The President’s history of negotiations with Republicans has led to the remarkable feet of making Washington DC even more dysfunctional. The President has behaved as if the country is split roughly 80-20 in his favor. Through his negotiations and public pronouncements he has exploited every opportunity where he has had even the slightest advantage. This…
The other day, something prompted me to think of an old movie I haven’t seen in a long, long time. “I Come In Peace” is its name. It’s a low-budget, science-fiction flick from the early ’90s that stars Hollywood action icon, Dolph Lundgren. The movie was such a huge hit, that I think I’m one…
THE PRESIDENT’S SECRETARY ENTERS THE OVAL OFFICE SECRETARY: Sir, the chief demographer of the United States is here. PRESIDENT: Show him in. DEMOGRAPHER: Mr. President, I… PRESIDENT: Be quick about it. I still have to finish writing my speech for tonight, ordering all registered Republicans to wear yellow armbands. DEMOGRAPHER: That’s exactly why I am…
The weather channel made a unilateral decision this season to start naming winter storms. The large snowstorms called Nemo and Plato are recent examples of this. Their argument is that this is a better way to communicate about an upcoming storm and track the destruction, such as has been used for hurricanes for decades. Some…
The President laid out his agenda in the State of the Union Address, and it was filled with initiatives and statements similar to what he has said before. It gives the media the opportunity to ask questions that they have neglected in the past. Statements that were presented as facts also need clarification. Up until…
Did Florida Senator Marco Rubio, a likely Republican contender for president in 2016, destroy his political career by taking a sip of water on national television? CNN and some of the other slavishly Democratic-liberal news outlets seem to think so – or at least hope so. Rubio was giving a speech rebutting President Obama’s State…
Recently we’ve been hearing a lot about President Obama’s “kill list.” He has taken full charge of the effort to bump off anti-American terrorists in such hell holes as Pakistan. Probably, as Rick said in “Casablanca,” he is doing them a favor. Who wants to live in Pakistan if he can be up in heaven…
In the aftermath of the Sandy Hook shootings there has been talk of trying to do something about mental illness. The idea people are grappling with is trying to determine before the fact; who may be likely to commit the kind of horrific mass shootings as what happened in Connecticut. Along these lines the President,…
