Ron Hart

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Aug 6, 2014
Obama's Leaked 'Torture' Statement Reopens Settled Semantics
It's difficult to overstate the petulance of our president. In his latest press conference, Obama took credit for every perceived good and blamed Republicans for every perceived bad. He blasted Congress for going on vacation as he was leaving for his in Martha's Vineyard. Between golf and fund raising, I'm surprised he has time for vacation.
Jul 29, 2014
Can We Really 'Botch' a Murderer's Execution?
The recent "botched" execution in Arizona sparked more debate about the death penalty. But if the execution ended in the murderer's death, then it was not botched. What did his victims endure?
Jul 22, 2014
Back In the USSR: Putin and Blaming Others
Russian-backed Ukrainian separatists, bent on getting the old USSR band back together, shot down a Malaysian airliner. Rivaled only by Obama, Putin is adept at blaming others. He did so in this case, but since he shot down a plane full of Europeans, he might have angered more than Americans.
Jul 15, 2014
America's Borders, Not the World Cup, Runneth Over
With Hondurans, Guatemalans and Nicaraguans just waltzing across our borders for free welfare, health care, education and to take our jobs, we are becoming a soccer loving country more and more each day. Where are our goalies on our borders?
Jul 9, 2014
With 'Friends' Like Facebook Who Needs Enemies
Facebook has endured. I thought the social networking phenomenon would have slowed down after everyone got to look at that sandwich I had for lunch or the family pictures from Dollywood I posted last year. But I was wrong.
Jul 1, 2014
Obama Administration's Selective Prosecution of Opponents Is Amazing
Never in our country's history has an administration used "our government" so aggressively against its enemies. It has attempted to harm opponents through selective prosecutions, thereby sending a message to anyone who might be in opposition.
Jun 25, 2014
Redskins Get Scalped by Obama's Bureaucratic O-bots
Our country has ongoing problems: trillions in deficit spending, Benghazi, swapping a deserter for five Taliban leaders, systemic unemployment, the IRS, the NSA targeting U.S. citizens, etc. And now Obama cannot seem to get his Shiites together in Iraq.
Jun 17, 2014
IRS Says It Lost Lois Lerner's Emails: Yeah, Right
I can just see the members of this administration sitting around a table discussing how to handle the inquiry into the IRS targeting of its opponents. David Axelrod says, "Just how dumb do I think Americans are? I say we just tell them we lost two years worth of emails around the time of the conservative groups targeting."
Jun 10, 2014
It's Obama's Government; We Just Live Under It
The arrogance and incompetence continue. Obama is even more callous and indifferent in his lame duck term.
Jun 3, 2014
VA Mess is ObamaCare in Ten Years, Maybe Sooner
There are two very simple reasons the VA is a dysfunctional bureaucratic mess. One, it is a government-run. Two, it is now 80 percent public sector unionized.