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Vicki McClure Davidson | July 29, 2009
Not quite the “hope and change” I’d expect of the Big Apple, but it’s definitely a creative (and creepy) way to solve the expense of sheltering, feeding, and helping the homeless. Not sure if this ranks high on the “Empathy Meter,” but I’m thinking that POTUS would approve. Frankly, it’s too uncomfortably like the main [...]
Category: Business & Economy, Government, Social and Political Climate |
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Tags: airline ticket, charity, economic crisis, economic recession, economy, feeding homeless, homeless, homelessness, Logan's Run, New York City, NYC, recession, shelter, Soylent Green
Vicki McClure Davidson | July 29, 2009
For the last few days, President Obama’s approval index has inched up and down a trifle, but as of today, it is still in negative double-digit territory, at minus 10. From Rasmussen Reports: The Presidential Approval Index is calculated by subtracting the number who Strongly Disapprove from the number who Strongly Approve. It is updated [...]
Category: Business & Economy, Conservatism, Government, Health, Law & Constitution, Social and Political Climate |
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Tags: AGW, America, Americans against ObamaCare, anthropogenic global warming, California, climate change, Constitution, Detroit, disapproval, economy, energy bill, financial crisis, global warming, government-run health care, health care, Henry Gates, HR 2454, Obama approval, Obama disapproval, president disapproval, presidential approval index, presidential disapproval, Rush Limbaugh, single payer health care, socialism, taxation, taxes, tea parties, unemployment, Waxman-Markey bill, welfare
Vicki McClure Davidson | July 29, 2009
Peachy-keen. The date and time are set for tomorrow for the “bringing the races together over cold ones” at the White House. I can envision how this contrived, patronizing “teachable moment” will likely unfold. Pres. Obama will be in his Harvard U element, chiding and lecturing with solemn intonation, a white policeman on the importance [...]
Category: Government, Law & Constitution, Media & Communication, Race Issues, Social and Political Climate |
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Tags: Barack Obama, beer, beer summit, Cambridge, Cambridge police, Gates-gate, Harvard, Henry Gates, Henry Louis Gates, James Crowley, Massachusetts, Obama, police dispatch, police tapes released, POTUS, Pres. Obama, president, Prof. Gates, Prof. Henry Gates, racial issues, racial profiling, racist, Sgt. Crowley, Sgt. James Crowley, White House