Obamanation
Let me affirm up front that Foster Friess’ chestnut observation was notably asinine and unfunny. No, I’m not pasting it here; click on the link to read the comment if you haven’t yet heard it. Mr. Friess needs to stick to his day job and leave the humor to the professionals. Having said that, in…
The Washington Post has collected a spectrum of religious reactions to the Obama administration’s “compromise” — apparently announced as such without first consulting with the parties implicitly involved in the negotiations (a sure sign that Obama is more concerned about appearing to compromise than actually doing so). Religious leaders and others concerned about religious liberty…
It’s not a piece from The Onion, as I was fervently hoping when I first heard about it this afternoon. Could the President have telegraphed any more plainly his disdain for those who come here in conformance with our laws? Not to mention for the sovereignty and laws of the United States. The Obama administration…
From the President’s State of the Union address: or we can restore an economy where everyone gets a fair shot, and everyone does their fair share, and everyone plays by the same set of rules. Seriously??? The person who has issued over 1,200 waivers to his own, signature healthcare law is talking about everyone playing…
An article in today’s Providence Journal describes a familiar aspect of a town’s movement toward receivership that might point to a common contributing factor: A national investment ratings agency, Fitch Ratings, on Thursday downgraded the outlook for Woonsocket. In its report the agency said the city of almost 42,000 people faced a School Department deficit…
Now that it has become abundantly clear that President Obama’s Department of Justice lied was inaccurate to Congress in its formal statement about Operation Fast and Furious, DOJ has taken the unusual step of up-ending their internal correspondence box on the matter. (Naturally, they did so Friday – that being the best day, media-attention-wise, to…
When I initially heard of the concept of state-government healthcare exchanges, my first thought was that only three insurers are willing to do business in Rhode Island — how extensive could such an exchange be? The hook by which Governor Chafee is presuming to step in and legislate via executive order to create Rhode Island’s…
Heh. As the 2012 presidential campaign heats up, President Obama’s campaign team has set up a new Web site, AttackWatch.com, to challenge negative statements about the president made by Republican presidential candidates and conservatives. Obama for America national field director Jeremy Bird told ABC News that the site’s goal is to offer “resources to fight…
I notice that the wire story that the Providence Journal chose for its coverage of President Obama’s Labor Day speech didn’t make mention of the call to arms of Teamster leader Jimmy Hoffa, Jr. The omission would be one thing if the article were narrowly focused on President Obama’s words (that is, if they took…
As I explained in a video blog a couple of years ago, Tiverton resident, one-payer healthcare advocate, and just-about-overt socialist Nick Tsiongas is an instructive figure to watch in Rhode Island politics, and the op-ed that ran in yesterday’s Providence Journal is a fine example. I’m thinking that many of us have underestimated the intended…
