Is Hope Gone?

The artist who created the Obama campaign poster that sold “hope” has now said he is about to give up on the President. This seems like a naive thought given any type of comparison with the previous administration. But then, hope and change were offered by candidate Barack Obama is large doses during the run [...]

Unions’ Difficult Road

When Blanch Lincoln was successful Tuesday in retaining the Democratic nomination for US Senate against an opponent highly supported and funded by organized labor, the pundits claimed a victory for the White House and the opening of a rift between Democrats and Unions. This is simply too easy a conclusion to draw and its import [...]

Reality Check II

A reduction in the Department of Defense budget to the $ 100 billion level would free up about $ 600 billion to help close the deficit gap. This would be a mighty effort by still would fall short. And unfortunately, such a sharp reduction would necessitate deep employment cut backs in industries serving the military [...]

Reality Check

It is hard to hear a political pundit speak of the coming fall elections and not hear “its about jobs, stupid”. I wonder who the stupid one is? The Country has a huge deficit and unbalanced budgets as far as the eye can see. So, jobs sound like a great idea since there would be [...]

Flaws or Strengths?

The news media is having a field day listing President Obama’s flaws. Jobs have not returned fast enough. Banks are still acting poorly. Healthcare costs too much. Our troops are still in Iraq and Afghanistan. And, the BP oil leak is still leaking. What’s more, Obama is not mad enough. Some pundits think that President [...]

Great Questions

The LA Times lead headlines today, aside from John Wooden’s passing, was that the stock market was continuing to fall in June. The reason was investors fears that jobs were not recovering as quickly as had been expected. Give me a break. A few days ago, the market declined because investors were worried about the [...]

Gulf Blues

How does one make a bad situation good? The Obama Administration is learning about that right now. The BP Gulf oil spill is the teacher. The American public, if they are wise, can also learn. The question is will either party learn? Drilling a mile down and then another two under the sea bed, the [...]

Was Bush Right?

It is hard to recall any time in the George W Bush administration when one could have said the White House was working hard. Most of what they actually did produced unwanted results. What they didn’t do, produced catastrophic results such as the Katrina response and the lack of financial sector oversight.  But, did they [...]

Not Surprised

The Israeli commando assault, in international waters, on foreign flagged vessels yesterday does not come as any surprise.  incompetence and outrageous conduct has marked the behaviors of Hamas, Hezbollah, and Israel for years now. Any real international sympathy for any of the parties has long since vanished. Most simply stated, all parties deserve whatever fate [...]