Maybe ‘organizing communities’ prepared Obama to lead the Democrat Party, but it was painfully short in preparing him for playing “geo-political chess” against the likes of Mr Putin, et.al. ============ V ladimir Putin seized Ukraine’s Crimean peninsula on Thursday, and Barack Obama delivered a short statement about it on Friday. The former tells us nothing we didn’t know already about Russia’s strongman.... Read more
Archive for the ‘American Thought’ Category
America and the Aggressive Left
March 1 | Posted by mrossol | American Thought, NoonanMrs. Noonan hits the nail, once again. “…72% of those polled saying big government is a bigger threat to the future than big business and big labor—a record high…” ======= The constant mischief of the progressive left is hurting the nation’s morale. There are few areas of national life left in which they are not busy, and few in which they’re not making... Read more
Improving Education for the Poor… and the Left
March 1 | Posted by mrossol | American Thought, Democrat Party, Obama, Party Politics, The Left, UnionsAgain, no surprises. ====== Feb. 28, 2014 6:48 p.m. ET New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio carried through this week on one of his campaign’s “progressive” promises: his assault on charter schools. Mr. de Blasio announced that he would not allow Eva Moskowitz’s Success Academy to open three new charter schools that had been approved by previous Mayor Mike Bloomberg. Readers of these... Read more
Russian troops take over Ukraine’s Crimea region
March 1 | Posted by mrossol | American Thought, Obama, The Left Tags: UkraineAnd 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
Assault 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
