Many conservatives are playing into the hands of the Obama re-election machine, falling for the trap of making themselves easily mocked by a sycophantic mainstream media attempting to turn Obama into a victim. The President cannot defend his record, and in order to win re-election he must rely on the extraneous factors of sympathy, guilt, and cultural status combined with the inherent power of the White House to dominate and skew the news to his benefit. The re-election crusade of Barack Obama...
Donald Trump is not only causing heartburn within the halls of the White House but throughout many of the well appointed offices of the Republican hierarchy in Washington D.C. For the first time since Ronald Reagan nearly hijacked the Republican convention in 1976, the Republican establishment is being challenged. (A personal disclosure: I have met Donald Trump on a number of occasions. During the late 1980\'s my consulting company worked for his casino operations in Atlantic City, N.J.) The conventional attitude along Connecticut Avenue...
Having observed the mainstream media for more years than I care to contemplate while still maintaining my sanity, I have noticed that the level of vituperation and willingness to accommodate those they perceive to be in positions of power has gone up exponentially over the past ten years. There has always been a left-of-center bias among the vast majority of the media; however their actions over this period are not fully explained by that predisposition.While the media has always been willing to go...
Gasoline has exceeded or approached $5.00 per gallon in some parts of the United States long before the normal peak travel season has begun. Already the politicians, headline writers, and some cable and talk show pundits are pointing to the usual suspects. But they have avoided or are unaware of where the fault actually lies.One of the foundational tenets of economics is what is known as the law of supply and demand. Normally whenever a product or commodity is in short supply the...
Most of the current leaders and many of the rank and file within the American conservative movement have as their defining characteristic a bottomless pit of pessimism and timidity, combined with an overarching fixation with civility. Their political opponents, the liberals, have as their defining characteristic an air of confidence that they are always right as well as the smartest people in any room, combined with the knowledge that they can intimidate and exploit the aforementioned natural proclivity of the conservatives. There is...
Over my 45+ years in the business community, both domestic and international, I have dealt with an overwhelming variety of people of all races and political philosophies. Men and women who were thoroughly honest and many who had no concept of honor and integrity. Among them were those who would do or say anything to achieve their ends and do so with a straight face and an air of self-confidence that would deceive the most gullible. It is only through painful experience that...
The President is going to address the nation yet again. He apparently intends to unveil another revised plan to fool the American people into believing he is sincere about reducing the deficit and reining in spending after the unserious budget he presented in February was soundly rejected by the country. While his hand has been forced by the twin factors of the Republicans in the House (buoyed the effectiveness of the Tea Party movement) and the upcoming Presidential election, he will nonetheless bring...
In the United States, the media\'s interest has been focused on who won the game that was the potential government shutdown. As usual the reporting is based on a sporting event and not the importance of the change of direction the shutdown represents. At the moment there is no winner or loser; that will be decided if and only if spending is dramatically reduced and government begins to shrink appreciably. Many of us have repeatedly called attention to the financial markets and international...
Barack Obama has made it official: he is running for re-election. The 2012 presidential election campaign has officially begun. The election will ultimately be a referendum on Barack Obama regardless of whom the Republicans choose as their nominee. Deep in the bowels of the White House and in strategy sessions in Chicago, the Obama team is formulating its campaign strategy convinced that their guy\'s charisma and delivery combined with a willingness to say anything will result in re-election.Team Obama knows it will not...
Ah, the perils of a birth certificate. Thanks to Donald Trump, the question of Barack Obama\'s birth certificate is finally worming its way in to the mainstream of America\'s consciousness. But certainly we can all sympathize with Mr. Obama\'s dilemma; after all while he was there at his birth there may also have been members of the vast right-wing conspiracy present. These dastardly people responsible for all the evils that have befallen Liberals over the past half century may have known that one...
