Says a lot… ======= WASHINGTON — He had just hung up the telephone with the devastated parents before heading in front of the cameras. Unusually emotional, President Obama declared himself “heartbroken” by the brutal murder of an American journalist, James Foley, and vowed to “be relentless” against Islamic radicals threatening to kill another American. But as soon as the cameras went off, Mr.... Read more
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Obama To Stretch Scope Of Executive??
August 6 | Posted by mrossol | Immigration, Obama, US ConstitutionI would be surprised if Obama didn’t ‘go for broke’ on this one. ==== By the end of the summer, President Barack Obama will make what some activists and legal experts say could be the “boldest move” of his presidency as he prepares to move without Congress on immigration reform. The coming executive actions to change immigration policy could become the defining moment... Read more
Noonan: The Crisis on the Border
July 18 | Posted by mrossol | Democrat Party, Noonan, Obama, The LeftAgree, that this issue is not simple, likely has several causes, but that it is not a good omen for America. ========== By – Peggy Noonan “No one who wants to help has authority, and no one with authority is helping.” What is happening at the southern border is a true and actual crisis. News accounts justly use words like chaos, collapse and breakdown.... Read more
Obama’s comment on Malaysia plane incident
July 17 | Posted by mrossol | Obama“… it looks like it might be a terrible tragedy…” Obama. WHAT?!! No matter what happened, it IS a tragedy. What kind of spineless blabber is this?? ====== — President Barack Obama said Thursday that the passenger plane downed over Ukraine “looks like it may be a terrible tragedy” and his top priority is finding out whether American citizens were on board. Related... Read more
The Impeachment Delusion
July 10 | Posted by mrossol | Obama, Republican(s)Right to the point. =========== One unfortunate reality of modern politics is the right-left mutually reinforcing media echo chamber. The most extreme voices on either side broadcast the most outrageous statements of the other side as a way to define their opposition and attract attention to themselves. This is the way to understand the flurry of fever-swamp chatter about impeaching President Obama.... Read more
The Post-Pax Americana World
July 8 | Posted by mrossol | American Thought, Obama, The LeftBut we’re so much better off now, aren’t we? ……. [Cry me a river.] ============= In 2008 Fareed Zakaria wrote an influential book titled “The Post-American World.” It was, mercifully, not another lament about American decline. Instead, the book described “the rise of the rest”—China, Brazil, Turkey and other supposedly emerging powers—and made the case that the U.S. had to learn how... Read more
