Oh, yes. I’m sure you have heard of it in the New York Times. ======== Wouldn’t it be interesting if, at some point during his Presidential campaign, Donald Trump asked, “Oh, by the way, has anyone in Washington DC ever heard of the McCarran-Walter Act Of 1952”? Here are the historic facts that would seem to indicate that many, if not most, of... Read more
Archive for the ‘American Thought’ Category
Private Email Servers?
September 1 | Posted by mrossol | American Thought, Hillary Clinton, Law, The LeftWell? What say ye? =========== Word-for-word from the Cornell Law Library Former United States Attorney General Michael Mukasey tells MSNBC that not only is Hillary Clinton’s private email server illegal, it “disqualifies” her from holding any federal office. Such as, say, President of the United States . Very specifically points to one federal law, Title 18. Section 2071. For those of us who do... Read more
Do You Hate War?
August 29 | Posted by mrossol | American Thought, NoonanYes. ======= WSJ 8/227/2016 Noonan. With the campaign proper about to begin, on Labor Day, a last August thought, a very simple one: War is terrible. It is my impression our candidates for president don’t really know this. They never say it, not in formal speeches or in thinking aloud, in reveries in friendly interviews. I would say of most of America’s... Read more
The Cajun Navy!
August 29 | Posted by mrossol | American ThoughtThe Left cannot acknowledge this about America. ======= WSJ 8/29/2016 Somewhere Alexis de Tocqueville is smiling. In “Democracy in America,” the Frenchman famously pointed to the American genius for coming together in voluntary common purpose as perhaps our nation’s greatest strength. That strength has been on full display this month in flooded southern Louisiana. There the “Cajun Navy”—a loose association of volunteers who have... Read more
Trivia: Olympic Medalist in 6 Straight Olympics?
August 21 | Posted by mrossol | American Thought, Liberal Press, Politically correctNot sure how you missed this one, with all the news coverage and all. ========= WSJ 8/19/2016 How do you manage to win a medal at six straight Olympics and remain more or less unknown? The answer: win by shooting a gun. American skeet-shooter Kim Rhode last week became the first athlete, male or female, to win a medal at six summer games... Read more
Obama’s R-Word
August 21 | Posted by mrossol | American Thought, Iran, ObamaIf this event and subject even needs to be explained, then we have more basis problems. ========= WSJ 8/19/2016 The Obama Administration’s handling of the Iran ransom-for-hostages story brings to mind the classic Chico Marx line in the movie “Duck Soup”: “Who are you going to believe— me or your own eyes?” After everyone in the Administration from President Obama on down... Read more
