Published by Jack Everest on 28 Apr 2009
This video best captures the fear and panic in downtown NYC caused by the fly-over yesterday of the Air Force One standby craft. It is hard if not impossible to believe that the White House didn’t know what effect should an event would have on NY and NJ.
Published by Jack Everest on 18 Feb 2009
HT: Clarice Feldman
What sort of parallel universe have we slipped into when Putin warns against the dangers of socialism while at the same time our own President gives us the bum’s rush into that very abyss. Here are Putin’s exact words in his speech at the opening ceremony of the World Economic Forum in Davos (excerpt/emphasis added)…
In the 20th century, the Soviet Union made the state’s role absolute. In the long run, this made the Soviet economy totally uncompetitive. This lesson cost us dearly. I am sure nobody wants to see it repeated.
Nor should we turn a blind eye to the fact that the spirit of free enterprise, including the principle of personal responsibility of businesspeople, investors and shareholders for their decisions, is being eroded in the last few months. There is no reason to believe that we can achieve better results by shifting responsibility onto the state.
And one more point: anti-crisis measures should not escalate into financial populism and a refusal to implement responsible macroeconomic policies. The unjustified swelling of the budgetary deficit and the accumulation of public debts are just as destructive as adventurous stock-jobbing.
Source: Wall Street Journal
Published by Jack Everest on 18 Feb 2009
In the month that Obama has been in office, his style of management is beginning to emerge–and it is alarming to say the least. Tony Blankley describes Obama’s odd “hands-off” style in today’s RealClearPolitics (excerpt)…
I can think of four possible explanations for this almost unprecedented presidential detachment from the decision making of policies the president publicly declared to be vital to the country and his presidency:
1) He is a very, very big-picture man, and he delegates decisions even on the central points of vital issues.
2) For tactical reasons, he decided these matters were not worth using up political chits.
3) He is either hesitant or unskilled at management, and he let matters drift until it seemed too late to intervene personally.
4) Or his personality type leaves him surprisingly uninterested in things that aren’t personally about him.
Published by Jack Everest on 16 Feb 2009
Welcome to the real world, Mr. President!
Published by Jack Everest on 04 Oct 2008
As we come into the last few rounds of this fight, we can expect (we hope) McCain to turn up the heat. And he has lots of ammunition in reserve, if he will only use it.
“We’re going to get a little tougher,” a senior Republican operative said, indicating that a fresh batch of television ads is coming. “We’ve got to question this guy’s associations. Very soon.
Source: WaPo
Let’s hope the McCain Camp doesn’t actually mean “a little tougher”–McCain hasn’t laid a glove on this guy yet and he needs to get more than a little tougher. If McCain doesn’t start landing the haymakers soon, he can kiss his chances (and ours) good-bye.
Furthermore, McCain would be wise to reconsider his rule for keeping Jeremiah Wright off-limits. Wright is fair game because he symbolizes the anti-American cronies Obama has chummed around with for most of his adult life. Of course Obama knew that his church was unabashedly anti-American and pro-African…that was its very foundation.
If Obama somehow wins the Presidency, it will be because McCain has failed his country–there will be no honor in this defeat.
Published by admin on 25 Sep 2008
In 2003 President Bush was prevented by the Democrats from overhauling Fannie and Freddie (see story here) and now we see that the same thing occurred in 2005 when Senate Republicans tried to correct the problem…
Published by Jack Everest on 25 Sep 2008
McCain has taken a calculated risk by jumping into the bailout fray. But his move can make a real difference to both the bailout muddle and his campaign.
Obama, with no real experience as a legislator or an executive, is planning to continue to do what he does best…run for office.
Here is an excerpt from a great article from Bill Kristol in today’s The Weekly Standard…
Published by admin on 15 Sep 2008
The McCain-Palin camp wasted no time in addressing the biggest issue of this Monday.
Video embed on next page… Continue Reading »
Published by admin on 11 Sep 2008
Of course Sarah has gotten under Obama’s skin. He is all artifice and device and she is an authentic two-fisted American woman.
Published by admin on 08 Sep 2008
Real Clear Politics (RCP Poll Average) has McCain with a 2.1pt lead over Obama and USA Today/Gallup (09/05 - 09/07) shows McCain with a 10pt lead–McCain at 54 and Obama at 44.