Category Archives: Obama Nation

Connecting the dots

Posted on June 24, 2010 by Art Stone

John Podesta comes up frequently on Glenn Beck’s show – as the head of the Center for American Progress and the apparent central person pulling Obama’s strings. Larry Kudlow was on with Mark Simone this morning and added a few … Continue reading →

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South Korean Military Readiness

Posted on June 24, 2010 by Art Stone

Tuesday night, John Batchelor had on Bruce Bechtol, the author of Red Rouge, a book about North Korea on Amazon Mr Bechtol is retired military, spending part of his career in the DIA as an intelligence analyst. What was alarming … Continue reading →

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What 100,000 barrels a day looks like

Posted on June 23, 2010 by Art Stone

the containment cap is now off and the well gushing full force. It is suspected an ROV bumped into the line injecting warm water to prevent hydrate formation. Now Senator Markey can learn what “worst case” looks like. Not being … Continue reading →

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Limits of Privacy

Posted on June 22, 2010 by Art Stone

Does an on-duty police officer standing outside their vehicle talking to a suspect have a reasonable expectation of privacy? That what they say and do won’t wind up on YouTube? In Maryland, at least for now, the answer is “Yes”. … Continue reading →

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How to get yourself out of Afghanistan

Posted on June 22, 2010 by Art Stone

Gen. Stanley A. McChrystal is the top U.S. commander in Afghanistan – at least for a few more hours. One way to get yourself out of a job is to badmouth your boss to Rolling Stone magazine. General McChrystal was … Continue reading →

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Ghana is really unhappy with Barack Obama

Posted on June 21, 2010 by Art Stone

Ghana is really unhappy with Barack Obama http://elections.peacefmonline.com/politics/201006/49883.php You may remember the President went to Ghana to learn about slavery – important things like the Africans taken to the Western Hemisphere were not from Kenya… And that slavery in East … Continue reading →

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US buying Russian helicopters Washington…

Posted on June 19, 2010 by Art Stone

US buying Russian helicopters Washington Post Story Look for Congress to put pork before common sense. This is like a replay of the A-10 Warthog issue. The A-10 is a very simple, very durable, very inexpensive close support airplane built … Continue reading →

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Clock is ticking in Afghanistan – you ma…

Posted on June 17, 2010 by Art Stone

Clock is ticking in Afghanistan – you may remember President Obsma set a time line for getting our troops out of Afghanistan – “not an open ended commitment”. Listening to guests on John Batchelor’s podcast, it is clear we cannot … Continue reading →

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Today’s pop quiz – other than ratings, …

Posted on June 17, 2010 by Art Stone

Today’s pop quiz – other than ratings, what motivation would “conservative” Fox News have for exaggerating the environmental damage from the BP well blowout? Hint: Fox News is part of News Corp Hint #2: Fox News did the same thing … Continue reading →

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Perhaps the BBC will do the work America…

Posted on June 16, 2010 by Art Stone

Perhaps the BBC will do the work America’s media just won’t do. http://blogs.telegraph.co.uk/news/janetdaley/100043670/british-media-falls-out-of-love-with-obama/

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Bloombama News Service’s White House co…

Posted on June 16, 2010 by Art Stone

Bloombama News Service’s White House correspondent is leaving to become the communications director for the Natural Defense Resource Council. http://www.wnd.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.view&pageId=167077 Ed Chen has been serving as head of the White House Correspondents Association, the group that decides how press conferences … Continue reading →

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Reports that BP is hiring Goldman Sachs …

Posted on June 14, 2010 by Art Stone

Reports that BP is hiring Goldman Sachs to fend off any hostile takeover because their stock price has fallen if you happen to believe that Goldman Sachs is defacto an agent of the US Government (or vice versa), they have … Continue reading →

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“Limiting gold shops” – WSTP-AM in Ste…

Posted on June 2, 2010 by Art Stone

“Limiting gold shops” – WSTP-AM in Stephen’s Point, Wisconsin just had an interesting news item. The City Council is concerned about the proliferation of stores buying gold and wants to create an ordinance to “control” the businesses engaging in trading … Continue reading →

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Holder opens criminal case in BP oil spi…

Posted on June 1, 2010 by Art Stone

Holder opens criminal case in BP oil spill. I wonder if any government political appointees will be investigated? [Rhetorical question] By wandering into the Criminal realm, look for BP to stop generating any further paper trail. If the goal is … Continue reading →

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AP: Obama seeks security through peace…..

Posted on May 27, 2010 by Art Stone

AP: Obama seeks security through peace… With the distraction of the oil well and the coming holiday weekend, the Obama administration opened the next chapter in its plan to transform America. National Security has been redefined to include “economic prosperity”. … Continue reading →

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