Why is this a jobless recovery? a recovery?! ha! Still, Fareed Zakaria offers some damning insights. This really shouldn’t take you by surprise One CEO told me, “Almost every agency we deal with has announced some expansion of its authority, which naturally makes me concerned about what’s in store for us for the future.” Another […]
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Obama: killer of jobs
Here are two perspectives: Obama’s record on job creation: The current occupant of the White House claims to know how to create jobs. He claims jobs have been created. But so far the score is Great Obama Depression 2.2 million lost jobs, Obama 0 — a blowout. The always perceptive Ambrose Evans-Pritchard on the feeling […]
Obama care in practice: this is how we do it here
Yes he can The Democratic chairman of the House Veterans Affairs Committee lambasted the Obama administration over its handling of an incident at a St. Louis VA center in which more than 1,800 veterans were told they may have been exposed to HIV. “It’s outrageous, one, that this happens, but even worse is this secretive, […]
Obama does science now
.Something this smart has to come from the very top NASA Administrator Charles Bolden said in a recent interview that his “foremost” mission as the head of America’s space exploration agency is to improve relations with the Muslim world. Though international diplomacy would seem well outside NASA’s orbit, Bolden said in an interview with Al […]
Obama: “Did you plug the hole yet, Daddy?”:: Bush : “Mission Accomplished”
Image via Wikipedia The left used the “mission accomplished” phrase as a way to demonstrate the disconnectedness and tin ear of the Bush administration. Obama unwittingly offered a similar phrase to characterize his own administration’s performance in the Gulf oil spill when he quoted his daughters as saying “Did you plug the hle yet, Daddy?”. […]
“I am the President: you MUST trust me” Newspeak anyone?
Image via Wikipedia RealClear Politics highlights an obvious issue; obvious unless you are a journalist or a true believer in government in general or Obama specifically: Would President Obama and the Democrats‘ legislation allow government to come between citizens and their choice of doctors and insurers? Obama promised it wouldn’t. Republicans said it would, and […]
SOTU doublespeak. Sad clown is sad.
Image via Wikipedia In the same breath, Obama chastises Republicans as the party of “No” while simultaneously calling for a spirit of bi-partisanship and an end to acrimony. If he were self aware, he’d see the irony, It is a measure of his disconnectedness that he can make those statements without blinking. Perhaps he is […]
Leadership and charisma: what’s the relationship?
Image via Wikipedia a New York Times article examined charisma as a requirement for leadership and concluded it wasn’t an absolute necessity. Here are my reflections on that article: I found the article interesting, but it had a few anomalies that seemed odd to me. Just let me get those out of the way, as […]
Haiti and the little red hen
Image by Getty Images via Daylife there are some countries that are complaining about the motives that the impute to the US with respect to the military forces engaged in relief operations in Haiti. Most of those countries are not in a position to provide significant humanitarian relief to the area in that they are […]
more troublesome terrorism news
I was in Detroit this past week and got to experience the nuttiness of the airport security hysteria that was a consequence of the failed terrorist attack. The hype made my daughter afraid to fly, which really upset me. I came across this link which is even more disturbing as it reveals the much greater […]