Really, now… ====== WSJ 2/17/2016 Supreme Court vacancies tend to showcase political consistency—or lack thereof. So it is amusing to watch how thoroughly New York Senator Chuck Schumer has been reduced to self-parody as he tries to excuse his 2007 demand that Democrats reject, sight unseen, any of George W. Bush’s nominees “if—God forbid—there is another vacancy under this President” during the last... Read more
Archive for the ‘American Thought’ Category
The New Schumer Precedent
February 17 | Posted by mrossol | American Thought, Party Politics, The Left, US Constitution
Let’s Stop It Before It’s Too Late
February 10 | Posted by mrossol | American Thought, ISIS, Islam, Losing Freedom, Politically correct, Radical Islam, The Left, Western CivilizationFrom my friend Bob Ruble. If you don’t ready anything else today, read this. ============= More than 120 people braved the snow and ice Monday to rally in front of the Missoula County Courthouse, protesting an effort by the Obama administration and its army of community organizers to plant foreign “refugees” into small cities in western Montana. One of the speakers was a... Read more
An Alternative Black History Month
February 10 | Posted by mrossol | American Thought, Party PoliticsNYT? Won’t read this there… ======== By Jason L. Riley, WSJ 2/10/2016 Black History Month, which began as Negro History Week some 90 Februarys ago, was meant to be temporary. Its founder, historian Carter G. Woodson, envisioned a time when black history would be incorporated with American history and no longer require separate recognition. Woodson’s optimism was warranted. Americans today are led by a... Read more
February 9 | Posted by mrossol | American Thought, Environment
When it’s in your backyard… But I thought everyone was in love with “Green”? ===== By Robert Bryce Feb. 7, 2016 4:30 p.m. ET 895 COMMENTS Presidential hopeful Bernie Sanders in December introduced a sweeping renewable-energy plan that would, among other things, require tens of thousands of new wind turbines. Sen. Sanders’s “people before polluters” proposal may help rally his followers, but it won’t be... Read more
Your President negotiating on your behalf…
January 21 | Posted by mrossol | American Thought, Iran, ObamaNot sure how many more days I can simply go on … “Oh, well, Not a concern of mine…” ======= WSJ 1/21/2016 By David Locke Hall The release Saturday during a prisoner swap of four Americans held by Iran, including the reporter Jason Rezaian and Christian pastor Saeed Abedini, is certainly welcome news. But the details of this deal, arranged after a year... Read more
Failure of Government – at all Levels
January 21 | Posted by mrossol | American Thought, Big GovtWhy in the world would we want “more government” to solve our problems????? ======= WSJ 1/21/2016 Michigan Governor Rick Snyder apologized Tuesday for the contaminated water crisis in Flint, and rightly so. Hillary Clinton and most of the media are peddling this as a parable of Republican neglect of a poor black city. But the real Flint story is a cascade of government... Read more
