No credibility

We seem to live at a time and in a place where the truth no longer matters. Persons in positions of authority routinely dodge, dance around, equivocate and outright lie rather than admit to whatever it is the public would like to know. Politicians, managers, executives, department heads, senior officials and whoever all seem to believe they are above questioning, which means above accountability. When they are questioned,...

Disgusted 2% = Economic Malaise

I’m amazed Fed Chairman Bernanke can’t understand why the economy doesn’t take off, with interest rates so low? Why the stimulus or quantitative easings didn’t prod things along? I can’t understand people being ecstatic we avoided the fiscal cliff, thinking that would improve things? Three main drivers of budgetary success/failure are revenues, spending and level of economic activity. Revenues...

Grandstanding & Balderdash

When we re-elected Barack Obama last month we knew what we were getting. We’d just gone through four years and had lots of time to evaluate his policies and measure his leadership. Evidently, a majority of us were content with what we saw. What’s the problem? His failure to make a deal is no surprise. He’s not a dealmaker, like Clinton. He’s an ideologue who wants his way, and he’ll re- main...

Letter to Paul

Letter to my good friend Paul, a politically conservative Jew, who’s discouraged by the debating performance of Mr. Romney 10/17/12 Hey Bubie, Well, I was hoping for more from Romney and I’m sure you were too, but overall, he did OK. He definitely seems gun-shy about challenging/attacking Obama with cold hard facts, like the Libyan tragedy or his broad-sweeping proclamations how his policies are working, how the Bush...

Grand Bargain Baloney!

New York Times Editorial – Help Wanted: Leadership – Thomas Friedman – 9/24/11 I take issue with several of his points. Grand Bargain: He states we’re all in agreement we need a grand bargain to get out of this mess. Not true. No Compromise: He states both parties seem to have concluded no compromise is possible. Not true. GOP Wants Obama to Fail: He states republicans want Obama to fail, this from the get go....