school textbook teaches this as one of the eight roles of the presidency. As soon as Senator Specter announced he was jumping ship and joining the Democratic Party to save his political hide, President Obama offered his full support . His press secretary, Robert Gibbs, indicated that this will include campaign stops and fund raising. It seems more than a bit inappropriate to be playing favorites amongst your party’s candidates. If no other Democrats appear on the primary ballot, then go for it. Otherwise, this promise is simply unprofessional and unfair.

So, of which of these accomplishments should we be most proud as a nation? So many wonderful choices!