Fri, 10 Apr 2009 19:57:10 +0000 – By Mark Joseph Producer/Author/Editor, Bullypulpit.com Easter is upon us and as good a time as any to debate a question that President Obama seems to have a definitive answer for but one which bedevils (no pun intended) the rest of us: Is America …
Read More »What Kennedy Could Have Taught Obama
President Obama owes much to former Senator Ted Kennedy, including possibly his job. Kennedy’s endorsement of the younger senator during last year’s democratic primary is reckoned by many to have come at a pivotal moment, securing Obama the nomination over rival Hillary Clinton. The tragedy is, perhaps, that Mr. Obama …
Read More »Forget the Environment — Dems Just Want You to Show Them the Money
Mon, 04 May 2009 17:32:14 +0000 – By Phil KerpenPolicy Director, Americans for Prosperity The central question in the debate over global warming and cap-and-trade has nothing to do with the environment or even with energy. It’s all about one thing: revenue. Kudos to Republican leaders for taking a clear …
Read More »Never Stop Stumping, Mr. President — You Belong Out There
Wed, 11 Feb 2009 22:01:13 +0000 – By Lanny DavisAttorney/Former White House Special Counsel Teddy Roosevelt said the presidency is a bully pulpit. George W. Bush frequently went out into the country to sell his programs and policies — whether tax cuts or the Iraq War — and often by …
Read More »ERIC BOLLING: STREETMEAT: Since We Are PAYING for Them, WE Should Name Them!
Mon, 30 Mar 2009 19:15:00 +0000 – By Eric BollingCo-Host, “Happy Hour,” FOX Business Network/Host, “The Strategy Room,” FOXNews.com extensively here about auto bailouts and my distaste twitter.com/ericbolling Oldsmobile= “Obamabile” GM Hummer= GM “Bummer” Editor’s note: To read Eric’s complete post on his “Street Meat” blog, click here.
Read More »Obama administration should be helping Egypt, not punishing it
Late last month the Egyptian military razed 800 houses in Rafah, a city situated on the border with Gaza. Cairo claims the heavy-handed action, which followed an Oct. 24 attack that killed 31 soldiers in northern Sinai, was necessary to stop the flow of weapons and militants from Gaza into …
Read More »UN whistleblowers (still) exposed to retaliation
In December, 2005, reform was in the air at the stolid United Nations. Kofi Annan, then Secretary General, established whistleblower protections for everyone who worked there, together with a new Ethics Office to receive the disclosures of wrongdoing from employees and appeals for relief from reprisal. That was the high …
Read More »Ebola crisis: Mr. Obama, fire Ron Klain, adopt Gilmore Commission recommendations
Like many Americans, I was outraged by President Obama’s appointment earlier this month of a political operative to be “Ebola Czar.” Appointing czars is frequently a meaningless gesture, but the appointment of Ron Klain, who has no experience either in epidemiology or crisis management, suggests that the White House views …
Read More »Hey, Martha, don't become part of the 'War on Women' — Gwyneth's Goop is a good thing
Dear Martha, Please don’t join the “War on Women.” Pardon the pun, but I have been stewing over the nasty comments you made recently about how Gwyneth, “… just needs to be quiet. She’s a movie star. If she were confident in her acting, she wouldn’t be trying to be …
Read More »End of Iraq? Country we knew will be gone if persecution of Christians, minorities continues
Watching and listening to reports about what is happening in Iraq, I, like you, experience a wide array of thoughts and emotions. I am at turns broken-hearted, outraged, and disappointed. One thing I am not is surprised. For quite some time, I have been well aware of the atrocities perpetrated …
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