And Obama’s warning? Was it a warning not hurt anyone? Not to cause to much CO2 global warming in the process? Just how pathetic and America be made to look? Few options… sure when you decimate the US military [very intentionally]. When you are ‘all talk’ and no ‘walk’. She called; she said; she asked… (lots of talk…) Obama asked Russia not to... Read more
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Russian troops take over Ukraine’s Crimea region
March 1 | Posted by mrossol | American Thought, Obama, The Left Tags: UkraineAssault on California Power Station Raises Alarm on Potential for Terrorism – WSJ.com
February 5 | Posted by mrossol | American Thought, TerrorismJust because you are paranoid doesn’t mean they’re not out to get you. =========== SAN JOSE, Calif.—The attack began just before 1 a.m. on April 16 last year, when someone slipped into an underground vault not far from a busy freeway and cut telephone cables. Within half an hour, snipers opened fire on a nearby electrical substation. Shooting for 19 minutes, they surgically... Read more
You don’t need statistics to know economics
January 23 | Posted by mrossol | American Thought, EconomicsTwo in one week: One succinct word for the Fed and politicians. ===== Cowperthwaite was a humanist in a field that had fallen victim to social science. I have no great confidence that Chairman Yellen will follow his lead—even if I advise her to do so—and banish statisticians from her cold marble temple on Constitution Avenue. As a highly decorated economist, she... Read more
Freedom, Democracy and the ‘Rule of Law’
January 23 | Posted by mrossol | American ThoughtAbout as succient an evaluation of Israel as I have heard. ======= Israel is the only country in the Middle East which has long anchored itself in the ideals of freedom, democracy and the rule of law. And these are not mere notions. They are the things that over time and against all odds, have proven to be over and over again the... Read more
The President’s NSA Illusions
January 23 | Posted by mrossol | American Thought, NSAWhat are we being protected against? ===== Now that President Obama’s promise in December of a “pretty definitive statement” about the nation’s electronic intelligence-gathering practices has been fulfilled with Friday’s speech, it is worth looking at what will actually happen as a result, at least in the near term, and what won’t. The speech was preceded by seven months of arguably the most... Read more
Censors on Campus
January 23 | Posted by mrossol | American Thought, Losing Freedom, Politically correctSo much for your “liberal arts” education. ======= Here’s a less than enthusiastic word of thanks to America’s college administrators. Close to 60% of campuses in 2013 substantially abridged the First Amendment rights of faculty and students. But at least that’s an improvement from 75% in 2007—the year the Foundation for Individual Rights in Education (Fire) produced its first comprehensive assessment of... Read more
