A Distant Drum of the Coming Revolution

By WriterofLight - E-mail this page - Add to My Favorites - Add to Blog List - See other blogs in News & Politics

Tuesday, March 17, 2009

Obama’s “Enemy” in Economic War? Disabled Veterans!

On Sunday, I commented on the Obama administration’s perception of the economic crisis as a “war,” and wondered who the enemy in this war might be. Today, he made it clear that he considers our disabled veterans to be one of his enemies in this war. In about as shocking a reversal from the attitude... Sign in to see full entry.

Monday, March 16, 2009

Kiss the Second Amendment Goodbye! Government Acts to Ban Ammunition!

The world of private gun ownership, recreational shooting and even of law enforcement was given a hard slap across the face Friday when, out of seemingly nowhere, the Department of Defense’s surplus sales contractor suddenly announced that used brass ammunition cartridges could no longer be... Sign in to see full entry.

Sunday, March 15, 2009

Obama Aide: We’re in Economic War – But With Whom?

The new catch phrase that the Obama administration is bandying about is that we’re in some sort of economic war. Apparently, Warren Buffet – who, as the nation’s leading philanthropist myriad times over stands to take a massive tax hit for his philanthropy (see... Sign in to see full entry.

Thursday, March 12, 2009

Obama to Name Illegal Immigration Activist to Head Civil Rights?

Text of an item at the Wall Street Journal site at http://blogs.wsj.com/law/2009/02/24/report-thomas-saenz-to-head-doj-civil-rights-division/: The Los Angeles Daily Journal is reporting (on a subscription-only site - WOL) that President Obama has tapped Thomas Saenz to head the civil rights division... Sign in to see full entry.

Wednesday, March 11, 2009

The Perks of Power: Pelosi Abuses Air Force Flight Privileges

This came as a bit of a surprise. Last I heard, House Speakerette Nancy Pelosi was playing oneupsmanship with former House Speaker Tom DeLay by insisting the she have a bigger plane than he did, which I parodied in a poem at http://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/WriterofLight2831/443484. Now, it... Sign in to see full entry.

Monday, March 9, 2009

Is it Wrong to Want President Obama’s Policies to Fail?

Let’s ask the 51% of Democrats who, in a Fox News poll taken August 8 and 9, 2006, wanted President Bush to fail what they think about the idea of wanting any President’s policy’s to fail. I wonder how many of those Democrats are now having conniptions, cows and litters of kittens because Rush... Sign in to see full entry.

Saturday, March 7, 2009

First Lady Donates Time to Food Bank; How About Financial Support?

From a White House press release at http://www.whitehouse.gov/blog/09/03/06/The-First-Lady-at-Miriams-Kitchen: Yesterday Mrs. Obama served food at Miriam’s Kitchen, a local non-profit organization that provides healthy, nutritious meals to the homeless in Washington, D.C. Mrs. Obama discussed the... Sign in to see full entry.

Thursday, March 5, 2009

The President Who Demands Sacrifice Feasts on $100/Pound Steaks!

President Obama says he knows we’re in tough times. He says things are going to get worse before they get better, and that we all have to make sacrifices in order to make it through our difficulties. So how does Obama sacrifice? We already know that he refuses to sacrifice his comfort. After a... Sign in to see full entry.

Wednesday, March 4, 2009

Will Obama Force Physicians to Violate their Ethics and Morals?

President Obama reportedly wants to rescind a Bush Administration policy that strengthened job protections for doctors and nurses who refused to provide a medical service on moral grounds. The regulation in question augments years-old federal protections of the rights of moral objectors by requiring... Sign in to see full entry.

Tuesday, March 3, 2009

Obama Agenda a “Confidence Game,” Claims Cover of Newsweek

Any glance at a newsstand will reveal one magazine after another proclaiming Barack Obama’s glorious ascent to power. Nothing at all wrong with that, given the undeniably historicity of his election, although I do wonder if the extra money the publishers are raking in by marketing to Obamania is... Sign in to see full entry.

Headlines (What is this?)