Archive for February, 2009

Feb
26

Retraction and Reassessment

Posted by: Todd MacLeod - Category: Conservatism - No Comments

Several days ago, I labeled President Obama's current administration as incompetent.  That assessment was based on an assumption that President Obama wanted to increase private sector jobs, increase the security of this country, increase the possibility of the American Dream----in short, I was operating under the premise that the President ...
Feb
23

Incompetent

Posted by: Todd MacLeod - Category: Presidency - No Comments

Unfortunately, that title most aptly describes the President of the United States.  President Obama was elected to office with no executive experience of any kind and no track record of legislative or operational accomplishments.  Given his young age, his lack of experience is not surprising, however, his election to POTUS ...
Feb
16
The spending bill that will soon to be signed into law was not a trivial affair.   It was not a matter of Democrats and Republicans disagreeing on some minor wording issues.  It was a seminal event in the history of the U.S. and Senators Specter, Snowe and Collins stood on ...
Feb
11

Replace Geithner

Posted by: Todd MacLeod - Category: Economy, Presidency - No Comments

Tim Geithner should never have been approved as the Secretary of Treasury.  His tax cheating ( Yes, when the smartest financial mind in the world doesn't pay tens of thousands of dollars in taxes, its cheating ) should have precluded him from being appointed to any position, much less the ...
Feb
09

U.S. and Socialism

Posted by: Todd MacLeod - Category: Economy - No Comments

The current shift toward a Socialist economy within the United States will have catastrophic consequences both here and abroad.  Government ownership of entire industries will result in those industries performing worse than they have historically.  The price of the products and services that these new government industries create will rise ...
Feb
07

Filibuster

Posted by: Todd MacLeod - Category: Conservatism, Economy - No Comments

The Democratic leadership in the Senate has apparently bribed Senators Specter, Snowe and Collins to give them cover on the spending bill.  This news comes as a great disappointment to me ( Not a surprise, but nonetheless disappointing ) as I am originally from the great State of Maine.  This ...
Feb
06

Desperation and Fear

Posted by: Todd MacLeod - Category: Leadership - No Comments

President Obama gave a speech to Democratic legislators in Virgina last night.  It was intended to rally the troops and build a stronger national consensus behind the spending package.  The speech was delivered in the now famous baritone but lacked a certain motivational quality.  What it did not lack was ...