Posts Tagged Obama
What He Said
Posted by Sheila Kennedy in Public Policy and Governance on January 25th, 2012
A relatively simple statement from the President’s State of the Union speech last night deserves emphasis. After reminding Americans of the economic situation when he assumed office, when the country was bleeding jobs and reeling from the collapse of the housing bubble, Obama reported “In the last 22 months, businesses have created more than three [...]
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Wrong is Wrong
Posted by Sheila Kennedy in Constitution, Public Policy and Governance on December 17th, 2011
Since the election of Barack Obama, the GOP–aka “the party of no”–has shown impressive discipline, putting party orthodoxy ahead of both the common good and, frequently, sanity. The Democrats, on the other hand, have happily confirmed Will Rogers’ great line: “I’m not a member of any organized political party; I’m a Democrat.” The left wing [...]
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Luck of the Draw
Posted by Sheila Kennedy in Uncategorized on December 12th, 2011
A friend of mine used to have a saying to the effect that he’d rather be lucky than smart. While I think President Obama is pretty darn smart, if current trends continue, he may also prove to be very, very lucky. Conventional wisdom–which is conventional because it tends to be right fairly often–is that Presidents [...]
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Time to Talk Back
Posted by Sheila Kennedy in Random Blogging, Uncategorized on October 12th, 2011
A friend of mine emailed me this morning to share one of those internet “jokes” that make the rounds. He was astonished–and disheartened–to think that the relative who’d forwarded it evidently agreed with what might loosely be called its “message.” On opening the attachment, the first thing I saw in large letters was “What a [...]
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They All Count the Same in the Win/Loss Column
Posted by Sheila Kennedy in Random Blogging on September 6th, 2011
Numbers don’t lie, but you do have to ask them the right questions. The most recent jobs report-as we all know by now–was awful. Totally flat. There were no net jobs added in August. If we ask “how many more people are working” the answer we get from these numbers is grim. The natural conclusion [...]
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