Entries for July, 2009 in Politcs Plus
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Is it sour grapes or plain old fear-mongering?
By Mike in Politcs PlusThe right wing fringe of both the Republican and Libertarian party seem to have set their sights on President Obama, and they will not let the truth get in their way. They will start by saying that the president is ... -
Reviving baseball memories
By Mike in Politcs PlusThe Victoria Advocate's "question of the day" took me back to where I fell in love with the game of baseball. I remembered the first thing that I did, when I woke up those summer mornings was bounce a tennis ... -
Profits up,premiums up,service down
By Mike in Politcs PlusIt's no secret that I'm an avid supporter of this president but last night's speech did not do the Health Care reform issue any justice. I think, he should have appealed to the hearts and minds instead of being so ... -
Diversity is the problem
By Mike in Politcs PlusAs President Obama gets ready for tonight's prime time speech on Health Care Reform; he is spending much his time trying to rein in his own party, to get some kind of consensus. The democratic party of today is made ... -
Just my thoughts
By Mike in Politcs PlusI had a hard time getting to sleep last night, since my portable satellite radio batteries were dead; I decided to try to find an AM station to listen to. As I flipped through the tuner all I could find ... -
Investigation Warranted
By Mike in Politcs PlusThe president said, he wanted a look forward not backward but top CIA officials came forward and told CIA Director Leon Panetta of a secret plan to assassinate Al Qaeda leaders. Leon Panetta, immediately shut down the program and informed ... -
The John Ensign affair just won’t go away.
By Mike in Politcs PlusI had already turned the page on Senator’s Ensign Affair with former staffer Cindy Hampton, but now we have is a secretive Christian group known as C Street Fellowship group being involved, $96,000 of hush money being paid out and ... -
Sarah Palin 2012?
By Mike in Politcs PlusIs the National Republican Party that desperate? According to a poll 72% of Republicans would vote for Sarah Palin in a presidential election. It’s no skin off my nose, in fact, I would be delighted and so would the National ... -
Ask the White House economist
By Mike in Politcs PlusIn this day of gloom and doom predictions, I thought it would be nice to see what the White House plans to do in the upcoming months to try and steer this gigantic ship (economy) back in the right direction. ... -
Let's Forget the last eight years
By Mike in Politcs PlusThe right wing posters are now lecturing and fear mongering about the socialists, free spending, taxing, Democrats and President Barack Obama. They have a common battle cry “who’s going to pay for it.” These posters do not have any credibility ... -
The sound bite generation
By Mike in Politcs PlusAnother Tea Party will wind up with the same results because the gripes, signs, and speeches will be aimed solely at the steps of 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue. Will any protesters be at the steps of Wall Street, big oil, or ...
