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Someone please tell me how it came to this:  We are currently less than two weeks away from a national default on our debts.  How exactly is this possible?  How is it that the nation with the world’s single largest economy is about to default on its debts? On second thought, don’t bother answering me; I’m tired of the same old talking points.  You know the ones: The President’s spending is out of control! He’s presided over the largest deficits in American history! We have the highest corporate tax rate on earth! The President won’t agree to a deficit reduction plan that involves cutting spending, he’s determined to soak the rich, who are the only people who can create the jobs to pull us out of the recession! Do I really need to go on?  Or is this as tiresome to everyone else as it is to me?  First off, the deficits in the Obama Administration have been record-setting, I will gladly admit to that, but why? Come on folks, Unemployment benefits aren’t... Read the rest of this entry »

President Obama delivered a moving eulogy to the fallen in the Tuscon Massacre last night.  It was a worthy speech which sought neither to point fingers nor assign blame, but to celebrate the acts of heroism among the people who faced the shooter, and the decent and honorable lives of the fallen.  It was meant to remind us that despite our differences, we are all brothers, sisters, fathers, mothers, sons, daughters and Americans.  We strive together, we work together and we suffer together.  His most moving moment came in his discussion of the youngest victim, 9-year-old Christina Taylor Green.  Noting her enthusiasm for public service, the President said that he wanted to live up to her expectations, and to help make our democracy as good as she imagined it.  May we all do likewise. Read the Full Text here. Filed under: Current Events, Politics  Read More →

Will Rogers once famously stated “I belong to no organized political party, I’m a Democrat.”  The most recent flap between White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs and the progressive wing of the party provides a perfect illustration of Mr. Roger’s humorous description of political reality.  While the Tea Party movement has injected an astounding degree of chaos and distemper into the usually rigidly disciplined Republicans, such chaos is all too familiar for Democrats, we see it any time we’re not in the minority. Mr. Gibbs faux pas was recorded in an interview with the Congressional newspaper The Hill, airing his frustrations about the “professional left” a nebulous group involving the left-wing blogosphere, as well as activists ranging from Michael Moore to Cindy Sheehan.  Mr. Gibbs is recorded to have declared that those on the left comparing President Obama with former President George W. Bush “ought to be on medication” and complaining that these individuals would... Read the rest of this entry »

President Obama, in a graduation speech at the University of Michigan, said that partisan rants and name-calling under the guise of legitimate discourse pose a serious danger to America’s democracy. He said that: At its worst, it can send signals to the most extreme elements of our society that perhaps violence is a justifiable response. Possibly, in a few isolated cases. But it is far more dangerous not to speak up against runaway spending — from borrowed money that will be very difficult to pay back — and an extraordinary expansion of government. Even the president, in the same speech, agreed that government should be limited: American democracy has thrived because we have recognized the need for a government that, while limited, can still help us adapt to a changing world. And why should government be limited? Because a government that controls much of our lives can be dangerous to our liberties. Recall what President Reagan said: In this present crisis, government... Read the rest of this entry »