Reading the Right
One of the things that helps me write this column is reading what the other guys have to say. So, a couple of times a week, I will get into Red State or Daily Events or even a couple of a the
The State of the President Isn’t All It Seems to Be
A few weeks back, the President started the State of the Union speech with a list of America’s accomplishments in the last couple of years including an accelerated graduation rate, the addition of 8 million jobs in the private sector, the weaning
Limits of Power
A discussion broke out this week on the limits of Presidential power and how it is being displayed right now by Obama, in his seeming realization of just how he is being thwarted in his presidential goals. It goes to the limits
The New Robin Hoods
Our country has always rooted for heroes, but in the last half century we have developed a new kind of hero to make the fans wave the banners harder. This one is a new kind of Robin Hood, a wunderkind who robs
Terrorism X Two
Let’s hear it for homeland security. The brave lads and lassies who spend their every waking hour fighting to protect us from the evil forces of Godless non-Christianity, have triumphed again. This time it was a terrorist invasion by a
Pipeline Pigs Promote Profit
It looks more and more that all us suckers who voted for Barak Obama because we thought, among other things, that he was truly dedicated to an environmental policy that would help reverse the disastrous climate policies of previous administrations. It
Can’t We Fix the NSA?
Rep Mike McCall,( R )Texas stated recently. on national TV, that Ed Snowden is a traitor working for a foreign power. Of course he couldn’t name the foreign power or show any proof that Snowden was doing anything except what he
Jobs! Jobs! jobs!
The GOP has all the Evangelicals out praying their butts off that the ACA fails or at least looks bad long enough for them to make it the primary item in the 2014 election but that’s not really what’s important at
Bits & Pieces #41
Kristen Gillibrand is now hearing noise about running for President. Ms Gillibrand is presidentially attractive, intelligent and a clever speaker but she just doesn’t have the gravitas to make this run now. I’ve seen her in two instances get her
Obama’s Presidency
A really important question was being debated on TV last Sunday. Has the president lost the American people and will he recover from this very bad year. Of course Bill Kristol and the Right were loaded for bear, championing the