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D. R. ZUKERMAN, proprietor
Observations - October 2013

October 15 2013 --

Do as the President Says, Not as He Does Department ...
 
President Obama, in his UN address, last month, noted that former Egyptian president Morsi "was democratically elected,  but proved unwilling or unable to govern in a way that was fully inclusive."  LPR is puzzled that Republicans have not taken note -- but, then, political repartee has not been the GOP's long suit for a number of years.

October 15, 2013 --

President Obama Rebuffs a New York Times Columnist ...

New York Times columnist Frank Bruni, October 8 called for an end to political hyperbole, like, for example, accusing others of taking hostages for ransom.  As LPR heard a tape of the president's October 8 press conference, accusing Republicans of taking hostages for ransom was one of the milder examples of the president's political hyperbole -- demonizing the Republicans, that is -- at his October 8 press conference.

October 1, 2013 --

True Deniers ...

Climate-change theorists, wielding propaganda's prod,
command that we agree: man makes global weather, not God.

 

October 1, 2013 --

An Obama Drama ...

Does the president seek reform of immigration
because he is transfixed by alienation
so much so that he wants us to be glad
that his policies clearly support Islamic jihad

 

October 1, 2013 --

Media Input ...

A book about President Obama and the US press corps
probably shoiuld be called "Absence of Scrutiny"
while a September 12 op-ed article alluding to Syria's civil war
indicates The New York York Times has become somewhat Putin-y