Mumbling Republican Blog

I had a great deal of anticipation that Obama would do great things as President.  I voted for him with great expectations.  How cool that he was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize.  It was an honor that defined the high point in his term thus far.  But now he has gone and accepted it.  He [...]

The Nobel prize has been awarded to the President of the United States of America Barack Obama.  It is very interesting that this award has been given to the leader of a nation currently conducting the two largest conflicts currently on the planet.  Granted, Obama inherited these wars but I don’t personally see a huge [...]

“I will not stand by while the special interests use the same old tactics to keep things exactly the way they are. … Not this time. Not now.”  — President Barack Obama 9/9/09 Nice words, but isn’t keeping the insurance companies in charge of health care and requiring everyone to pay the insurance companies bending [...]

I have supported Israel against Hamas and Hezbollah.   But if Israel does not stop settlement expansion, take down the settlements that have been built since the 2003 Red Sea Summit between Bush II, Israel’s Sharon and Palestine’s Abbas, then the United States must cut back it’s aide to Israel at 20% per month until [...]

Sotomayor’s statement was, “I would hope that a wise latina woman with the richness of her experience would more often than not reach a better conclusion than a white man who hasn’t lived that life”. “I would hope…”???? Sotomayer determined a school had discriminated against a black boy who was transferred back to kindergarten because of [...]

The following information came from a 05/05/09 Washington Post story: “After winning most battles during his first 100 days, President Obama has begun to hit hurdles in Congress over the twin pillars of his domestic agenda, taking flak from his party’s left for not going far enough on health care and seeing his greenhouse gas [...]