Today's Politicos vs The Words and Deeds of The Founders

Those of us who wanted red meat were disappointed with Governor Romney’s performance in the third and last presidential debate. It seemed he missed the opportunity to follow up on the administration’s vulnerabilities. Even Charles Krauthammer, the most cerebral of commentators, appeared disappointed that Benghazi was not on the menu. Although some viewer’s angst was so great it required leaving the room a couple of times, the governor’s strategy posed a much bigger problem for the president.

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On Friday, October 19, 2012, the Wall Street Journal published a news article with the headline: “Early Uncertainty on Libya Account” by Adam Entous and Siobhan Gorman. The article was a convoluted account of United Nations Ambassador Susan Rice’s duplicity (lies) about the Benghazi attack. The Wall Street Journal article followed the latest White House narrative that laid blame on the intelligence community. I wrote the Journal the flowing letter.

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If the purpose of presidential debates is to give the candidates an opportunity to explain how they would address pressing national and international problems the second presidential debate was pretty much a waste of time.

Let’s ignore Candy Crowley’s bias, …

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Some links from around the blogosphere. Enjoy! This week's links are brought to you by my son's blog Much Ado About Something Or Other - www.maasoo.net.

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On this day in American history the Revolutionary War effectively ended with the surrender of Cornwallis at Yorktown. The Yorktown campaign proved to be the last major battle of the war.

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Who’s in charge? This is the question many Americans have been asking in the aftermath of the attack on the Libyan consulate that left four Americans dead. That question should not be confused with the Abbott and Costello routine, “Who’s …

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Those who have questioned whether Barack Obama is a citizen of the United States have missed the larger question: Whether he considers himself a citizen of the world. On taking office, he ratcheted up funding for the World Bank and International Monetary Fund, and continues to defer foreign policy to the United Nations. The Apology Tour and his 2008 Berlin speech could certainly make a person wonder, but think about this remarkable statement by Obama during the 2008 campaign: "We can't drive our SUVs and eat as much as we want and keep our homes on 72 degrees at all times ... and then just expect that every other country is going to say, 'OK.'"

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Founding Fathers Know Best is based on an interesting premise, the dead presidents club sends Thomas Jefferson, John Adams and James Madison for a week-long visit to provide counsel to the current denizen of the White House - President Ob.

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We Have the War Upon Us is an engrossing book, full of fascinating historical details. It is essential reading for anyone interested in the American Civil War and an excellent introduction to the people and events that led up to the bloodiest, most devastating war in American history.

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The man who always says what he means said this in 2008: “After the stock market crash in 1929, FDR got on television to reassure the American people.” In October 1929, Herbert Hoover was less than a year into his presidency. And had Franklin Roosevelt gotten on television that year, the only person reassured would have been some lonely engineer in New Haven, the one person in the country who may have had a television.

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