Posts Tagged ‘Obama’
Drama Free Obama
To everyone who hasn’t read my previous posts, I recently suggested that former President Obama should be nominated for the Speaker of the House position. That’s possible. A non-member can constitutionally be elected to that position. He still has 2 years he can constitutionally serve as president if called up through presidential line of succession.…
Read MoreBook Review: Promise Me, Dad by Joe Biden
I had assumed this book was primarily about the illness and death of Biden’s son Beau. That issue figures large in the text, but it is woven together with his family relationships, his devotion to civil rights and peace, his many years as a Senator, and his extraordinary relationship with President Obama during their eight…
Read MoreMeme: Answer, YES
We’re Looking For A Few Good Reads
We’ve found some fascinating reads on the web this week. They range from stories of courage and morality, to, alas, the very opposite. So, take a look at these: Fascinating article on Remezcla this week about Ralph Lazo, a young Mexican-American who decided to support his Japanese-American friends in World War II by joining them…
Read MoreMeme: Obama Ain’t Trump
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The Myth of Socialism’s Failure
Editor’s Note: This week, Michele Gabriel looks at the myth of Socialism’s Failure. In spite of the opinions of some conservatives, and even conservative professors, it is not a flop. ‘An economics professor at a local college made a statement that he had never failed a single student before, but had recently failed an entire class.…
Read MoreCome On Pompeo
Jennifer Rubin, the Washington Post‘s resident conservative, and consistant anti-Trumper, offered an interesting perspective on the John Bolton/Mike Pompeo conflict recently. In We should all pull for Pompeo over Bolton, she examines the conflict between the two men and concludes that Pompeo is our best hope for some kind of sanity in the White House,…
Read MoreTrumpsters Hired Israeli Firm To Spy On Democrats
In a truly astonishing development, The Guardian is reporting that Trump aides hired an Israeli intelligence gathering firm to “get dirt” on individuals in the Obama administration who had helped to set up the Iran nuclear deal. Mark Townsend and Julian Borger write that, “People in the Trump camp contacted private investigators in May last…
Read MoreA Million Barack Obamas!
From the Oh, Please, God, Yes file… There is a lovely article over on The Guardian this week, “Obama wants to ‘create a million young Barack Obamas” by Paul Owen. It seems that former president Barack Obama has a non-profit, the Obama Foundation. The foundation works particularly with young people…including young people of color…to help…
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