Does our entertainment affect the culture????? ========= At a screening of “The Dark Knight Rises” the other day on Manhattan’s East 86th Street, three cops were posted outside, two in a cruiser and one on a motorcycle. An usher said they’d been coming by since the shooting in Aurora, Colo. She was relieved they were there; we now can add movie ushers... Read more
Archive for the ‘American Thought’ Category
Why Capitalism Has an Image Problem
July 29 | Posted by mrossol | American Thought, EconomicsA “must read” in my opinion. ============ By CHARLES MURRAY MMitt Romney’s résumé at Bain should be a slam dunk. He has been a successful capitalist, and capitalism is the best thing that has ever happened to the material condition of the human race. From the dawn of history until the 18th century, every society in the world was impoverished, with only the... Read more
The Hunt for Blue October
July 26 | Posted by mrossol | American Thought, Liberal Press, The LeftIf this quote stirs your interest… click the link… ======== …when the rate increases it is an increase, not the expiration of a decrease. Were it the latter, one could say that the Bush tax cuts were not tax cuts but the expiration of the Clinton increases, the Clinton increases the expiration of the Reagan cuts, the Reagan cuts the expiration of... Read more
Obama and the Economic Blame Game
July 26 | Posted by mrossol | American Thought, ObamaHmm. Yes, who really should ‘set up’? ========= By KARL ROVE This week brought bad news for President Barack Obama’s attempts to blame someone else—anyone else—for America’s economic problems. A poll released Monday by the Hill, a newspaper that covers Congress, found that 66% of voters believe the weak economy is Washington’s fault. And who is most to blame? A third—34%—said Mr. Obama. Congress... Read more
He doesn’t get America.
July 23 | Posted by mrossol | American Thought, Obama======= Charles Murray at the American Enterprise Institute’s Ideas blog, July 18: President Obama’s horrendous political gaffe last week—”You didn’t build that”—triggered the same reaction I had when he insisted on pushing through Obamacare. Then, I had the creepy feeling that I was living in an occupied country. American politics didn’t work that way. Neither Democrats nor Republicans had ever forced through... Read more
