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Barack and Hillary Sitting in a Tree. P-U-N-C-H-I-N-G!

Jimmie | March 31, 2011 | Comments (2)

Have you ever played Pinochle, or some other bidding card game with a bad partner? Every time you toss in a bid, your partner’s bid either undercuts you or they over bid of, God forbid, you find yourself bidding against them. Well, that’s what appears to be happening lately in the Obama administration. consider their [...]

The Telework War, Day 3: Wherein President Obama Finally Notifies Congress

Jimmie | March 21, 2011 | Comments (2)

We’re well into our brand-new, remotely-commanded war in Libya and our Commander-in-Chief has decided on a bold new strategy. First, he deigned to take a question on the war from his whirlwind tour of Chile wherein he pointed out: a) Muammar Ghaddafi can not remain as the leader of Libya, and b) we’re not going [...]

To Heck With an Exit Strategy, Can the President Tell Us His Entry Strategy for Libya?

Jimmie | March 20, 2011 | Comments (5)

Don’t look now, but some time Friday we went to war with Libya. It’s understandable if this came as a bit of a surprise to you, as our President declared war from Brazil by video, and skipped over the bothersome customary formalities as getting approval from Congress or explaining himself to the American people. I’ve [...]

Administration Flack Learns the Difference Between Bush and Obama

Jimmie | March 13, 2011 | Comments (4)

Today, the State Department’s chief spokesman learned a very hard lesson about politics. He handed in his resignation days after he called the administration’s treatment of Bradley Manning “ridiculous and counterproductive and stupid”. Manning leaked several thousand classified documents to the Wikileaks group and is currently in military custody. You can hit the last link [...]

So Sad: It’s Possible that Snooki Will Book a Commencement Address Before the President

Jimmie | March 7, 2011 | Comments (1)

Normally, a President is overwhelmed at this time of year with invitations to speak at high school commencement exercises all over the country. Not this year. No, folks, this year the bloom is off the Hopenchange rose. The White House is ramping up an effort to promote a nationwide competition to decide which high school [...]

Watch That Tricky Par 4, Mr President…And the Economy Too, If You Can Spare the Time

Jimmie | March 6, 2011 | Comments (0)

Maybe this seems like nitpicking, but isn’t 60 golf trips in 26 months just a tad bit excessive for a chief executive who is on-call all day, every day? I’m reasonably sure that the CEO of, say, IBM doesn’t go on golf trips more than twice a month. I’m darned sure that said CEO wouldn’t [...]

The President’s Budget Cuts: A Wee Scratch, Not An Amputation

Jimmie | February 7, 2011 | Comments (5)

Last Sunday, the President’s budget director Jacob Lew took to the pages of the New York Times to spread the good news that Barack Obama is a born-again budget cutter because he has announced some $775 million in cuts to his 2011 budget. To make sure we knew just how serious the President is about [...]