Neither snow nor rain nor heat nor gloom of night stays these couriers from the swift completion of their appointed rounds.

This inscription on the James Farley Post Office in New York City is often referred to as The United States Postal Service Creed.

Neither scandal nor crisis nor disaster, foreign or domestic, stays this president from taking his recreation and vacations.

The juxtaposition of the two articles below might make us think of this as The Obama Creed.

Stanford University's Hoover Institution Senior Fellow in Classics and Military History, Victor Davis Hanson, begins his article in the National Review Online with:

The summer of 2014 will go down in history as the season when America fell apart. Let’s take a tour of the disasters.

The whole article is well worth reading here.

And we learned last week from ABC News of the president’s upcoming Martha’s Vineyard vacation:

The first family will travel to the island from Aug. 9 to Aug. 24, making the 15-day getaway the longest summer vacation of Obama’s presidency.…

The 17-room house, worth an estimated $12 million, sits on a 10-acre lot and features an infinity pool, a dual tennis-basketball court, an indoor gym and views of the Vineyard Sound, according to the Martha’s Vineyard Times.