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One Year Later The Obama (In) Difference
 Posted 11/4/2009 10:20:00 AM
The one word that comes to mind in thinking about a year after Obama’s Presidency is indifference. This seems a vast contrast to the idea of hope and change that he initially proposed. This is not to say our President does not aspire to hope or change, only, that his hopes for change and the changes he wants have very little to do with the desires of hope and change of the American people. Despite being aware of this in his first year in office, President Obama remains stubbornly indifferent to the voices of those he serves. He remains petulant in defending his hopes and changes against the dissenting voices of American people. Whether it health-care reform, the Olympics in Chicago, the war in Afghanistan, or the stimulus package, this President has shown America that it is his will and not that of the American people that will be done....
Talk of Race for Obama is a Giant Step Back for Obama and for Us
Posted 9/16/2009 11:00:00 AM
President Jimmy Carter has now made it official. The liberal Democrats have decided to make the country pay for the mistakes of the Obama administration and their agenda by faulting Americans as racist. It is time for minorities to step up and say that this time we will not be used as the scapegoat, as the propaganda, as the victim, and as the dividing force in this country in order to legitimate the nation’s first black President.
The race card has been up the media’s sleeve as a defense mechanism for President Obama long before Joe Wilson shouted out, “you lie”, in the special session to Congress. The Joe Wilson incident only provided the stage for a long written script that the media planned to pull out when Americans or conservatives dare criticize or vehemently disagree with the President. Is the only way to defend the President and his policies ...
ONE WEEK AND COUNTING – Are we There Yet?
Posted 8/18/2009 10:29:00 AM
“Are we there yet?” is the question being asked all over town these days and it isn’t the pee-wee voice of whining and bored kids. It’s moms across the country who want to know when the heck are we going to get to the first day of school. With the summer lingering on hot and slower each day and good summer camp programs drying up, most moms I know are simply running out of options to maintain order and dignity in their lives, let alone their homes.
I recently visited a friend’s house who invited my son over to hang and dropped my jaw as the first thing I witnessed were her “House Rules.” I read them once, and then twice. You mean another mom is feed up with slouching at the dinner table, cries of boredom, and by the love of God, leaving the patio door open!
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WHAT THE HECK WAS THAT SARAH PALIN?
Posted 7/6/2009 7:41:00 PM
I do not want to regret my support of Sarah Palin, but....
Since her first interview with Katie Couric, I and women like me have been defending her against the mean and nasty press. We’ve been standing up for her and her plain talk as mainstream and down to earth. We admired her witty but quirky ways to identify with most Americans: remember the hockey mom, pitbull and the lipstick quip? Or, the jokes about shooting a moose? All great.
Back then, the quick observations that she was an intellectual lightweight (code word used all around, “dumb” or “stupid”) seemed to be the media’s natural reaction to being threatened by Palin’s appeal to ordinary Americans and conservatives. Much later when the McCain team “leaked” information that she was a diva and shopaholic on a Neiman Marcus binge, many Palin supporters like myself wagged our finger at John McCain that he ...
John & Kate Plus 8 – So What?
Posted 6/23/2009 2:37:00 PM
This John and Kate Plus 8 has turned into the biggest and lamest media blitz since the swine flu. I believe I watched the show once when it was supposedly in its charming state: a cute couple with 8 cute kids and a crazy life. "Wow? How did they manage to handle it all and stay so in love? Wasn’t it dreamy?" No, for me it never was. The whole time perched upon my sofa I kept thinking this production of theirs was pathetic and unrealistic. I never understood why so many people would tune in to watch a complete lie.
The sad thing is that maybe John and Kate plus 8 didn’t have to be a lie. Perhaps they could have made it without the cameras in their face 24/7 or without the developing pride and ego that instant and unwarranted fame seems to bring. With all the ...
Where is Todd Palin
Posted 6/15/2009 9:58:00 AM
I know that Sarah Palin is the Governor, but, shouldn’t Todd Palin be in Letterman’s face for dishonoring his daughter as well. Sure this is a time for women to be outraged over another incident of a man marginalizing a young woman, or girl, in this case, but, we need more men to fight on our behalf.
Todd Palin could issue a curt one liner telling David Letterman not to utter another word about his daughters in a sexually degrading way or else. A man several generations before would never dare dishonor a man’s daughter because they knew they would have to deal with the father. As long as we only have women speaking out while men remain silent, it seems a one-sided problem for women only. And it is not. If women suffer and their honor goes unprotected, men will inevitably suffer the consequences in the long run ...
Europe, Asia, and the Middle East – Obama’s New BFF’s.
Posted 4/9/2009 12:00:00 AM
Of course Europeans and other nations around the globe are welcoming Obama with open arms because every time he opens his mouth, it is bad for Americans. Obama is now a symbol of the United States becoming just like every other nation: weak on defense (he mentioned ridding the US of our nukes), subdued individual rights and freedoms (higher taxes and less control over one’s own wealth). America has always been looked upon as a great superpower where life, liberty, prosperity, and individual merit reign. We’ve had no equal in terms of military strength, GNP, and social freedom. Around the world we have been envied for these reasons. Now; however, it seems we are to become contemporaries to the rest of the world – oh they are hoping so- and President Obama is out giving assurances to that fact.
It isn’t only that our economy is weakened alongside the ...
Obama is Bizarro Reagan
Posted 3/24/2009 4:19:00 PM
Do you remember that Seinfeld episode where Elaine meets friends opposite of Jerry, Kramer, George, and Newman? Mainly the difference is with Jerry’s opposite, who unlike Jerry is not so finicky about cleanliness, is polite to Elaine, and is intelligent and helpful. In this bizarro episode everything appears similar to Jerry and his friends, but, it is completely and happily its opposite.
Pete Souza is the Chief Whitehouse photographer for President Barack Obama. Pete Souza also served as Chief Whitehouse photographer for none other than President Ronald Reagan. Could it be that hiring Reagan’s same Whitehouse photographer, Obama is hinting at wanting a legacy similar to Ronald Regan?
You many also recall Barack Obama during his campaign praising Ronald Reagan saying, “Ronald Reagan changed the trajectory of America in a way that Richard Nixon did not, and a way that Bill Clinton did not,” he said, describing Reagan ...
Eric Holder is the Coward
Posted 2/19/2009 3:00:00 PM
Here we go again. Another high achieving black liberal telling Americans that we aren’t good enough for him. And, just what is our crime this time? “We, as average Americans, simply do not talk enough with each other about race,” says newly appointed US Attorney General, Eric Holder. Holder who is black goes on to call Americans cowards on racial matters. Excuse me Mr. Holder. Just what are you complaining about? If there is anything to talk about in regards to racial matters in the country it is how nearly 70% of black children are missing fathers. Should we really talk about how although the black community makes up %12 of the nation, we account for 70% of the correctional facility population. If anyone is a coward, with all due respect Atty. Holder, it is you.
For someone who has made it to the top office of the law field, ...
Farewell Mr. President – You’ve been Mis – underestimated
Posted 1/16/2009 12:00:00 AM
I have a feeling we will not fully appreciate President Bush until he is gone. With all the hype over the coming of President Elect Barack Obama, President Bush’s farewell address of last night hardly got any ink in the papers this morning.
Still, there is something off in the perception that Bush is all plunder and blunder whereas Obama is hope.
A bit earlier in the day, President to be Obama made a speech on the economy and his plans to revive it. Nothing of hope, change, or optimism was mentioned. This is nothing new, unnoticed, but not new. These elements are most lacking when Obama mentions Americans. He often speaks of the tired blue collar worker without money to pay bills, or the elderly without adequate prescription coverage, or the family who cannot get health insurance, or failing school systems. Never a hope or a change. ...
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