May 29, 2013 – 4:18 pm
There are three possible leadership styles for (NMP) Obama He just doesn’t want to know and doesn’t want to be involved in governance or decision making He does actually want to know everything and is involved in decision making as well as being kept in the loop, but his people say he isn’t He only […]
May 28, 2013 – 3:41 pm
That’s what the House wants to know (The Hill) The House Judiciary Committee is investigating whether Attorney General Eric Holder lied under oath during his May 15 testimony on the Justice Department’s (DOJ) surveillance of reporters, an aide close to the matter told The Hill. The panel is looking at a statement Holder made during […]
May 27, 2013 – 8:35 am
You know why? Because all you people who criticize him are raaaaacists, per the Washington Post’s E.J. Dionne. Let’s skip all the way to the end to find out how simply awesome Obama is He’s an anti-ideological leader in an ideological age, a middle-of-the-road liberal skeptical of the demands placed on a movement leader, a […]
May 26, 2013 – 2:48 pm
Perhaps they should ask why he has the highest “Carbon Footprint” in the world and uses lots and lots of fossil fuels to travel all around the country for campaign style speeches, not too mention huge motorcades so he can play golf Where’s President Obama’s climate agenda? Why don’t we ask the thriving businesses known […]
May 26, 2013 – 9:14 am
How big a net? This big (NY Times) Even before the F.B.I. conducted 550 interviews of officials and seized the phone records of Associated Press reporters in a leak investigation connected to a 2012 article about a Yemen bomb plot, agents had sought the same reporters’ sources for two other articles about terrorism. In a […]
May 24, 2013 – 6:41 am
Not that he really it calls it that. If you remember, his administration changed it to “overseas contingency” early on. And while the NY Times says that this “was the most important statement on counterterrorism policy since the 2001 attacks, a momentous turning point in post-9/11 America”, there are two issues, the first being that […]
May 22, 2013 – 8:37 am
Those who’ve read my blog posts know that I always refer to him as Obama or (NMP) Obama (not my president). When I refer to Obama as President Obama I do it to make a point. Case in point, per this McClatchy article at the Raleigh News and Observer With Obama in the dark, administration […]
May 20, 2013 – 7:09 am
An interesting juxtaposition from The Washington Post’s Chris Cillizza Can Obama bridge the divide between the two Americas? John Edwards was right. There are two Americas. In one America, the events of the past 10 days have exposed the true colors of President Obama and his administration. From edited talking points about the Sept. 11, […]
May 19, 2013 – 8:23 am
We jump in the wayback machine, and learn that “smart power” was the Obama/Hillary Clinton term for how America was going to deal with the world. It is defined by the Center for Strategic and International Studies as “an approach that underscores the necessity of a strong military, but also invests heavily in alliances, partnerships, […]
May 18, 2013 – 10:45 am
In an attempt to change the discourse from his scandal plagued reign, Peter Obama has pivoted back to the economy yet again during his Weekly Address Hi, everybody. Over the past few months, I’ve laid out a series of commonsense ideas to reignite the true engine of our economic growth: a rising, thriving middle class. […]
