On Joshua Holland’s ’9 Conservative Lies’
January 1, 2011 | Filed Under Anti-Americanism, Budget, Congress, Conservatives, Democrats/Leftists, Economy/Finances, Elections, GOP, Government, Government, Corruption, Ken Marrero, Liberals, President, Republicans, Taxes | 2 Comments
-By Ken Marrero
Public debate is critical to the American political experience. Organizations and politicians take their message to voters, highlight strengths and weaknesses of the issues and submit their solutions. On election day, we see who the People choose.
Integral to the process, yet seldom mentioned, is for each party to be honest and operate in good faith. They must make arguments and quote statistics they believe to be true. They must not misrepresent their opponents or deceive participants. They may later be found wrong, but they may not intentionally deceive. This post is necessarily one of the longest I’ve written. I thought it better to address each point well than to gloss over one or more dismissively.
Joshua Holland, Progressive author and editor and Senior Writer at Alternet, recently wrote “The 9 Biggest Conservative Lies about Taxes and Public Spending.” It should serve as a model of how not to conduct the public debate necessary to arrive at good decisions for our nation. Holland doesn’t seem interested in debate. At times, he is less than truthful himself while outing Conservatives as liars. And he is mostly wrong. Let’s look at Holland’s points.
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Obama Chooses Unions and Environmentalists Over Americans in Gulf Oil Spill
June 28, 2010 | Filed Under 00Publius Contributor, Anti-Americanism, Economy/Finances, Energy, Environment, Government, Ken Marrero, Law, Liberals, Oil, Policy, President, Regulation, Unions | Comments Off
-By Ken Marrero
Since the election of our current President I have consistently stated that he may be the President but he will never be my President. The current crisis in the Gulf is a perfect example of why. Despite his stated desire to be the President of all Americans, Barack Obama has demonstrated such words are meaningless rhetoric for political consumption. The Obama voice that we should be listening to is the one that speaks louder than words.
Since the beginning of the BP Gulf oil spill, we have had domestic resources available which the President has not utilized and offers of expert foreign help, some of it superior to our own capabilities, which the President has refused to accept. It’s the refusal of these foreign offers that is particularly revealing of Obama’s mindset.
BP CEO Tony Hayward has been the brunt of massive, international criticism for his behavior. Barack Obama has also personally been critical of Hayward and BP. Hayward’s comment that he’d like his life back and his decision to attend a yacht race while the Gulf crisis remains unresolved have been seen as evidence of his lack of concern and engagement regardless of what official statements BP might release. BP is seen as fiddling while Rome burns. Response to him and his actions is understandable.
Inexplicably, President Obama has avoided similar charges being laid at his doorstep. Searching for “whose a** to kick” and shaking down BP for $20 billion between shots on the front nine gives the impression of effective engagement and serves to divert attention from his own equally irresponsible and callous disregard for those impacted by the spill.
Will Obama’s supporters break the law in the latest flag flap to hit the campaign?
January 20, 2009 | Filed Under 00Publius Contributor, Anti-Americanism, Barack Obama, Constitution, Crime, Democrats/Leftists, Elections, Government, Corruption, Ken Marrero, Media Bias, News, Patriotism, President, Society/Culture | Comments Off
-By Ken Marerro
(Originally posted on Blue Collar Muse)
Barack Obama and flaps over flags are nothing new. It seems every so often he or his campaign do something ignorant and then try to explain it away. Very rarely they are proven correct. Most often, however, they just look like anti-Americans. One has to wonder, “At what point do I stop believing this is all an accidental kerfluffle and begin to see a pattern?” Bear Creek Ledger tipped me off to the latest one, but first a bit of history.
It started back in October of 2007 when a reporter asked Obama why he didn’t wear a flag pin in his lapel like other candidates. Obama’s response, including a lame definition of patriotism if there ever was one, was less than enthusiastically received by millions across the nation.
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