Just looking through a few blogs that I haven’t in a while and found this particular blog post from Loring Wirbel to be quite good. It’s a real look at the problems that President Obama (and the American public) will face in the next little while, and why the it will be very hard to [...]
Posts Tagged ‘Obama’
It ain’t Camelot.
November 16, 2009Obama in Ottawa part. 2
February 23, 2009A bit late, but I just wanted to say how much I, and other Ottawans (?) enjoyed Mr. Obama’s surprise visit to the market area. Neat little bit of public relations which may have driven his security forces nuts, but sure put a smile on a few faces in the market especially a 17 year [...]
Obama in Ottawa
February 19, 2009It’s like when the Beatles came! Ottawa is a buzz with anticipation as the newest American president makes his first foreign visit. People have bussed in from around the area, just to be near him (the public will not get a chance to see him) Wow, the expectations for such a short trip! Well, I [...]
What is the value of “hope”?
January 20, 2009As Barack Obama is inaugurated today, America celebrates. America is brimming with hope and anticipation, with Obama as the hero of the nation. The weight of the financial burden is currently on Obama and the American people and an inauguration is not going to take all that weight away. As someone said an Obama Inauguration [...]
Cut Taxes–Increase Spending. Nooooo!
January 13, 2009It looks like Bush’s favourite tools are going to be used by Obama, despite what a mess they put the government in. Too many politicians go with the message of cutting taxes, yet politically important groups seem to get funding when needed. So now the President needs to spend money to get out of the [...]
Convenient Socialism
November 13, 2008So complete unfettered capitalism didn’t work out for the Americans. In their time of need they turn to the presidential candidate with the most socialist ideals (I’m not saying he’s a Socialist), probably the correct choice. Unfortunately they didn’t think of making that choice 4 years earlier when they were living the Republican high-life. “No [...]
Back to business
November 12, 2008Well after an October where I was in the UK for a week, Toronto for a week, and Boston for a week, I’m back in Ottawa and feeling like I missed two elections! Canada ended up right where we were before the election with many leaders failing to push forward their agenda, while our neighbours [...]
Silicon Valley and Election ’08
September 24, 2008Rick Merritt from EETimes has some numbers on how the Silicon Valley technology companies are funding the candidates. Looks like Obama has the edge in most categories but not all. Article here: http://www.eetimes.com/news/latest/210603035
Science Debate ’08
September 15, 2008Ah-hah, this is what I’ve been looking for. A real indication of what the prospective candidates think of the Science and Innovation. A group of organisations got together and formed a list of 14 fundamental questions to ask the candidates. And fortunately, both Obama and McCain have obliged with their (very long) comments. I’ll analyze [...]
Tale of two elections
September 5, 2008An observation on the two elections coming up from Marty Klinkenberg of the Telegraph Journal. I like how he sums up the differences in the campaign style, and the the mood of the voters. I personally am quite a bit more interested in how the American election will go. Far more intriguing!
