December 20, 2012 – 7:04 am
Well, he didn’t quite say that, but if he’s focusing on it like the economy, little will get done (The Hill) President Obama has identified climate change as one of his top three priorities in his second term after coming under fire from environmentalists for giving the issue short shrift during the campaign. The president, […]
December 19, 2012 – 5:57 pm
I know I’m a little late to this party, but it still amuses Mr that a guy who enjoys personally picking who will receive a visit from a drone strike, continuously spits on the Constitution, and is the most decisive president ever gets the POY nod. Why? Twenty-seven years after driving from New York City […]
December 19, 2012 – 11:21 am
Jammie Wearing Fool Not to diminish the horrors of Newtown in any way, but where was a task group to investigate Fast & Furious when his Attorney General ran guns to Mexico that resulted in hundreds of deaths? We’d all like to know more. Fortunately, one of the only real journalists out there, Sharyl Attkisson, […]
December 18, 2012 – 2:14 pm
This is, let’s face it, unfuckingly disgusting Our hearts broke on Friday as we learned of the tragic and senseless deaths of 20 children and six adults at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Connecticut. Last night, President Obama addressed the families of Newtown, offering the love and prayers of a nation, and vowing to […]
December 18, 2012 – 8:48 am
With most leaders, this would be a wise move: asking underlings for ideas. With Obama, it’s a way to appear as if he is Doing Something, and if the recommendations are too extreme, he can simply Blame Others and divorce himself from those recommendations (Washington Post) President Obama on Monday began the first serious push […]
December 12, 2012 – 8:21 am
So glad that Team Obama cares about a civil society after he whipped up the crowd during an appearance in Michigan on Monday (Daily Caller) White House spokesman Jay Carney declined to condemn the increasing violence and threats by union members in Michigan, merely telling reporters Tuesday that “the president believes in debate that’s civil.†[…]
December 11, 2012 – 8:48 am
And, as usual, the Campaigner in Chief was equal parts class warrior, divisive, and full of mule fritters (The Hill) President Obama on Monday injected himself into an escalating fight over changing Michigan into a right-to-work state, saying the state Legislature’s move to ban the required paying of union dues was all about politics. The […]
December 8, 2012 – 8:28 am
As I’ve written multiple times, I really couldn’t care less one way or the other about marijuana: I don’t smoke it, have no plans to smoke it, and, really, it is a much less dangerous drug than alcohol. I’d prefer they not smoke it in public, a contact high is not in my daily plans. […]
December 7, 2012 – 8:44 am
First we had Harry Reid, Democrat Majority Leader in the US Senate, refusing to allow any vote on Obama’s fiscal cliff tax ‘n spend plan, calling it a “stunt”. Following that we get (National Journal) The White House on Thursday dismissed as political mischief Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell’s offer to bring President Obama’s fiscal […]
December 6, 2012 – 7:28 am
Now that the election is long over, the NY Times decides to do a little real reporting The Obama administration secretly gave its blessing to arms shipments to Libyan rebels from Qatar last year, but American officials later grew alarmed as evidence grew that Qatar was turning some of the weapons over to Islamic militants, […]
