Dumb stuff seems to be in the air lately.

First, a big earthquake in Mexico draws attention to the Obamas’ daughter. The White House has to tell the world their 13-year-daughter is okay, following the quake. With this release, they blow her cover. They reveal she is vacationing there. And the press has been mum about it.

Once the Obamas blew her cover they then pressured the press to shut up about any further travels of their daughter. And the press complied. Which is what the press used to do under communism in the old Soviet Union and East Germany. And which it still does in Russia and other totalitarian-run countries.

The dumb stuff is that the Obamas’ allowed their 13-year-old to travel to a country which is under siege from drug mobs. Mexico is a damned dangerous place in some respects.

Sure, she has secret service protection. And they are costing taxpayers a pretty penny. But they would probably not be able to deal with drug terrorists who really wanted to kidnap her. Those guys operate armies of thugs in Mexico.

If ever they kidnapped the daughter of the President, what do you suppose this country would do? It would probably invade Mexico. I am serious.

The Obamas spent a bundle of taxpayer dollars. They put this country into a possibly horrible position. They exposed the U.S. to a possible invasion of another country. They exposed their daughter to a potentially horrific situation. And for what? For the vacation pleasure of a teenager. And then they blew her cover for the sake of some feel-good PR.

This is about as dumb as parents can be. They may as well send her out bicycling without a helmet on the busiest highways around D.C.

Also in the Dumb File this week: The big bucks spent to bring us more and more pictures of the sunken Titanic. These include computer enhanced images of the hulk. As well as satellite-aided images. As well as photos taken at great cost by divers and robots.