WHAT GOES AROUND COMES AROUND? DISTRICT COURT INVALIDATES OBAMA'S BOGUS RECESS APPOINTMENTS
Unless it is taken to the Supreme Court and subsequently overturned, the District Court finally slapped down Barack Obama's overreaching behavior. If you have not read about it, the particular issues of note were three choices for the NLRB who were named during a pro forma Senate session which Obama claimed was a de facto recess--even though he had employed just such a season (non-recess) to further one of his issues in his first term. This was also the issue around the naming of Richard Cordray to his powerful position over Consumer Affairs. The 200+NLRB rulings made since the illegal appointments are now in serious doubt as to their validity. This could be just the first of several such verdicts. Next up Church rights against Obamacare's contraception rulings.
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WHAT GOES AROUND COMES AROUND? AIR POLLUTION IN BEIJING, CHINA REACHES NEW HIGHS
Flights must be cancelled due to limited visibility. Highways are closed due to the dense pollution. The concentration of particulates in the air of Beijing is 35 times the World Health Organization's safe limit. When things get this bad, something has to give. But what? There are places in the interior of China that are worse yet. Will the Chinese government act? And do what?
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CHECK OUT MY POST ON THE BRENNER BRIEF THIS WEEK. http://thebrennerbrief.com/author/johnmariotti2012/
I weigh in on how the GOP is mismanaging what they choose to fight about.
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A big problem currently troubling the Republican party greatly is the lack of a unified strategy and a party spokesperson. It is neither good nor appropriate for party leaders like Boehner and McConnell to also be speaking for the party--while they are trying to legislate and do their jobs. I think it is time to find a highly competent person to do this for the party: help shape strategy and speak for the GOP. I have a choice to propose, so please spread the word if you agree. JEB BUSH.
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Since he is an unlikely 2016 Presidential candidate, and can't become FL Governor again (been there, done that), the only other GOP option (in politics) is to run for Senate from FL…but not in place of Marco Rubio…in addition to Rubio. Taking on the strategist and spokesperson role would be great prep for this. What do you all think???
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OF COURSE THERE IS ALWAYS THE ALTERNATIVE OF NEWT IN SUCH A ROLE
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IF YOU HAD THE PERSEVERANCE TO READ THE LONG MEMO FROM NEWT IN THE LINK ABOVE, HERE IS MY REACTION:
Newt's lengthy epistle is not wrong--it is largely right--but takes far too much space, thought and words to frame the issues at hand--and nearly overlooks the most serious issues--the vastly different psyche of Americans between his heyday and now!
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There are two fundamental parts to the challenge of GOP relevance to a voting majority of Americans. Newt doesn't frame hem this way.
1. Fiscal, ideological and constitutional beliefs and positions.
2. Social, lifestyle and psychographic/demographic beliefs and traditions.
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If the GOP moves too far left (liberal) on #2, it will alienate a large portion of it's current, more conservative, religious and moralistic membership. If it does not move more to the center, it has little chance of representing (getting votes from) the factions that supported Obama so heavily--minorities, young, single, secular voters of all kinds (including LGBT)...if you don't know what that acronym means, that's part of the GOP problem!). These groups are a collection of niches who value a different set of rights and roles for government than most GOPers even can imagine!
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That leaves #1, where there are realistically acceptable GOP positions that could appeal to minorities, women, youth, and LGBT voters--many of whom have a good grasp,of fundamental economic issues and the principles of fiscal responsibility. This area is the easier bridge for the GOP to cross in attracting support and voters.
However, as in most human affairs, in a conflict between logic (#1) and emotion (#2) emotion usually wins.
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