The Buck Stops Over There
In 1945 President Harry Truman had a sign placed on his desk in the White House that read, “The Buck Stops here!” Truman also used the phrase in speeches he gave between 1945 and his final address to the Nation in 1953…
WHEN NOT EVERYONE GETS THE MEMO
DATELINE: Lonelyville, September 14 – It’s embarrassing when everyone seems to have gotten the memo but you. You feel left out, unimportant. It’s kind of depressing really. Just ask John Kerry. Or give National Security Advisor Susan Rice a call.
Obama’s War On ISIS: Death By A Thousand Buts
In 2008, Senate neophyte and first time Presidential candidate Barack Obama had very definite ideas on how American foreign policy should be restructured. The unqualified Commander-in-Chief-wanna-be viewed our international presence as heavy handed and counterproductive. He promised to fix all of that first by undoing his predecessor’s military…
Obama’s ISIS Solution: Slap Designer Labels On Ugly And Call It A Winner
Last night, President Obama presented his ISIS strategy to the Nation in a prime time broadcast from the White House. Taking a page from John Molloy’s Dress for Success tome, Mr. Obama dressed up demonstrably failed polices in garb dripping in designer labels. He called the new look “success”. He is wrong and the Country deserves much better, beginning with the fabric of truth…
ORCHESTRATING APPEARANCES
DATELINE: Imageville, September 9 – Where in the world is Barack Obama’s gift of gab when he really needs it? As far as public speakers go, one fan puts him in the first trinity among U.S. Presidents in the modern era. The other two are JFK and FDR. That’s pretty rarefied air.
CONSISTENCY ONLY WORKS SOMETIMES
DATELINE: Hobgoblinville, September 7 – Consistency is great if you’re training a puppy or grooving the perfect golf swing. But it’s not a resume highlight if you’re President of the United States and your claim to consistency fame is agonizing indecision.
