Censorship? Is George Orwell’s “1984″ prophecy is coming true? Freedom of Speech is dying. ============== In Seattle, it may soon be illegal for government officials to use the terms “brown bag” and “citizens” in official city documents and discussions. City politicos said such words are deemed offensive by many, and as such, they may abide the recent caveat from the Office of Civil... Read more
Archive for the ‘American Thought’ Category
Seattle mulls ban on word ‘brown bag’ – Seriously
October 25 | Posted by mrossol | American Thought, Losing Freedom, Politically correctOur Former Friends the Saudis
October 23 | Posted by mrossol | American Thought, Middle East, ObamaSo who did you say our friends were “leaving” the US over? What that George Bush? ============= President Obama likes to boast that he has repaired U.S. alliances supposedly frayed and battered by the Bush Administration. He should try using that line with our former allies in Saudi Arabia. As the Journal’s Ellen Knickmeyer has reported from Riyadh in recent weeks, the Kingdom... Read more
U.N. Insecurity Council
October 21 | Posted by mrossol | American Thought, Middle East, ObamaCan anyone imagine the press “feeding frenzy” if Pres. Bush had been “snubbed” like this by Saudi Arabia? Maybe Obama isn’t having enough “dialog”? Maybe he should send Michelle to Saudi Arabia to generate a little more good will? ============ Membership in the United Nations Security Council is supposed to be like a Nobel Prize—no one ever turns it down. So when... Read more
The 31-Year-Old Strategist Behind the Shutdown
October 19 | Posted by mrossol | American Thought, ObamaCareVery interesting. I am still not sure I agree with all this guy says, but it really made me do some thinking. ==== ‘I really believe we are in a great position right now,” says Michael Needham, the 31-year-old president of Heritage Action, the lobbying arm of the nation’s largest conservative think tank. By “we” he means the Republican Party and... Read more
A Crisis of the President’s Own Making
October 19 | Posted by mrossol | American Thought, Obama, Tax IssuesA week or so old, but good nonetheless. ======= For months now, the GOP has been held hostage by a faction of its party that deluded itself into believing President Obama might be rolled on his signature health-care law. Witness now an equally grand delusion on the Democratic side, one that President Obama nurtures at his peril. According to Democrats, their steadfast refusal... Read more
Don’t Abandon the Sequester
October 19 | Posted by mrossol | American Thought, Debt, SequesterRepublicans aren’t the dumbest politicians there are, but they’re in the running… Especially if they lose this advantage. ============ The way the budget showdown is going, Democrats may soon require the Republicans to pay ransom before they’ll allow the GOP to reopen the government and raise the debt ceiling. That’s how badly the party’s Ted Cruz faction has messed up the politics... Read more
