I wait for one of my friends on the Left to explain why they support this kind of “executive behavior”? [Which I’m sure they must support…] =========== How does the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau figure out when employers unintentionally discriminate against minorities? The bureau’s lawyers know, or maybe they’re making it up as they go along. Whatever it is, they’re not telling... Read more
Archive for the ‘Democrat Party’ Category
The Consumer Financial Bureau’s Bias Shakedown
March 18 | Posted by mrossol | American Thought, Democrat Party, Losing Freedom, Obama, The LeftThe Ideologue vs the Children
March 7 | Posted by mrossol | American Thought, Democrat Party, Noonan, UnionsFinally one Democratic politician willing to say, “No” – sort of -to union priorities over good education. ============ What a small and politically vicious man New York’s new mayor is. Bill de Blasio doesn’t like charter schools. They are too successful to be tolerated. Last week he announced he will drop the ax on three planned Success Academy schools. (You know Success... 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
Christie and the IRS
January 10 | Posted by mrossol | Democrat Party, Liberal Press, ObamaHopefully, this is a “teachable moment” for voters, too. ========== Now that we have your attention, allow us to explain. Governor Chris Christie apologized to New Jersey on Thursday for aides who closed traffic lanes in order to punish a Democratic mayor, and he fired a deputy chief of staff. We mention the IRS because Mr. Christie’s contrition contrasts so sharply with... Read more
Tom Coburn: The Year Washington Fled Reality – WSJ.com
December 31 | Posted by mrossol | American Thought, Democrat Party, ObamaYes, a Republican perspective. If yours is different, please share it. ===== By TOM COBURN Dec. 30, 2013 7:06 p.m. ET The past year may go down not only as the least productive ever in Washington but as one of the worst for the republic. In both the executive branch and Congress, Americans witnessed an unwinding of the country’s founding principles and of their government’s... Read more
Incompetence
December 18 | Posted by mrossol | Democrat Party, Noonan, Obama, The LeftWhere are the adults in the Democrat Party? ============== Everyone is doing thoughtful year-end pieces on President Obama. Writers and reporters agree he’s had his worst year ever. I infer from most of their essays an unstated but broadly held sense of foreboding: There’s no particular reason to believe next year will be better, and in fact signs and indications point to... Read more
