If I’ve set this post up correctly, the embedded video below should relay the broadcast of today’s health care summit meeting. Have fun (or, more likely, have a nice nap)!
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Yes, it’s almost old news at this point, but I have a day job that requires my attention from time to time. As promised, the White House released a consolidated health care reform proposal on whitehouse.gov. If you’re interested, there’s a quite a bit to read at www.whitehouse.gov/health-care-meeting/proposal. A quick scan through the propaganda suggests [...]
I don’t entirely agree with the sentiment, but since I haven’t seen anyone else make this:
Wow. Quoting the New York Times: In a stunning surprise, the Nobel Committee announced Friday that it had awarded its annual peace prize to President Obama “for his extraordinary efforts to strengthen international diplomacy and cooperation between peoples.” “He has created a new international climate,” the committee said in its announcement. President Obama’s name had not figured [...] 
Keep in mind that I’m not a rabid anti-Obama hawk when it comes to foreign policy. However, perhaps someone should have thought better of announcing plans to scale back plans for an anti-missile defense system in Poland and the Czech Republic on 17 September 2009. You see, Thursday was the 70th anniversary of the date the Soviet [...] 
So, I just finished watching (via TiVo delay) Obama’s speech tonight. As speeches go, it was pretty good. But I do have a few thoughts on the content: Back during the campaign, I expressed hope that he was the reformer he claimed to be, and would be able to keep left wing of the Dems in check. [...] 
The Washington Post posted this graphic describing the forecasted deficits arising from the budget which passed Congress this week:
I’ve been willing to accept the need for running a federal budget deficit on occasion, when required due to unusual circumstances, such as war or stabilizing the economy for the benefit of all. But [...]
I’ve observed previously that I think I like Obama, even though I have misgivings about some of his political positions. As someone who attended U. Memphis, back when it was Memphis State, and who now lives in Connecticut…. I really appreciate Obama’s picks in this year’s NCAA men’s basketball tournament (via CNN):
I made notes on a few points raised by President Obama in his quasi State of the Union Address tonight: Say what you will about his plans; you have to admit that Obama gives a good speech. His stiltedness when speaking off-the-cuff will keep him from being ranked among the great orators of American politics; but [...]
I think Obama’s shifted a bit more into the “just another politician” column, rather than “possible agent of change”, in my book. Although frequently RedState is filled with rabid, spittle-slinging tirades, every once in a while a good point is made. (That’s the reason I keep it on my reading list, despite how annoying the tirades [...] |
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