Ah, the spin…. ======= President Obama has found a new example for the pending wonders of his health-care reform—New York. In his latest sales pitch last week, he declared that insurance rates in New York’s ObamaCare exchange “will be at least 50% lower next year than they are today. Think about that: 50% lower.” Thinking is good, which is why you may have... Read more
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A Bombshell in the IRS Scandal
July 19 | Posted by mrossol | American Thought, IRS, Noonan, Party PoliticsNoonan ‘making it hurt’ again. I wish some in Congress would be equally focused. ============ The IRS scandal was connected this week not just to the Washington office—that had been established—but to the office of the chief counsel. That is a bombshell—such a big one that it managed to emerge in spite of an unfocused, frequently off-point congressional hearing in which some members... Read more
Obama: I Don’t Like That Law
July 9 | Posted by mrossol | American Thought, ObamaCare, The Left, US ConstitutionSmart? Yes, he is. But all that ‘smart’ if for his benefit, not for the country. Call me cynical, but even I am surprised that the left is so quiet about this selective execution of the law- especially that law they so desparately wanted. ================ By MICHAEL W. MCCONNELLPresident Obama’s decision last week to suspend the employer mandate of the Affordable Care... Read more
Dangerous Divisions in the Arab World
July 1 | Posted by mrossol | American Thought, Liberal Press, Radical Islam, The LeftNice to hear the NYT the challenges of the “Arab Spring”. Of course, I sense they perfer these challenges than those presented by the ‘evil, racist, western civilization’. ================= Even in a region where violence has become all too commonplace, the killing of four Shiite men in Egypt last weekend seemed particularly vicious. According to news reports, a cheering Sunni Muslim mob... Read more
Your Carbonated President
June 28 | Posted by mrossol | Global Warming, ObamaI never cease to struggle to understand the logic in BHO’s mind. ========= President Obama’s climate speech on Tuesday was grandiose even for him, but its surreal nature was its particular hallmark. Some 12 million Americans still can’t find work, real wages have fallen for five years, three-fourths of Americans now live paycheck to check, and the economy continues to plod along... Read more
Portrait in Respect
June 25 | Posted by mrossol | ObamaYeh? Well, its George Bush’s fault!” =========== ‘One of the things I intend to do as President is restore America’s standing in the world. We are less respected now than we were eight years ago or even four years ago.” — Barack Obama, first presidential debate, September 26, 2008. The Obama Administration wants the world to know that it cares very deeply about bringing... Read more
