NO BIG SURPRISE

While the rest of the Nation prepares itself for family, friends and turkey for their Thanksgiving Day traditions, news reports are emerging that the so-called “Super Committee” is on the verge of failure…Big Surprise. In case you’ve forgotten, Thanksgiving is the deadline for this group of House Representatives and Senators to reach an agreement to [...]

THE OBAMA JOBS CAMPAIGN

“You should pass this bill right away.” Seven little words. If there’s anything to be taken from the President’s speech on September 8, 2011, it is this little phrase, and the very clear pressure that it represents. Throughout the President’s speech, the urgency of passing the “American Jobs Act” as quickly as possible has been [...]

OUTRAGE AND BETRAYAL

I don’t need a longwinded post to express my feelings about what happened with the Debt Ceiling/Budget Debate in the House & Senate. I don’t need it because I can sum it up in two words: Outrage and Betrayal. (Of course, let’s be honest: I’m not going to end it there…that’s just the way I [...]

CRISIS

“THESE are the times that try men’s souls. The summer soldier and the sunshine patriot will, in this crisis, shrink from the service of their country; but he that stands by it now, deserves the love and thanks of man and woman. Tyranny, like hell, is not easily conquered; yet we have this consolation with [...]

THE DEBT DUEL

On July 25, President Barack Obama & Speaker of the House John Boehner went “Head to Head” in “Back to Back” speeches about the ongoing Debt Crisis. As a huge surprise to everyone, nothing new was said. Both stuck to their talking points, neither offered anything new or different than they had discussed before, and [...]

SCHRODINGER’S SOCIAL SECURITY

Fans of the CBS Show “The Big Bang Theory” are already familiar with the paradox of Schrodinger’s Cat. For those not familiar with it, in a nutshell, a cat is locked in a box with a radioactive atom. So long as nobody looks in the box to check on its condition, the cat can be [...]

SOME PEOPLE JUST DON’T GET IT

I want to know what is so confusing about the fact that the Federal Government has NO MONEY and is currently facing a Debt/Deficit Crisis? I mean, really, haven’t we all been hearing about the terrible and imminent danger to our “entire way of life” as a result of hitting the Debt Ceiling on August [...]

SO NOW YOU WANT TO COMPROMISE?

The President has made it clear that his line in the sand regarding the ongoing Debt/Deficit Debate is that the Republicans will have to compromise on Taxes. In exchange, he’s willing to consider reform to Entitlement Programs, and what he considers to be massive spending cuts. Four Trillion, in fact, is currently “on the table”…over [...]