Daily Archives: July 19, 2009

On Three! One, Two,….

Posted on July 19, 2009 by Gaius

It seems that there is bipartisan resentment and opposition to Obama’s health care “reform” among the nation’s governors. The nation’s governors, Democrats as well as Republicans, voiced deep concern Sunday about the shape of the health care bill emerging from … Continue reading →

Posted in Medicine, Politics | 5 Comments

Random Obama

Posted on July 19, 2009 by Gaius

Matt Bai at The New York Times calls Obama the “shuffle President” – as in iPod shuffle, the name is not meant to be offensive. Barack Obama is a born storyteller, which makes it all the more confounding that as … Continue reading →

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What “Improving” Our Relations With The World Looks Like

Posted on July 19, 2009 by Gaius

It look s a lot like foreign government spitting on the shoes of the US. India has publicly – and very unexpectedly – told Obama and the US to stuff it when it comes to climate “demands” from Obama. India … Continue reading →

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Bad Mistake?

Posted on July 19, 2009 by Gaius

Jack Kelly on the Obama “stimulus” plan: Shortly after a Quinnipiac University poll reported July 7 that President Barack Obama’s job approval rating in Ohio had fallen 13 percentage points in two months to 49 percent, the White House dispatched … Continue reading →

Posted in Economy, Politics | 2 Comments

The Wrong Stuff

Posted on July 19, 2009 by Gaius

Tom Wolfe on America’s great leap backward after the moon landings: The American space program, the greatest, grandest, most Promethean – O.K. if I add “godlike”? – quest in the history of the world, died in infancy at 10:56 p.m. … Continue reading →

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