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If Obama Was Honest Like the Folks at Twitter…

December 31st, 2011 · No Comments

If Barack Obama was as honest as the folks at Twitter were on the final day of 2011 when their system was intermittently “Over Capacity” or having something go “Technically Wrong,” visitors to the White House website would encounter the image below each and every time they tried to visit. The big difference between the [...]

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Tapper Challenges White House on Hoffa Remarks (Update)

September 7th, 2011 · No Comments

Jake Tapper seems to have had enough with Jay Carney.  Yesterday, the ABC News White House correspondent let the president’s spokesman know it during a discussion about the apparent double-standard that exists when it comes to the use of harsh language about political opponents. Mentioned during the Tapper-Carney “debate” above was a February 2008 campaign [...]

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‘Barack Uhhbama’ to Lay Out Libya Case to Nation (Update)

March 28th, 2011 · 3 Comments

Americans will find out why U.S. troops are in Libya when President Barack Obama delivers a much-anticipated speech to the nation tonight. Hopefully, tonight’s event will be less painful for Americans than some of the president’s previous oratorical adventures, such as the White House news conference March 25, 2009, during which the community organizer in [...]

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Presidents, Pensions and Energy Prices

March 3rd, 2011 · 1 Comment

Every day, I receive news releases from organizations hoping I’ll pass along important news about their organizations to you, my readers.  Today, however, was one of those days when I simply had no time to write anything for immediate consumption.  As a result, I opted to share a few tidbits from my “news release” file.  [...]

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Turmoil in Libya Brings Back Memories

February 21st, 2011 · No Comments

Every time Muammar Qaddafi makes the news, I’m reminded of something that happened almost 25 years ago when I was serving as an Air Force public affairs officer at McConnell AFB in Wichita, Kan. After the Libyan dictator was blamed for the deadly April 5, 1986, bombing of a Berlin discotheque frequented by U.S. service [...]

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Truckers React to DOT Mexican Trucking Proposal

January 7th, 2011 · No Comments

I’ve written about cross-border trucking and other issues related to the trucking industry several times during the past few years.  For instance: In a post June 2, 2009, Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood told a National Press Club gathering May 21 that his plan to overhaul the controversial Mexican truck demonstration program was being vetted by [...]

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Did John Wheeler III Know Too Much? (Update)

January 4th, 2011 · 15 Comments

With the memory of Vince Foster, the former White House aide who supposedly committed suicide in 1993, stuck firmly in the recesses of my mind, I felt compelled to float a “trial balloon” by readers of this blog:  Did John Wheeler III Know Too Much? Mental note: I know, I know! This trial balloon will [...]

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