President Obama

Posted on May 15, 2025May 14, 2025 by Simon

“I’m the president of the United States, not the emperor of the United States.” Barak Obama... Read More

A Messy World

Posted on December 3, 2024November 28, 2024 by Simon

“The world is messy. There are ambiguities. People who do really good stuff have flaws.” President Barak Obama Photo is of a spot rainbow at dusk in Phoenix.... Read More

Chance

Posted on May 31, 2021June 1, 2021 by Simon

“I worked hard and I’ve got some talent, but there are a lot of hard-working, talented people out there. There was an element of chance to it, this element of serendipity.” Barak Obama Quoted in... Read More

Spring Fever

Posted on February 6, 2013February 6, 2013 by Simon

Who will be demonstrating in your town this spring? Last year about this time the Occupy Wall Street demonstrations were getting started and were replicating around the nation as the “Occupy A... Read More

Charges of Racism

Posted on December 5, 2012December 4, 2012 by Simon

I was at a meeting last week and out of the blue a few of the more liberal democrats in the group went off on a rant about how racist the recent presidential election was. Now I didn’t see it ... Read More

Democracy’s Flaw

Posted on November 10, 2012 by Simon

“A democracy cannot exist as a permanent form of government. It can only exist until the voters discover that they can vote themselves largesse from the public treasury. From that moment on, the... Read More

Simon Eats Crow

Posted on November 7, 2012November 7, 2012 by Simon

In one of my largest mistakes ever I publicly and loudly predicted that President Obama would lose last nights election. (My June Prediction) In fact I predicted that he would lose by a large margin.�... Read More

Final Exam

Posted on November 5, 2012November 5, 2012 by Simon

Tomorrow is the final exam on my June prediction that Obama will not be re-elected. I’m still confident that Romney will win and I do think that he is the best choice for the country but I don... Read More

Friday Politics III

Posted on October 12, 2012October 12, 2012 by Simon

“False’ doesn’t mean ‘wrong.” Debbie Wasserman Schultz Chairperson of the Democratic National Committee on CNN 10/10/2012 I’ll need an example of this one.... Read More

Friday Politics II

Posted on October 5, 2012October 3, 2012 by Simon

“Fathom the hypocrisy of a government that requires every citizen to prove they are insured… but not everyone must prove they are a citizen.” Now add this, “Many of those who r... Read More

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