Posts Tagged ‘George W. Bush’Boston bombing: Why to expect bad fallout on two frontsWednesday, April 24th, 2013 April 24, 2013 By Chris Reed The fallout from the April 15 terrorist attack at the Boston Marathon continues. Initially, the primary reaction was tired partisan attempts to imply the fault was either somehow a) the president's fault because of his foreign policy or b) the Republicans' fault be... What economic recovery?Friday, April 19th, 2013 April 19, 2013 By John Seiler Supposedly the economy has been recovering for three years, with the stock markets setting new records. But all those numbers are based on inflated dollars. The United States was on the gold standard from 1789 until President Nixon foolishly imposed his Nixon ... Why GOP can’t ‘count’ on immigrationWednesday, February 20th, 2013Feb. 20, 2013 By John Seiler Tony Quinn gets things partly right when he writes in a Fox & Hounds article, "Are Republicans Finally Learning to Count?": "But now some Republicans at last want to face that reality and make some changes. I call them the Republicans Who Can Count. "The R... Actually, stock market shows economic decline for 13 yearsThursday, February 7th, 2013 Feb. 8, 2013 By John Seiler The stock markets supposedly have been bumping up against the records they scored in 2007, before the crash during the Great Recession. Except it's all phony. The U.S. markets are denominated in dollars. But the dollar's value has been plummeting since 2001, when... DiFi dodges debate over Emken economic planTuesday, October 9th, 2012 Oct. 9, 2012 By John Seiler Denying California voters an opportunity to see the two in action, Sen. Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif., refuses to debate her Republican opponent, Elizabeth Emken. This is what happens when one party takes over a state Yet Feinstein needs to be confronted on her disa... Goodwin Liu Mangles the ConstitutionThursday, July 28th, 2011 JULY 28, 2011 By JOHN SEILER Gov. Jerry Brown's Tuesday appointment of Goodwin Liu to the California Supreme Court will continue the state's lurch to the Left. Liu clearly believes in a highly activist judiciary for which the U.S. Constitution and the California Constitution are as malleable a... Meg’s Back! Speaks at ConferenceWednesday, April 13th, 2011 John Seiler: Meg Whitman has mostly ducked the public eye since being wiped out in last November's election for governor, after wasting around $180 million of her own dough. But she just made a speech at conference on the economy at the George W. Bush Institute. Of course, the main thing most ... Meg’s “management” styleThursday, July 29th, 2010 John Seiler: Meg's campaign boasts of her management prowess. But compare this. Here's how Meg ran eBay: She didn't go out and hire retired GM, Ford or GE managers. Instead, she hired young hotshots hungry to create the Internet future. And here's how she's run her gubernatorial campaign: S... |