Jim Wheeler
BS, USNA, Annapolis, 1959; MSA, The Geo. Washington U., 1975; Submariner, Commander, USN, 1959 - 1981; Aerospace battery engineer & mgr., 1981 - 1999; Political affiliation: Staunchly Democratic, converted after the GOP receded from its Eisenhower roots.
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Tag Archives: Barack Obama
Faith-based Politics
Dang. I know it’s not polite to brag, I told you so, but I just can’t help it. For most of the last four years I’ve been blogging, progressives (a group I admit having joined in the process) have been … Continue reading →
Posted in Economics
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Tagged Barack Obama, CBO, Congressional Budget Office, fiscal policy, Great Recession, Gross domestic product, Medicare, Stimulus, Tea Party, Washington Post
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7 Comments
Vacations
President Barack Obama is getting flak for being on vacation and playing golf while the world is, seemingly, going to hell in a hand basket. It’s predictable. I can recall the same complaints about every president in my lifetime. Such … Continue reading →
Posted in Politics
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Tagged Barack Obama, Daily News (New York), Golf, Golf course, James Foley, Martha's Vineyard, United States, Washington Post
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15 Comments
What’s Wrong With Obama?
Bashing president Obama is a popular pastime these days. On the Erstwhile Conservative’s blog, commenter Anson Burlingame recently blamed him personally for the current political divide in the Congress and in the country as a whole. One short paragraph summed … Continue reading →
Pork Chop Hill
It’s the same old story. What justifies war? Was it worth the blood and treasure? What constitutes “winning” a war – how do you define that? When is it really over? Well, it depends on who you ask and when … Continue reading →
Posted in Armed Forces, War
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Tagged Afghanistan, Barack Obama, George W. Bush, Karzai, MacArthur, nation building, Obama, Pork Chop Hill, Powell Doctrine, Robert Gates
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12 Comments
Would You Kidnappers Please Make Up Your Minds?
Extortion noun the practice of obtaining something, esp. money, through force or threats. House Republicans, having balked at paying for what Congress previously authorized to be spent and threatening for the first time in two centuries not to stand behind our … Continue reading →
Just The Facts, Please
Much controversy and demagoguery has attended the presidency of Barack Obama. I found it refreshing then to read the last in a series of short biographies of all the presidents, his of course being the most recent. It is only … Continue reading →
Rational Politics?
Today I heard a podcast on economics that was a followup to one I did some weeks ago. Recall if you will when the NPR guys got a half dozen different economists, liberal, conservative, libertarian, together and asked them for … Continue reading →
Posted in Politics
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Tagged Barack Obama, carbon tax, consumption tax, Corporate tax, fair tax, home mortgage deduction, Income tax, Mitt Romney, NPR, politics, Tax
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9 Comments
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