You have to give Obama credit. He is not taking us to the moon – at least for the foreseeable future. Ruling the moon would really put too much on his plate. However, it is no comfort that he is limiting his sphere to influence to terra firma here. He is making a forced march… [Read more…]
January 30, 2010
To-date, Sarah Palin’s sense of time and place has been near perfection but her participation as a paid keynote speaker in the The National Tea Party convention next week (February 4-6) may be her first misstep. Organized by Tea Party Nation this will be the group’s first convention. A for-profit group started by a husband… [Read more…]
January 30, 2010
Among the things that unnerve Americans who are familiar with local as well as world events is Obama’s continued turning almost everyone’s list of priorities on its head. Another thing that unnerves Americans is to have this pointed out by a clever and deceitful competitor country such as Russia. The Russians are very much aware… [Read more…]
January 29, 2010
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Speaking at the Air Force’s annual convention in the Washington last October, Air Force Lt. Gen. David Deptula, the service’s chief for intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance warned that Pilots in future wars will not operate in the “permissive” threat environments of current wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. Deptula, best known for crafting the Desert Storm… [Read more…]
January 29, 2010
One female pensioner in western Germany has decided to fill the autumn of her life with something other than baking pies or watching the sunset from the warmth of her back porch. Bildunterschrift: Großansicht des Bildes mit der Bildunterschrift: ”Pistol granny” during a robbery in 2001. The woman was never caught She is out gathering some… [Read more…]
January 29, 2010
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Mid-week, the Wall Street Journal had negative news from Davos – a gathering of experts to discuss another kind of climate change – the fiscal climate change. Experts there say evidence supports negative change sometime this year. The world faces a long, slow recovery “ending in subpar growth,” with the risk of a renewed recession… [Read more…]
January 28, 2010
In the President’s eyes, his resurrection was at hand. In his eyes, the SOTU gave him the power to turn things around. Humor and charm were everywhere. He made a passing wave at sharing our pain and then told us he really hated to take some of the painful measures he had taken. It was… [Read more…]
January 28, 2010
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Toyota is recalling many of its models to correct a dangerous malfunction in the accelerators of these cars. They insist on factory correction of the problem. Charging into the midst of all of this is that government-run auto company, GM, offering $1,000 rebates to all Toyota owners who purchase GM brand autos. Question: how will… [Read more…]
January 28, 2010
The February 1, 2010 issue of Newsweek was peppered with articles explaining away Obama’s aloof demeanor and suggesting he had not taken the country left but had governed from the center for the past year [On My Watch]. Well, Bob Cesca, avowed progressive in-the-extreme and regular contributor to the Huffington Post, has termed the President… [Read more…]
January 28, 2010
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This was not a State of the Union Address. This was a wake up call to we the people. This was the same old sleight of hand that will lead to our demise. All of the humor and charm could not ice this cake. Big bad banks were taken to task as were the Republicans. … [Read more…]
January 27, 2010
We are now in the midst of a Plastic Presidency. Don’t like what you see? No matter, we can melt and mold it or just call YOU wrong and/or crazy. This president carries a Chines Express Card with a variable interest rate that has caused us to be in debt so deep that the St.… [Read more…]
January 25, 2010
A return to “control” – the kind we did not really see during the 2008 election – is what the President has ordered up in reinstating David Plouffe in his former 2008 campaign status although under the aegis of the DNC. As we have seen, this is a president that seeks to maintain control over… [Read more…]
January 23, 2010
Barack Obama’s speech today in a town hall in Cleveland points to a President who is becoming increasingly unhinged and irrational. His penchant to put too much on his plate continues. He is still obsessed with health care, finance and spending more. Obliquely referring to the Massacre in Massachusetts earlier this week, he sought to clarify what was really behind… [Read more…]
January 22, 2010
So Barack talked tough about Bank regulation yesterday and the Stock Market went down considerably. I don’t think the US needs more layoffs in the financial sector – or in any sector actually. It is as if he has a dart board and yesterday, Banks were in the bullseye! Recovery money certainly has not come… [Read more…]
January 20, 2010
The international community has been stunned with the revelation that SamHenry will be taking a week of vacation from January 21 – January 29. As the news broke, the stock market dipped ever so slightly and web readership markedly decreased. However, anonymous sources have confirmed that this break will benefit both SamHenry and the blog.… [Read more…]
January 31, 2010
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