Friday, August 31, 2012
Hi. For those of you who were watching the Republican National Convention on one of the networks that didn’t begin its coverage until 10 PM ET, here’s a link to the video about Mitt Romney that you missed.
if you’re undecided or open to reconsidering your vote for President Obama, and wanted to know more about Mitt Romney as a person, you should kick back and take the time to watch.
Thanks.
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Wednesday, August 29, 2012
If you watch TV, you’ve probably seen a commercial the Obama campaign is running featuring Bill Clinton. Here’s the link to the video if you need it. Let’s read through the text of the 30 second ad together, including my comments after each section. The ad copy is in italics and breaks between paragraphs are my own. Here goes…
Tuesday, August 28, 2012
I’m not kidding. You know how the grocery stores show you how much an item costs, but then gives you the price per ounce? It’s called “unit pricing.”
Monday, August 27, 2012
Pandering is what many politicians do for a living. When you don’t understand or know how to solve a problem, when you don’t really care enough to do anything substantive about it or have the balls do be honest with your constituents, you pander.
Saturday, August 25, 2012
Those of you who have read yesterday’s article (“Bill Clinton: Economic policy genius or just lucky?”) may be saying to yourself, “Okay, he may not have created millions of jobs, but at least he balanced the budget!” Sorry to disappoint you, again. He never did, but he came close.
Thursday, August 23, 2012
I don’t know about you, but I’m soooo tired of hearing the President Obama and other Democrats boast about how many zillions of jobs Bill Clinton created when he was President. Give me a break. The man was anything but God’s gift to the Presidency. Bill Clinton just happened to be in the right place at the right time.
Thursday, August 23, 2012
The great American Middle Class is shrinking? Are we each, individually getting smaller? No, although there are some days lately when it feels like it. We’re losing income and wealth. While the precise definition of “Middle Class” is a bit fuzzy, what is clear is that this protracted recession is hurting everyone, some more than others, but everyone. And the effects for many of us are serious and long-lasting, the kind that take years, maybe even a generation or more, to reverse.
Wednesday, August 22, 2012
Ever wonder how it’s possible that stimulus spending has created so many jobs, and yet unemployment seems stuck above 8%? There are many reasons, of course, but one of the more obvious is that the President is overstating the number of jobs he claims to have created or saved.
Thursday, August 16, 2012
Some people have a way of saying what all the rest of us have been thinking, but were too polite to talk about.
Click on the link below from Politico and play the video.
Rudy Giuliani on Joe Biden: ‘He isn’t bright’
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Wednesday, August 15, 2012
The next time the President or anyone running for high office drops a big number, would someone please ask him or her, “How do you know?” It’s a simple, entirely reasonable question. “How do you know?”