DATELINE: Sorryville, Apr 30 – Only 34% of Americans in the latest poll approve of President Obama’s handling of the escalation of hostilities in Ukraine. Many more believe that the hostilities are handling him. The larger group is right and here’s why. It seems like a year ago, but it was only on March 17 that President Obama imposed sanctions for the annexation of Crimea. Seven Russians, including two in Putin’s inner circle, had their assets in the U.S. frozen. They were also banned from entering theRead more…
Who, on the receiving end, can forget all of those annoying telemarketing calls during dinner? People answered the phone, thinking it was something important, only to find out that it was a pitch for the latest pocket blender. The calls were so irritating and the volume of consumer complaints so large that, eventually…
DATELINE: Leakieville, Apr 21 – The term, Pullet Surprise, as a mangling of Pulitzer Prize, was coined in 1969 to refer to humorous blunders. In 1997, Warner Brothers used the term as the title of a Foghorn Leghorn cartoon. The plot of the Looney Tunes six-minute short had nothing to do with the Prize. It was all about chickens. As used in this article, Pullet Surprise is a combination of both prior uses. It refers to the major blunder made last week by the Pulitzer Prize juryRead more…
This week’s blog is not limited to a single topic. There were just too many screwy things going on in the past seven days to focus on any one of them. Instead, this article addresses the bad performances, unfortunate decisions and worse non-decisions as it presents the Weak In Review…
DATELINE: Sloganville, Apr 8 – President Obama will sign a few more executive orders this week. This bunch will impose more regulations on federal contractors. They are part of his “year of action” announced during the 2014 State of the Union address. This “year of action” is the President’s declaration of independence from Congress. He’s tired of seeing his partisan desires thwarted by the legislative branch. So, he’s striking out on his own, going his own way, doing his own thing, all by himself. IfRead more…
On Tuesday, President Obama strolled up to a microphone in the Rose Garden of the White House and declared victory for his signature legislation. He would have made the announcement in prime time but the networks thought better of it, as in better to broadcast their regular line up. So, Mr. Obama was left to pre-empt other afternoon soap operas. When he…
