A couple of incidents came up this week that didn’t cast politics or our politicians in a favorable light. President Barack Obama was addressing Congress recently and stated that his health care plan did not include coverage for illegal aliens. In response, Republican Representative Joe Wilson of South Carolina yelled out, “You lie!” Earlier–over Labor […]
Character in the World of Politics? Read More »
President Barack Obama is scheduled to address students at a Virginia high school. The speech will be broadcast on cable, and is supposed to focus on the setting of goals and working hard. But of course where politicians and bureaucrats are concerned, it had to get more complicated than that. Republicans complained that Democrats might
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Would people mind to just take it easy on all of the overblown rhetoric? Critics of healthcare reform call Barack Obama a Nazi. Critics of the Patriot Act called George W. Bush a Nazi. There are people who are complaining at town hall meetings on healthcare reform. They don’t like what they’re hearing, and they
Nazis Nazis Everywhere! Read More »
One thing I sometimes tell my history students is that generally when a country/kingdom has a conflict with another power, the citizens rally around their leader (at least over the short term). That’s why sometimes in history leaders have started trouble. If they are feeling the heat from their people, a little war here or
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There were several reasons why people voted for Barack Obama last November. These reasons include his charisma, his agenda, and the fact that he isn’t George W. Bush/John McCain/Hillary Clinton. But our newest President is facing some pretty big tests at this point, and relying on the things that got him elected might not be
