People are increasingly fearing the divisions within, even the potential coming apart of, our country. Rich/poor, black/white, young/old, red/blue: The things that divide us are not new, yet there’s a sense now that the glue that held us together for more than two centuries has thinned and cracked with age. That it was allowed to thin and crack, that the... Read more
Archive for the ‘Obama’ Category
The Divider vs. the Thinker – Noonan
October 30 | Posted by mrossol | American Thought, Obama, Party PoliticsAssad Gaining Upper Hand
October 30 | Posted by mrossol | Middle East, Obama, The LeftOf course, you understand that this tiny blog of my cannot illustrate, or copy, or forward all the communication and “dialog” that Obama is having with Syria in the US Adminstrations’ effort to protect innocent Syrians. ============= By NOUR MALAS Syrian opposition leaders said President Bashar al-Assad’s forces appear to have gained the upper hand in the eight-month revolt, after a weekend of... Read more
This Is No Time for Moderation: Jobs, Cash and Hope.
October 16 | Posted by mrossol | American Thought, Obama‘Ten years ago, Steve Jobs was alive, Bob Hope was alive, Johnny Cash was alive. Now we’re outta jobs, outta hope and outta cash.” I heard that from a TSA agent in New York the other day, as he eyed me for explosives. We laughed, but there was a poignant edge. Part of the outpouring over Steve Jobs last week was... Read more
The Weekend Interview with Mortimer Zuckerman: The Exasperation of the Democratic Billionaire – WSJ.com
October 16 | Posted by mrossol | American Thought, ObamaWell said. ======== ‘It’s as if he doesn’t like people,” says real-estate mogul and New York Daily News owner Mortimer Zuckerman of the president of the United States. Barack Obama doesn’t seem to care for individuals, elaborates Mr. Zuckerman, though the president enjoys addressing millions of them on television. The Boston Properties CEO is trying to understand why Mr. Obama has made little... Read more
SThe President of Contempt
October 9 | Posted by mrossol | American Thought, Obama, The LeftNixon was tricky. Ford was clumsy. Carter was dour. Reagan was sunny. Bush 41 was prudent. Clinton felt your pain. Bush 43 was stubborn. And Barack Obama is . . . Early in America’s acquaintance with the man who would become the 44th president, the word that typically sprang from media lips to describe him was “cool.” Cool as a matter of... Read more
Presidential Interpretation
October 7 | Posted by mrossol | Obama, The LeftSay what??? Exactly! =========== Sometimes when a President adopts his own view of reality, especially this one, it’s hard to budge him off of it. We editorialized here yesterday that Bank of America’s planned $5 monthly fee on debit cards—in response to Dodd-Frank’s revenue-reducing rules—is “perhaps the most transparent pricing change in the history of American finance.” No matter. By our count, Mr. Obama... Read more
