f ========== President Obama and European leaders are ratcheting up their rhetoric against Russia. Too bad Vladimir Putin is a man of action who hasn’t seen anything worth stopping his assault on Ukraine. In the two weeks since Russia invaded Crimea, the U.S. has put a handful of unnamed officials in Moscow on a visa-ban list. The Europeans suspended talks on trade and... Read more
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The Consumer Financial Bureau’s Bias Shakedown
March 18 | Posted by mrossol | American Thought, Democrat Party, Losing Freedom, Obama, The LeftI 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
Welcome to the 19th Century
March 18 | Posted by mrossol | Crimea, Losing Freedom, Obama, RussiaWell, well, well. Hows the dialog working for you, Mr. President? ========= ‘You just don’t in the 21st century behave in 19th century fashion by invading another country on completely trumped up pretext,” declared John Kerry on March 2 as Russia began its conquest of Ukraine’s Crimean peninsula. Though he didn’t intend it, the U.S. Secretary of State was summing up the... Read more
Obama’s Unserious Sanctions
March 18 | Posted by mrossol | American Thought, Crimea, ObamaThe Left will never call Obama out on this… ======= President Obama and the European Union announced their sanctions response to Vladimir Putin’s rolling conquest of Crimea on Monday, and the most accurate assessment came from financial markets. Moscow’s stock exchange, which has been battered for two weeks in fear of Western sanctions, rose 3.7%. Congratulations, Mr. President. You gave the Kremlin... Read more
How Obama ‘Gets Things Done’
March 18 | Posted by mrossol | American Thought, ObamaChange… that’s what he sold; That’s what we got. ====== Maybe Barack Obama should have given Zach Galifianakis an off-ramp, like the one he keeps trying to offer Vladimir Putin. Those were some pretty barbed lines the president unloaded on the comic actor last week in their semi-parodic “Between Two Ferns” interview. In case you’re wondering why I’m writing about this—well, I am... Read more
The Price of Failed Leadership
March 18 | Posted by mrossol | Crimea, ObamaIs even the Right paying attention? ====== Why are there no good choices? From Crimea to North Korea, from Syria to Egypt, and from Iraq to Afghanistan, America apparently has no good options. If possession is nine-tenths of the law, Russia owns Crimea and all we can do is sanction and disinvite—and wring our hands. Iran is following North Korea’s nuclear path, but... Read more
