Posts Tagged ‘ Obama ’

A Banner First Year

2009 ends on another high note for the Obama administration: 1.) Horrible attempted terrorist attack fails on Christmas in Detroit. 2.) Obama’s Homeland Security Secretary proclaims, “The system worked.” 3.) Obama, who couldn’t be bothered on vacation to take a break from golfing and address the situation head-on, later has to clean up Napolitano’s mess [ READ MORE ]

Perspective Matters

I guess bounty truly is in they eye of the beholder after all. What’s a recession? Well, it depends on: who you ask when you ask them who’s president at the time A few years ago, when the unemployment rate was between 5 and 6 percent, the GDP was enjoying years of consecutive positive growth, [ READ MORE ]

Editing CNN

This is rich. Check out the way the neutral, unbiased pillars of journalistic integrity, couch the flagging poll numbers of our dear leader. (Complete with my bracketed edits, of course.) WASHINGTON (CNN) – As President Barack Obama approaches 200 days in the White House, a new national poll suggests his approval rating has dropped seven [ READ MORE ]

So This Is What Passes for a “Teachable Moment” These Days

So this week the President sat down for a “beer summit” in hopes of achieving a “teachable moment” about race relations: WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama hoisted a beer with a white policeman and a black professor Thursday evening, aiming to cool a dispute between them that had ignited a national debate and threatened to [ READ MORE ]

Good Thing We Passed That Stimulus Bill…

…before it was too late![ READ MORE ]

Re-Post, from The Corner

GM: A Dodge? [Andrew Stuttaford] Here’s a smart piece from the FT by Robert Reich (yes, yes . . . ) on the GM bailout: Given this record, it seems doubtful that taxpayers will even be repaid our $60bn. But getting repaid cannot be the main goal of the bail-out. Presumably, the reason is to [ READ MORE ]

Funny Video Make Me Laugh

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Obama Learning Lessons from Michigan

Loved this, from The Corner: Anywhere but Here [David Freddoso] Instead of giving formerly American companies a better tax rate or some other reason to come home, the Obama administration has attempted to attract bees with vinegar. They have ramped up the rhetoric against companies that incorporate in tax-shelter nations like Bermuda. Accenture now responds [ READ MORE ]

Letter to Obama, from Dodge Dealer

In full: Letter from a Dodge dealer My name is George C. Joseph.  I am the sole owner of Sunshine Dodge-Isuzu, a family owned and operated business in Melbourne, Florida. My family bought and paid for this automobile franchise 35 years ago in 1974. I am the second generation to manage this business. We currently [ READ MORE ]

When is $100 Million NOT a Lot of Money?

When it’s being taken away from $3.5 trillion&#[ READ MORE ]

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