When an American travels overseas he becomes an ambassador of our country, whether he is aware of it or not. This became apparent to me when I started visiting foreign clients. Just about everyone I have met overseas wants to know about American interests, the mood of the country, and our politics. In general, there [...]
Senator Arlen Specter does what liberals always do when they talk too much; they prove that they don’t have a shred of a clue. By now Mr. Specter’s little tussle with Rep. Michele Bachmann has been the topic of much scorn. In that dustup Mr. Specter, who cannot simply let anything get in the way [...]
Barack Obama refuses to call FoxNews a news organization and in 2009 he attempted to get the other news sources to ban FoxNews from the Press Pool. Unfortunately, for him, the other news outlets realized that IF Obama and his minions could take out FoxNews, they could take out anyone. It didn’t work. Now, the [...]
“The US act grossly interfered in China’s internal affairs, gravely hurt the Chinese people’s national sentiments and seriously damaged the Sino-US ties.”
- Ma Zhaoxu, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman
President Obama and Secretary of State Hillary Clinton met respectively with the Dalai Lama in Washington on Thursday. This event comes only a few weeks after [...]
This morning I have been reading the several newspapers I diligently peruse every morning, or sometime during the day.
In the headlines, the Supreme Court yesterday struck down the silly McCain-Feingold Act on campaign reform, a piece of legislation that was patently unconstitutional from the moment of its inception. McCain’s Folly, as I called it, was [...]
Every President has a unique style of speaking and dealing with issues. Barack Obama recently gave his first State of the Union address. In listening to him speak about all the problems the country faces in 2010, it brought to mind [...]
If you were hoping to buy an Obama watch as a memento of the 2008 election, you’re out of luck. Obama Watches has run out of time. Literally.
The Internet memorabilia company whose watches are in the permanent collection of two Washington, DC museums, the Smithsonian Institution and the Newseum, has sold its final Obama Watch.
It was [...]
The Republicans won big in Massachusetts, mostly because the people there decided to be heard. They didn’t like the health care reform legislation, they didn’t like all the back room deals being made with Nebraska, Louisiana, Vermont, Florida, Trade Unions, etc. They didn’t like the focus, which was not on the economy and unemployment and [...]
The bottom line? No significant reconciliation between the battling parties is evident yet. But there may be room for compromise on some issues.
Obama, forced to refocus his agenda in response to voter anger over the high jobless rate in an election year, opened a new search for common ground after spending his first year relying [...]
Democrats’ strategy for merging health care reform bills began to unravel under growing attacks Wednesday, including unexpected criticism from Colorado’s two Democratic senators.
Final negotiations on merging the bills began in earnest Wednesday as congressional leaders spent more than eight hours behind closed doors at the White House using a process that bypasses a formal conference [...]
The wishes and desires of valuable voters continue to go in one of President Obama’s ears and out of the other, with the 2010 elections predicted to bleed Democratic representation. With approximately 60% of polled opinion vehemently against the health reforms being politically force fed to the nation, it is perhaps to be expected that [...]
The Rasmussen Reports daily Presidential Tracking Poll for Thursday shows that 25% of the nation’s voters Strongly Approve of the way that Barack Obama is performing his role as President. Forty percent (40%) Strongly Disapprove giving Obama a Presidential Approval Index rating of -15 (see trends).
Forty-eight percent (48%) of voters now give the President poor [...]
Talk radio and television host Glenn Beck has rocketed up several lists over the past couple years. The first list is the one kept by conservatives and reflects people that they most identify with and who reflect their views. By my count Beck is perhaps second only to Rush Limbaugh on this list. The second [...]
JANUARY 8, 2010
This Week in Health Care Reform
While still technically in recess, members of Congress trickled back to Washington, D.C. this week to get a jump start on reconciling the health care reform bills passed by the House and Senate last year.
On Tuesday, Democratic leaders began conversations around a final package, pledging to overcome [...]
President Obama met Wednesday with House Democratic leaders who face the likelihood of having a final health care bill look much more like the Senate’s version than their measure.
The meeting with House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and the chairmen of the three House committees that approved health care legislation was part of efforts by Obama and [...]
Throughout 2009, while the country and it’s citizens were facing a terrible economy, foreign wars, extreme Congressional partisanship and sniping, no improvements in the major issues facing this country such as the soaring national debt, high unemployment, failing public schools, wide spread drug addiction problems, rising health care costs, and other major issues, what were [...]
A number of senators have been asked if they would give up their current health care program and join his new health care reform program that the rest of us would be forced to be on.They did not answer. Obama ignored the same question during the ABC network special on 22 December. Yet on 23 [...]
It always amazes me that republicans think all they have to do is spout the usual rhetoric anout God and Country along with tax cuts, to have people move to their aid and vote for them. It is a new world out there and Republicans have to step forward and really explain things to people [...]
Have you noticed that the only sector of America that has grown exponentially during 2009 is government and they’re done it on the backs of us taxpayers? All the way from local government through state and on to Washington, these parasites are enjoying unprecedented prosperity while the rest of America’s free enterprise system is suffering.Recently, [...]
Since September 11, 2001 the US government has been putting a lot more effort into identifying and tracking possible terrorists. To most Americans, the fact that the government is working so tirelessly to safeguard its citizens is a comforting notion, but what if the potential “terrorists” are the citizens themselves?
USA Today reported that the government’s [...]
