Monday, January 5, 2009
Obama the Inexperienced Taps Inexperience to Lead Intelligence
Did I miss something, or did Obama promise to select experienced leadership to offset his own inexperience? Yet in what is termed a clean break with Bush administration policies, President-elect Obama has selected two utter neophytes to lead the CIA and to be his director of intelligence. In...
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Sunday, January 4, 2009
Does Obama Want to Create 600,000 New Government Jobs?
Yes, if he is to be taken at his word. Here is the text of his weekly radio address from yesterday, January 3, with comments interspersed. Remarks of President-elect Barack Obama Weekly Address January 3, 2009 "As the holiday season comes to end, we are thankful for family and friends and all the...
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Tuesday, December 23, 2008
Should Obama be Sworn In on Lincoln’s Bible?
President-elect Obama wants to be sworn in using the same Bible that President Lincoln used. From a story at http://thecaucus.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/12/23/obama-to-take-oath-on-same-bible-as-lincoln/: Obama to Take Oath on Same Bible as Lincoln By Katharine Q. Seelye Updated | Barack Obama will be...
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Thursday, December 18, 2008
Obama Secretary of Education’s Failures as Chicago School Superintendent
President-elect Obama has nominated Arne Duncan, superintendent of the Chicago public school system, to be his Secretary of Education. Selection of a competent educator? Or home-town favoritism? From an article at http://www.cnsnews.com/public/content/article.aspx?RsrcID=40911: Only 17% of 8th...
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Wednesday, December 10, 2008
Is the Obama Transition Team Open for Questions, or Isn’t It?
Shortly after his election, President-elect Obama promised transparency and openness in contrast to the Bush administration’s secrecy (see http://www.judicialwatch.org/blog/2008/nov/obama-promises-transparency-openness ). Yet, if what is shown on his transition website at...
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Sunday, December 7, 2008
Obama: Auto CEOs Had Heads in Sand re Problems, Should Resign
Two excerpts from a story at http://home.peoplepc.com/psp/newsstory.asp?cat=news&referrer=welcome&id=20081207/493b5850_3ca6_1552620081207-1977437477: “President-elect Barack Obama announced support Sunday for a short-term government bailout of the nation's carmakers that is tied to industry...
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Tuesday, December 2, 2008
Obama Vows to Cut Farm Subsidies – After Blasting McCain for Opposing Them
At one of his press conferences last week (yes, I’m that far behind on the news!), President-Elect Obama promised to eliminate subsidies for wealthy farmers. From a story at http://online.wsj.com/article/SB122765760437258197.html “Barack Obama yesterday introduced his new White House budget...
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Sunday, November 23, 2008
Do as I Say: Obama Vows Hybrid Vehicles, Will Travel in Gas Guzzler
Text of a story at http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/us_and_americas/article5213322.ece:, with my comments in italics: Green Obama’s official limo is a gas guzzler Sarah Baxter On the campaign trail, Barack Obama promised to get a million plug-in hybrid cars on the road by 2015. His own...
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Sunday, November 16, 2008
A Belated Look at Obama’s Victory Speech
What if President-elect Obama meant what he said in his victory speech week before last? Let’s look at several quotes from the transcript at http://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/11/04/obama.transcript/: “[Our campaign] drew strength from the not-so-young people who braved the bitter cold and scorching...
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Monday, November 3, 2008
Obama Promises Soaring Electric Rates, Bankrupted Power Plants?
My fellow conservatives have been all over a quote from The Obama that surfaced this weekend: “ What I've said is that we would put a cap-and-trade system in place that is more -- that is as aggressive if not more aggressive than anybody else's out there, so if somebody wants to build a coal-powered...
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