ASU to study if climate change will spur unrest, read the headline of an article hidden at the bottom of a single column on page A-17 among advertisements in the Arizona Republic, July 4, 2014.
Up front, I agree that the climate is changing, as it has as far back as records have been kept and beyond. … read more
While writing my previous blog on the 5-4 Supreme Court Hobby Lobby decision I was reminded of an earlier decision by Justice Elena Kagan, one of those liberals who opposed it. She failed to recuse herself in March of 2012, when the Court considered the constitutionality of ObamaCare.
Despite Supreme Court Chief Justice Roberts’ focus on recusals during his year-end annual report, when he acknowledged that while the Code of Conduct for United States judges applies to all federal judges except Supreme Court justices, she failed to do so. … read more
The 5-4 vote by the Supreme Court in the so-called Hobby Lobby case should serve as a wake-up call for conservatives who still haven’t understood the importance of gaining Republican control of the Senate in the mid-term elections this fall.
If you needed a clearer reminder why a Republican senate is so imperative, the vote in opposition by liberals on the Court, including Obama appointees Elena Kagan and Sonya Sotomayor, is it. Continued Democrat control of the senate will assure the nomination of left-leaning individuals should one or more vacancies occur during the remainder of Obama’s term.
Regular readers of this blog know that I have been reminding you that we need to win six seats in November, most likely in Arkansas, Montana, Louisiana, South Dakota, North Carolina and West Virginia, where incumbent Democrats are most vulnerable.
Fox’s Bill Reilly captured my thoughts so powerfully that they are quoted here today. (blogs.wsj.com)
From time to time I happen to be on the same page with Fox’s Bill O’Reilly and, his June 30, 2014 Talking Points on this subject was one of those occasions. It was refreshing because most of the media is inaccurately reporting the implications of the Court decision. And, I noted Hillary Clinton, speaking in Aspen, also misinterpreted the decision; undoubtedly to support her “war on women” agenda.
“The Obama administration wants all corporations to fund things like the morning after pill, which many religious Americans believe is an abortion-inducing medication,” said O’Reilly, but adds, “the national media did not report that … (continuing) to say the Hobby Lobby case is about birth control per se, which it is not.”
Disturbed by the Court opinion of the four liberal justices, O’Reilly states they “apparently believe that American taxpayers should fund abortions.” Noting the fact that religious freedom is a hallmark of the Constitution, he points to the liberal vote as contradicting the Constitution, and “that’s frightening.” Continue reading
President Obama went back before the microphones in the Rose Garden today to berate Republicans over their lack of support for a comprehensive immigration bill, and threatened again to use his executive power to move the ball.
He singled out House Speaker John Boehner (R-OH) and the Tea Party for holding up immigration reform. … read more
Over the years since Barrack Obama was elected president and the press almost totally signed on to his agenda, I have been writing about news that isn’t getting reported by the so-called mainstream media.
If it wasn’t for Fox News, conservative publications, blogs and radio talk shows, most of us wouldn’t know about the culture of corruption in the Obama administration.… read more
“The most important thing I did was to help restore America’s leadership in the world. And I think that was a very important accomplishment. We were flat on our back when I walked in there (the State Department) the first time. We were viewed as being untrustworthy, as violating our moral rules and values.” – Hillary Clinton, June 10, 2014
During her interview with Renee Montagne, Host of NPR’s Morning Edition (above), Hillary Clinton said her greatest achievement as secretary of state was that she helped restore America’s leadership in the world. Another myth. (npr photo)
Hillary Clinton would have you believe that the U.S. image in the world was left in shambles when George W. Bush left office. “That was my biggest challenge. It was why the president asked me to be secretary of state,” she boasted in her book tour interview with Renee Montagne, co-host of NPR’s Morning Edition.
It certainly didn’t help matters that immediately after his election in 2008, President Obama went on his now infamous apology tour, during which time his comments about America had the overall effect of weakening the view of America on the world stage.
“In America, there’s a failure to appreciate Europe’s leading role in the world,” he told an audience in Strasbourg, France on April 3, 2009. “Instead of celebrating your dynamic union and seeking to partner with you to meet common challenges,” he said, “there have been times where America has shown arrogance and been dismissive, even derisive.”
“We have at times been disengaged, and at times we sought to dictate our terms,” President Obama said at the April 17, 2009 Summit of the Americas, Port of Spain. He explained there would be no senior and junior partnerships in our future relations, and added the U.S. would be willing to acknowledge past errors.
“I would like to think that my election and the early decisions that were made, that you’re starting to see some restoration of America’s standing in the world.” President Obama, April 2, 2009, press conference at the G-20 Summit of World Leaders, London.
“I’m not equipped to sit and look at blueprints to determine where the blast walls need to be, where the reinforcements need to be. That’s why we hire people who have that expertise.” – Hillary Clinton, June 10, 2014
I’d like to say I was shocked when I heard this response from Hillary Clinton during her book tour interview with ABC’s Diane Sawyer, who pressed the former secretary of state over the preparedness of the U.S.… read more
I hope you are as outraged as I am over the IRS “loss” of e-mails in the Lois Lerner scandal over the targeting of conservative organizations. Keep in mind that this is the result of big government’s culture of corruption conceived by bureaucrats who think we taxpayers aren’t paying attention.
I’m sorry to say many are not, or don’t see how it affects them. … read more
It’s getting tiresome watching Democrats stand before phalanx of microphones spouting the party line about the thousands of pages of IRS documents supplied to a half dozen or so House and Senate committees and, enough already, there’s no “there there.”
No “there there” means, you’re not going to tie the scandal to anyone in the White House, especially the president. They usually follow with a reference to a Republican “witch hunt” or a “fishing expedition.” This is serious. We cannot give up.
As I pointed out in Part 1 of my blog series, Understanding the IRS scandal, March 10, 2014, the president used his bully pulpit during the State of the Union Address on January 2010 to publically chastise members of the Supreme Court for their decision on Citizens United. A host of Democrat senators, led by Sen. Charles Schumer (D-NY), got the message and sent letters to the IRS to tighten the rules.
It’s the way President Obama works. He tells us what he’s going to do, as when he told us he had a pen and a phone, and if Congress stood in his way, he’d find a way to get something done. Continue reading
