Remember how the Democrats attacked presidential candidate Mitt Romney for his association with Bain Capital, with commercials suggesting that he had avoided paying taxes by stashing money in off-shore tax haven accounts? The assault on Romney was relentless with Senate Majority Harry Reid ridiculously stating that someone told him that Romney paid no taxes.… read more
Month: August 2014
Flagstaff editor wrong-headed
“When is a scientific question settled to the point that entertaining further debate becomes not only a waste of precious newsprint but also a diversion from finding a solution to the problems raised by the answer to the question?” So wrote Arizona Daily Sun Editor Randy Wilson, as he told readers he would no longer publish opposition opinions on human-caused climate change.
Randy Wilson, editor of the Arizona Daily Sun in Flagstaff recently told readers human-caused climate change was settled science and will no longer publish opposing views (lee.net)
Indirectly, this is why my wife and I put Flagstaff in our rear view mirror in 2005, after residing there for four years. We had decided to move to the cool pines community when I retired after living in Phoenix for 33 years.
With an interest in community relations, I began attending regular community meetings at the Daily Sun at the invitation of Wilson, who was interested in hearing the pulse of the city. While I felt he leaned left as most newsmen do, he heard both sides of issues.
My wife used her degree in accounting and extensive institutional financial experience to successfully rescue the school district from a fiscal mess; a record that led to a successful run for a position on the school board and eventually its presidency. Continue reading
Tip to newspaper skimmers
Study: Keystone Pollution May Be More Than Figured,
That headline in the USA Today* naturally caught my eye. What have those whacky environmentalists come up with now to further delay this project?”
“The much-debated Keystone XL pipeline could produce four times more global warming pollution than the State Department calculated earlier this year, a new study concludes,” read the lead.… read more
Axelrod jab at Bush backfires
Obama advisor David Axelrod sought to take Hillary Clinton’s criticism of President Obama’s policy of “Don’t do stupid stuff,” and shift the focus to George W. Bush, but in the process he inferred that his boss’ appointees, Biden, Clinton, Kerry and Powell, were stupid.
“Just to clarify: ‘don’t do stupid stuff’ means stuff like occupying Iraq in the first place, which was a tragically bad decision,” tweeted Axelrod, happy to get in still another jab at Bush, but forgetting that Obama’s appointees all supported going into Iraq.… read more
Obama has full confidence in lying CIA director
When the shoe is on their foot, Democrats want you to look the other way and pretend it didn’t happen.
Take the case of CIA spying on the Senate. “As far as the allegations of CIA hacking into Senate computers, nothing could be further from the truth,” said CIA Director John Brennan, appearing before the Council on Foreign Relations on March 11, 2014.… read more
Here’s to Representative Marino
If you didn’t see the coverage of Rep. Tom Marino (R-PA) taking on former house speaker Rep. Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) on the House floor Friday night, you can see it here.
He reminded her of the Democrat Party’s failed leadership in addressing immigration reform when, in 2009 and 2010, they had the House, Senate and the White House.… read more
Rep. Gutierrez spews hate
“So, I think the real, fundamental problem that the Republicans have is, ‘How do we get meaner, how do we get nastier with immigrants,’” said Rep. Luis Gutierrez (D-IL), adding a warning to Republicans that “Hispanics in America would never forget the tough legislation proposed by Republicans in upcoming elections.”
“The way you treat one of us today is the way you have treated all of us, and we will remember that, “he said. … read more
Obama’s dream world
“We have come a long way over the past five and a half years. Our challenges are nowhere near as daunting as they were when I first came into office.” – President Obama, Aug. 1, 2014
I came up out of my chair when I heard the president say that during his pre-vacation press conference on Friday, but there wasn’t a sound out of the dutiful press corps in the audience.
Really Mr. President?
President Obama told the press that “challenges are nowhere near as daunting” as when he came into office during his Friday press conference. (voanews.com photo)
Let’s look at the economy. You said, “The good news is the economy clearly is getting stronger. Things are getting better.” And you claim “we’ve recovered faster and come farther from the recession than almost any other advanced country on Earth.” Wrong. We are mired in the slowest recovery ever!
What about the four per cent drop in real median household income under your watch, Mr. President? And how about those 11 million workers who quit looking for work … the 11 million who went on food stamps … the increases in prices (food, gasoline and electricity)? Growth is sluggish.
No, Mr. President, the economy is not looking up. The national debt continues to climb and seniors have learned that Social Security will go broke in 2030, seven years sooner than when you took office. Continue reading