Jenkins: Let’s Begin Obama’s ‘Conversation’ on Entitlements – WSJ.com. Is this the best the Left can do? ===== … News reporters may be naïve, and some of the protesters may pretend to be. But this fight was penciled in long ago, when politicians and union leaders made the strategic decision to negotiate benefits without negotiating for the funding to make good... Read more
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Timing…
February 26 | Posted by mrossol | Obama, The LeftNotable & Quotable – WSJ.com. Rather pathetic… == A Middle Eastern despot now knows for sure when his time in power is well and truly up. He knows it when his bankers in Zurich or Geneva cease accepting his transfers and responding to his confidential communications and instead begin the process of “freezing” his assets and disclosing their extent... Read more
The Man with a Flag…
February 23 | Posted by mrossol | American Thought, Politically correct, The LeftRemember the Guy that Wouldn’t take the Flag down in his yard? (God Bless Him and all the other Men and Women who fight for our country.) On June 15, 1919, Van T. Barfoot was born in Edinburg — probably didn’t make much news back then. Twenty-five years later, on May 23, 1944, near Carano , Italy , Van T. Barfoot, who... Read more
So Much for a ‘More Civil’ Public Discourse
February 22 | Posted by mrossol | American Thought, Liberal Press, Obama, The LeftStephen Hayes: So Much for a ‘More Civil’ Public Discourse – WSJ.com. Help! Where is the press in this??????
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Obama Knew the Muslim World needed Democracy
February 15 | Posted by mrossol | Liberal Press, Middle East, Obama, The LeftNotable & Quotable – WSJ.com. From an article in the German news magazine Der Spiegel, Feb. 7: Suddenly it seems everyone knew all along that President Mubarak was a villain and the U.S., who supported him until recently, was even worse. However it was actually former President George W. Bush who always believed in the democratization of the Muslim... Read more
Understanding the Muslim Brotherhood
February 15 | Posted by mrossol | Liberal Press, Middle East, Radical Islam, The LeftStephens: Understanding the Muslim Brotherhood – WSJ.com. So you think they are moderates, eh? =============================== It’s what the good people on West 40th Street like to call a “Times Classic.” On Feb. 16, 1979, the New York Times ran a lengthy op-ed by Richard Falk, a professor of international law at Princeton, under the headline “Trusting Khomeini.” “The depiction of... Read more
