Nixon 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
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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
Harold Hamm: How North Dakota Became Saudi Arabia
October 2 | Posted by mrossol | American Thought, Economics, ObamaAnyone know a good realtor in ND? ======= Harold Hamm, the Oklahoma-based founder and CEO of Continental Resources, the 14th-largest oil company in America, is a man who thinks big. He came to Washington last month to spread a needed message of economic optimism: With the right set of national energy policies, the United States could be “completely energy independent by the... Read more
What Solyndra Fiasco?
September 29 | Posted by mrossol | American Thought, Environment, Obama, The LeftDid all these folks fail their Jr. High math class? ========== If you thought the $535 million Solyndra scandal had chastened the fearless venture capitalists of the Obama Administration, think again. The Department of Energy shovelled out $1.1 billion in new loan guarantees to solar projects in Nevada and Arizona Wednesday, and more deals are pending before the $18 billion program funded... Read more
