25 February 2009 - Granite Grok

In depth analysis and some quick reaction to Obama’s big night

by Doug / 25 February 2009 26 September 2018

The National Journal Online has an interesting interactive feature analyzing the full text of Obama’s speech to Congress using a mixture of bloggers, pundits, members of Congress, and a descriptive note about each applause (only Democrats stood, both Democrats AND Republicans, etc.). Readers can click higlighted sections for reactions based on accuracy, campaign promises kept (or …

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NOW, Obama wants to reign in spending – will he veto 9,000 earmarks?

by Skip / 25 February 2009 26 September 2018

After the last couple of days of listening to Obama, you’d get that impression with that Fiscal Responsibility Summit on Monday and last night’s speech. But, as with all things Obama, there is seemingly always an expiration date. This one, not so much (dodge: "well, this is left over business from Bush!). $410 Billion Omnibus …

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Obama – embracing the philosophy of Deadbeatonomics

by Skip / 25 February 2009 8 June 2018

I had written here: "Atlas Shrugging, Atlas Fighting, and here are some Protesting!" In Ayn Rand’s book Atlas Shrugs (which my copy just arrived from Amazon), she tells the tale of how the "producers" in society finally react when forced to always care for those that refuse to care for themselves and their familes. When …

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Like I said, with the Race Baiters, it is never enough

by Skip / 25 February 2009 26 September 2018

No, it is never enough. While there are those that want race to no longer be an issue, as soon as any "prospect" of raising the race card comes up, there they are, looking for any and all media attention they can get. I wrote a post called We Americans are All Racial Cowards when …

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In depth analysis and some quick reaction to Obama’s big night

NOW, Obama wants to reign in spending – will he veto 9,000 earmarks?

Obama – embracing the philosophy of Deadbeatonomics

Like I said, with the Race Baiters, it is never enough

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