Yes, 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
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Tom Coburn: The Year Washington Fled Reality – WSJ.com
December 31 | Posted by mrossol | American Thought, Democrat Party, ObamaObamas Misguided Obsession With Inequality
December 25 | Posted by mrossol | ObamaOne more obsession… ============= In his widely noted speech, President Obama said that “a dangerous and growing inequality and lack of upward mobility” is “the defining challenge of our time.” This belief makes Mr. Obama unique: Unlike the other presidents since World War II, he places inequality above economic growth as the organizing principle of U.S. economic policy. The president’s Dec. 4... 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
Saudi Royal Blasts U.S.’s Mideast Policy
December 17 | Posted by mrossol | Middle East, ObamaI can’t believe that George Bush is still making the world hate us! ======= MONACO—A leading Saudi prince demanded a place for his country at talks with Iran, assailing the Obama administration for working behind Riyadh’s back and panning other recent U.S. steps in the Middle East. Prince Turki al-Faisal, an Arab royal and a brother of Foreign Minister Saud al-Faisal, said Saudi... Read more
Simple Questions Stump Obama Officials
December 16 | Posted by mrossol | Middle East, Obama, The LeftDon’t be surprised. Not sure they realize that governing takes real work. ========= Rep. Dana Rohrabacher (R., Calif.) had a simple question Wednesday for three of the Obama administration’s top Afghanistan specialists: How many American troops have been killed in Afghanistan this year? None of the witnesses at the House Foreign Affairs Committee hearing on Afghanistan had an answer. Rep. Dana Rohrabacher (R., Calif.)... Read more
Obamas Red-Line Presidency
December 5 | Posted by mrossol | Liberal Press, ObamaHenninger is always good. Not that you hear much in the press of Obama’s flip-flopping. ========= ‘We have communicated in no uncertain terms with every player in the region that that’s a red line for us and that there would be enormous consequences if we start seeing movement on the chemical weapons front or the use of chemical weapons.”— Barack Obama, Aug. 20,... Read more
