Category: Political Pontifications
President Obama’s Bridge over the River Politics.
No politician can succeed without mastering “optics”. That is to say anyone who aspires to political office has to be keenly aware of how their actions, the venues from which they speak, and the activities they pursue publicly, will be seen through the eyes of the average voter who is not motivated chiefly by politics. [...]
The Delivery Presents – A Visit from God and a Trap Avoided, Hopefully.
One of the little known secrets to a good podcast is that if you ride your show off the rails early, as I did with Episode 112, you have the freedom to take it pretty much anywhere you want. It doesn’t take much, just a really bad impression of God Almighty and a thinly-veiled whack [...]
Day of Rage Becomes Day of Slightly Delayed Pedestrians
The rage still burns brightly on the streets of Manhattan tonight as young progressives mount their third day or protest against the great evil that is corporate America. Well, okay, it’s not so much “rage” as it is a sort of annoyed milling about and as for “brightly”, I’ve seen better from one of those [...]
Who is to Blame for Solyndra’s Bankruptcy? Oh, You Won’t Believe This One…
I’m pretty sure that if someone invented a Gall-O-Meter and pointed it toward Washington, the resulting overload explosion would leave a Chicxulub-sized crater. The Department of Labor, headed by anti-capitalist Hilda Solis, has launched its own investigation into SolyndraScam. It’s not looking toward the White House or the “green jobs” loan program or the board [...]
All I Know of SolyndraScam is Now Yours
I had planned a comprehensive post on the growing SolyndraScam story but I have to admit failure. Things are moving so quickly and in so many different directions that it’s hard for me to fix one particular narrative in the time I have during the day to write blog posts. Instead, let me put together [...]
The Delivery Presents – Thank You for the Past Two
If it seems like I belabor the point in Episode Eleventy-One* that The Delivery has been around for two years, blame it on glee. When I recorded my first show with SMP Mike on September 10, 2009 (we recorded on Thursdays back then, moved back a day to Wednesday, then eventually settled on Tuesday nights), [...]
You Can Call It “Tea Party”, but That Doesn’t Make It Tea Party
I didn’t watch the Presidential debate last night. I even shut down my Twitter feed so I wouldn’t have to spend an hour ranting about it. Oh, I wouldn’t have had a problem with the candidates. I think they’ll all acquit themselves just fine and, if I need to, I’ll read the debate transcript tomorrow [...]
With Violent Rhetoric Comes Selective Responsibility
Does anyone remember when Nancy Pelosi was so worried about violent rhetoric that she warned the Tea Parties that to be prepared for the wave of violence their words would inevitably cause? I think we all have to take responsibility for our actions and our words. We are a free country, and this balance between freedom [...]
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