Archives for Barack Obama
Whose ‘signature’ is on Signature Drone Strikes?
Blame Barack Obama if you like or George Bush (who began the drone program), even technology if you care to. But in the Islamic mind, it’s primarily America itself and…
Obama’s Zombie Cat—Healthcare
You may have read the story of Bart, the cat whose owner found him in a puddle of blood, hit by a car and (according to him) obviously dead.…
A Total Sell-out by Obama and the Democrats on their way to the Bank
The House ‘narrowly’ passed the $ trillion dollar spending bill and sent it to the Senate, where it is expected to pass into law. Sneaked into that necessary legislation was…
The Death-Spiral of the Obama Presidency
So I’m telling an old story by now, but old stories are sometimes the most valuable to look back upon. This president came to office on a tide of…
What’s Edward Snowden’s connection to the Trans Pacific Partnership (TPP)?
Actually, none in the straight line we’re used to, as in his NSA leaks. But connections are not always direct and occasionally, setting the stage is vitally important to the…
Barack Obama; Selling out His Constituency
It was all about Hope and Change We Can Believe In and we bought it. My goodness, how many presidential candidates have thrown those lines out there? But we elected…
“There is a crack, a crack in everything. That’s how the light gets in.” Leonard Cohen
Frank Rich’s recent article, When Privacy Jumped the Shark in New York Magazine, carries the opener: Note to Edward Snowden and his worrywarts in the press: Spying is only spying…
Will the Real President Obama please Stand Up.
Stand up, of course, means many things to many people. But in the context of my question, I define it as standing up for campaign pledges made in two elections;…
Fear of the “Fiscal If”
As I write this, one can hardly avoid the hyperbole concerning America’s Fiscal Cliff drama---all huffery and very little substance. The Washington Post, NPR, Reuters, ABC News, Wall Street Journal,…
The Fat Lady Finally Sang
I finally gave up and went to bed last night at 3:30 am, having followed election night as far as my weariness (and wariness) would take me. Here in Prague…