The president’s three favorite debate tactics are straw man arguments, false representations, or declaring how things would have been much worse without his dazzling actions. None of these are legitimate arguments. In the first, he is arguing against a fictional opponent, in the second distorting history, and the third proposition cannot be disproved. All three are rhetorical deceptions.   Read the rest of this entry »

The perspective of time and the unveiling of Deep Throat allowed Holland to add significantly to the history of Watergate. Future works by historians will include many references to Leak, Why Mark Felt Became Deep Throat.   Read the rest of this entry »

President Obama has invented a phony war on women, evolved on gay marriage, makes press statements about Trevon Martin, gives the highest civilian award to a Hispanic open-borders activist, and his wife wants to put the country on a diet. In magic, they call this misdirection. Get the audience attention drawn somewhere other than where the real action occurs.   Read the rest of this entry »

Why is this recovery so tepid? Recessions should end with a spurt of growth; the more severe the recession, the more robust the recovery. President Obama is fond of saying this has been the worst recession since the great depression. At least officially, the Great Recession ended in June of 2009, so by this time we should be rocketing to parts unknown with jobs and opportunity for all.   Read the rest of this entry »

President Obama has made taxes a campaign issue. Ronald Reagan once famously said, “If it moves, tax it. If it keeps moving, regulate it. And if it stops moving, subsidize it.” A truer statement has never been made. Governments tax everything. Most people have no idea how much they are taxed.   Read the rest of this entry »

The Obama regime has a perverse view of the relationship between government and Americans. This country was founded on the principle of consent of the governed. The people are the boss, not the government. Yet this administration acts and speaks as if we are here to service the government. They believe they have a divine right to harvest whatever they deem necessary to feed their rapaciousness machine.   Read the rest of this entry »

Divisiveness cannot stop until every single congressional seat is sealed. If they break us into tiny camps, we won’t be able to marshal enough forces to win in November. So, to insure victory, the president’s men are expanding their friends and enemies list. The following is the proverbial tip of the iceberg. More … much more will surface as we get closer to November.   Read the rest of this entry »

Rube Goldberg’s cartoons illustrated overly complex ways to do simple tasks. He could have been a congressman. The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act may be the most convoluted and tortuous act ever passed by Congress. There are nearly half a million words in the bill itself, and government agencies have already issued over a million words of enacting regulations. And this is only a small fraction of ObamaCare’s 700+ directives to develop and issue regulations. Be prepared for chaos.   Read the rest of this entry »

T. Coleman Andrews served as IRS commissioner during the Eisenhower administration. Following his resignation, he made the following statement which seems apropos for the weekend that all of our tax returns are due.   Read the rest of this entry »

Jim compares the smarmy half truths and outright lies of our president to Eddie Haskell.   Read the rest of this entry »