Monthly Archives: July 2011

The President’s Cunning Debt Ceiling Compromise

Posted on July 29, 2011 by

Roundup of Today’s News Thursday July 28, 2011 Cabinet Room, The White House, 11 am President Obama spoke to reporters after a grueling two-hour session of negotiations with the House Speaker, John Boehner. His mood was upbeat as he announced … Continue reading →

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The Speech Obama Should Have Given

Posted on July 27, 2011 by

Having just spent two-weeks vacationing in Europe I was mercifully spared our political Kabuki theater on the budget impasse. I returned, sadly,  to a Washington that was still  a shrieking, destructive, primal, feudal, apocalyptic wasteland of partisan banshees … (This … Continue reading →

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Financial Disaster Looms – What Should We Do?

Posted on July 8, 2011 by

The 2008 financial crisis was a once-in-a-century catastrophe. It put our economy in Intensive Care from which it has taken us $23.7 Trillion to get out. If that number surprises you you’re not alone. Much of the $23.7T is Federal … Continue reading →

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Sesquipedalians for those who do not suffer from Hippopotomonstrosesquipedaliophobia!

Posted on July 6, 2011 by

So what’s the longest word in the English language? I like words. I love to do the New York Times Crossword puzzle which celebrates words, unusual usage and popular American culture. So I care about questions such as: what’s the … Continue reading →

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A Letter to Obama

Posted on July 4, 2011 by

Dear Mr. President, Can we talk? Your presidency is failing. I voted for you, as did millions of others, because we thought you could arrest our country’s precipitous decline. America desperately needed change when you came into office – we … Continue reading →

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