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2013 Ohio State graduates now know tyranny is no longer just around the corner

 “Unfortunately, you’ve grown up hearing voices that incessantly warn of government as nothing more than some separate, sinister entity that’s at the root of all our problems.  They’ll warn that tyranny is just around the corner.  You should reject these voices.”

obama aat OSU (MSNBC.com)

Speaking to the 2013 graduating class of The Ohio State University, President Obama joked about those who warned that tyranny was just around the corner. (msnbc.com)

Those were the words of President Obama, speaking to the 2013 graduation class of The Ohio State University on May 5, 2013.

I was incredulous when I first heard the president give this speech. First, because it wasn’t the uplifting message to leave with graduates, but more so because he used the venue as an opportunity to answer his critics who have challenged his go-it-alone presidency.

In my long career in public affairs, I have learned that every word in a speech given by a president is carefully woven into the message the administration wants to impart on the public.  This speech was devoid of the lofty plans and hopes facing students as he sought to reject those who dislike his policies. Continue reading →

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Was the president just confused?

When the media asked the president about Jonathan Gruber’s role in the design of ObamaCare during his press conference in Brisbane, Australia, he insisted that he is well-briefed before each meeting with the press, and that Gruber was not on his staff.  Gruber, who has referred to the “stupidity” of the American people, has indicated that he met with the president in the Oval Office and the record shows he visited the White House 19 times.… read more

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The failure of big government, Part 2

In my last series of posts, I told you about eight days (Nov. 3 – 11) of events that were clear evidence of the failure of President Obama’s big government scheme.

imagesI posted the first four pieces on those events, beginning on Nov. 3, with the election eve Fast & Furious document dump. The repudiation of Obama’s policies in the Nov. 4, mid-terms, and the Gallup poll in which voters said they wanted Republicans, by a 17-point margin, to lead the nation.

On Nov. 5, an arrogant president was in denial over the meaning of the election and touted a flourishing economy. Then, on Nov. 10 and 11, tapes of how big government Democrats deceived Americans with ObamaCare, its radical health insurance plan, referring to the “stupidity” of voters.

In this post are the remaining news events of the eight-day period to further point to the failure of Obama’s transformation of America. Continue reading →

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Big government health insurance a failure

Perhaps the biggest example of the failure of big government is ObamaCare.

From the beginning, ObamaCare was doomed. HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius was given carte blanche in this law that no one read. Her failed website ate a billion dollars of taxpayer funding.

Changes to the flawed health insurance scam were illegally made as subsidy complications have put some enrollees at risk of IRS penalties.… read more

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Big government gun-running

On Nov. 3, 2014, the day before the mid-term elections, the Department of Justice did a document dump of some 64,000 pages, pertaining to Fast & Furious, to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.

Obviously, the DOJ calculated the contents wouldn’t get pre-election coverage. Friday night document dumps have become common place for the “transparent”  Obama administration

Early reports indicate that Attorney General Eric Holder, who is in contempt of Congress, was clearly in the communications loop on the ill-advised gun running scheme; something he denied under questioning.… read more

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The demise of big goverment

If ever there was a series of events to prove the fallacy of big government, you need only examine a handful of stories that have surfaced over the past eight days. Briefly, I will take you through these events with the next posts.

                                                              Voters’ Rejection

The election results of Nov. 4, represent a major repudiation of Obama’s big government policies.  … read more

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GOP outlines its priorities

“I believe Republicans can win in the mid-terms without a grand 1994 Gingrich-style Contract With America, but they will need a clearly stated agenda come 2016.”

That was my answer to my own question posed in my Oct. 3, 2014 post, “Does the GOP need to say what its for?”  It was in response to the flood of columnists and commentators,who said the GOP couldn’t win by attacking Obama and his policies.… read more

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Tom Brokaw shows his liberal colors again.

“The question is, what are they prepared to give to the Democrats to meet them in the middle ground? What are they going to do about immigration?  What are they going to do about the minimum wage?

Those were questions asked by former NBC News majordomo Tom Brokaw, appearing on MSNBC’s Andrea Mitchell Reports, hosted on Monday by Peter Alexander.… read more