http://www.examiner.com/x-3219-Nashville-Nonpartisan-Examiner?cid=exrss-Nashville-Nonpartisan-Examiner en-us Mon, 23 Nov 2009 14:12:40 -0700 Thu, 10 Sep 2009 13:19:55 -0700 BlogCFC http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss http://www.examiner.com/x-3219-Nashville-Nonpartisan-Examiner~y2009m9d10-The-Obama-disappointing-speech?cid=exrss-Nashville-Nonpartisan-Examiner The Obama “disappointing speech”With this writing I will be accused of being partisan, (again), with this writing I will be accused of misinformation, with this writing I will be labeled a “right wing radical”. None of these l... Thu, 10 Sep 2009 13:19:55 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-3219-Nashville-Nonpartisan-Examiner~y2009m9d10-The-Obama-disappointing-speech?cid=exrss-Nashville-Nonpartisan-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-3219-Nashville-Nonpartisan-Examiner~y2009m9d9-Obamas-healthcare-pep-rally?cid=exrss-Nashville-Nonpartisan-Examiner Tonight President Obama will address a joint session of Congress, one day after Congress returns from the August break. After a combative month of town hall meetings for some Congressional members, a “pep rally” will be a welcome change.A... Wed, 09 Sep 2009 09:07:59 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-3219-Nashville-Nonpartisan-Examiner~y2009m9d9-Obamas-healthcare-pep-rally?cid=exrss-Nashville-Nonpartisan-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-3219-Nashville-Nonpartisan-Examiner~y2009m9d6-The-peter-principle?cid=exrss-Nashville-Nonpartisan-Examiner  A friend of mine was visiting today and as usual the talk turned to politics, My friend is retired Army and lives in Union City, Michigan during the summer, and Union City Tennessee during the winter, funny how things work out. I have always be... Sun, 06 Sep 2009 15:19:58 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-3219-Nashville-Nonpartisan-Examiner~y2009m9d6-The-peter-principle?cid=exrss-Nashville-Nonpartisan-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-3219-Nashville-Nonpartisan-Examiner~y2009m9d3-Another-Obama-radical?cid=exrss-Nashville-Nonpartisan-Examiner President Obama went to Rev. Wright’s church for 20 years, didn’t know he was sooooo radical, Bill Ayers was a terrorist when Obama was a little boy, and now President Obama appoints a confessed communist as “green czar”. But ... Thu, 03 Sep 2009 18:31:59 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-3219-Nashville-Nonpartisan-Examiner~y2009m9d3-Another-Obama-radical?cid=exrss-Nashville-Nonpartisan-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-3219-Nashville-Nonpartisan-Examiner~y2009m9d2-Obama-fiddles-while-Washington-burns?cid=exrss-Nashville-Nonpartisan-Examiner  President Obama just got back from vacation, although he had to do a couple Presidential things, all in all he was on vacation. The Congressional members on vacation holding town hall meetings are not having it so easy. Some may question how an... Wed, 02 Sep 2009 18:41:44 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-3219-Nashville-Nonpartisan-Examiner~y2009m9d2-Obama-fiddles-while-Washington-burns?cid=exrss-Nashville-Nonpartisan-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-3219-Nashville-Nonpartisan-Examiner~y2009m8d30-Washington-is-hard-on-the-living-but-speaks-well-of-the-dead?cid=exrss-Nashville-Nonpartisan-Examiner Yesterday they buried Senator Edward “Ted” Kennedy. The last of the Kennedy brothers, he will be buried next to 2 of his brothers, John and Bobby at Arlington National Cemetery. The wake, the service and news reports were all glowing of S... Sun, 30 Aug 2009 08:27:10 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-3219-Nashville-Nonpartisan-Examiner~y2009m8d30-Washington-is-hard-on-the-living-but-speaks-well-of-the-dead?cid=exrss-Nashville-Nonpartisan-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-3219-Nashville-Nonpartisan-Examiner~y2009m8d20-Ronald-Reagan--1961-Healthcare-speech?cid=exrss-Nashville-Nonpartisan-Examiner  JFK was President, the Dem.’s had just taken over the White House after 8 years of Republican control, and the House and Senate both had a Democratic majority. Just as today a major push was on by the Democrat’s to get a national he... Thu, 20 Aug 2009 11:26:03 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-3219-Nashville-Nonpartisan-Examiner~y2009m8d20-Ronald-Reagan--1961-Healthcare-speech?cid=exrss-Nashville-Nonpartisan-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-3219-Nashville-Nonpartisan-Examiner~y2009m8d18-HealthcareA-Congressional-budgeted-item?cid=exrss-Nashville-Nonpartisan-Examiner As with most of my readers I am sick and tired of watching 10 second news clips of town hall meetings, and I am sick and tired of hearing mis-leading and false statements about healthcare proposals.There is one truth that has not been reported on to ... Tue, 18 Aug 2009 15:51:37 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-3219-Nashville-Nonpartisan-Examiner~y2009m8d18-HealthcareA-Congressional-budgeted-item?cid=exrss-Nashville-Nonpartisan-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-3219-Nashville-Nonpartisan-Examiner~y2009m8d17-President-ObamaA-one-man-show?cid=exrss-Nashville-Nonpartisan-Examiner Ladies and gentlemen, boys and girls, cowboys and Indians, the big top is up, and the circus is in town. It’s a 3 ring circus with many side shows and it is coming to your town. It is called TOWN HALL MEETINGS.In the center ring is President Ba... Mon, 17 Aug 2009 15:41:02 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-3219-Nashville-Nonpartisan-Examiner~y2009m8d17-President-ObamaA-one-man-show?cid=exrss-Nashville-Nonpartisan-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-3219-Nashville-Nonpartisan-Examiner~y2009m8d12-Dear-President-Obama?cid=exrss-Nashville-Nonpartisan-Examiner Dear President Obama, I can help you win the healthcare reform if you would just listen to me. I do not have a partisan resolution, and I do not have a partisan motive. I have been watching the town hall clips on the news channels, and I have been wa... Wed, 12 Aug 2009 19:39:28 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-3219-Nashville-Nonpartisan-Examiner~y2009m8d12-Dear-President-Obama?cid=exrss-Nashville-Nonpartisan-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-3219-Nashville-Nonpartisan-Examiner~y2009m8d11-Town-Hall-meetings-or-organized-riots?cid=exrss-Nashville-Nonpartisan-Examiner “Both” Lately I have tried to watch or listen to as many Town Hall meeting as possible, news shows will broadcast sound bites, and radio programs will air audio that is riveting. The truth is, both sides, for and against, are organized, w... Tue, 11 Aug 2009 17:20:41 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-3219-Nashville-Nonpartisan-Examiner~y2009m8d11-Town-Hall-meetings-or-organized-riots?cid=exrss-Nashville-Nonpartisan-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-3219-Nashville-Nonpartisan-Examiner~y2009m8d6-Politicspreaching-to-the-choir?cid=exrss-Nashville-Nonpartisan-Examiner Last year I started blogging on a .com site to voice my political views during the Presidential campaign, this year I started contributing on the examiner.com site. When I started blogging it was because I was concerned with the direction our elected... Thu, 06 Aug 2009 17:01:57 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-3219-Nashville-Nonpartisan-Examiner~y2009m8d6-Politicspreaching-to-the-choir?cid=exrss-Nashville-Nonpartisan-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-3219-Nashville-Nonpartisan-Examiner~y2009m8d5-Voices-of-Americansrising?cid=exrss-Nashville-Nonpartisan-Examiner Members of the House went home last week, the Senate members will go home this week to meet their constituents face to face. Many issues will be discussed in town hall meetings, cap and trade, healthcare reform, continued spending, all will be addres... Wed, 05 Aug 2009 11:43:55 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-3219-Nashville-Nonpartisan-Examiner~y2009m8d5-Voices-of-Americansrising?cid=exrss-Nashville-Nonpartisan-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-3219-Nashville-Nonpartisan-Examiner~y2009m8d1-Cash-for-clunkersjoke?cid=exrss-Nashville-Nonpartisan-Examiner Congress passed a bill that would allow people to trade in their old cars (clunkers) and get up to $4500 trade- in. You can look at any bill the Congress passes, take a pessimist point of view and find something wrong. I try not to take this approach... Sat, 01 Aug 2009 17:45:53 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-3219-Nashville-Nonpartisan-Examiner~y2009m8d1-Cash-for-clunkersjoke?cid=exrss-Nashville-Nonpartisan-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-3219-Nashville-Nonpartisan-Examiner~y2009m7d30-Is-America-fair-to-Americans?cid=exrss-Nashville-Nonpartisan-Examiner Absolutely yes, you can argue small pockets of disagreements, but America is the best place to live in the world. People from all corners of the world want to live here, and in all countries of this planet, governments envy our Democracy. Our freedom... Thu, 30 Jul 2009 07:53:49 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-3219-Nashville-Nonpartisan-Examiner~y2009m7d30-Is-America-fair-to-Americans?cid=exrss-Nashville-Nonpartisan-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-3219-Nashville-Nonpartisan-Examiner~y2009m7d28-A-tough-week-for-President-Obama?cid=exrss-Nashville-Nonpartisan-Examiner Last week was a tough week for the White House, but it wasn’t all their fault, the Congress led them on and then didn’t come thru, and the press has had a field day putting on opposition with every news program.President Obama is surround... Tue, 28 Jul 2009 09:16:42 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-3219-Nashville-Nonpartisan-Examiner~y2009m7d28-A-tough-week-for-President-Obama?cid=exrss-Nashville-Nonpartisan-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-3219-Nashville-Nonpartisan-Examiner~y2009m7d24-Blue-Dog-Democrats?cid=exrss-Nashville-Nonpartisan-Examiner Blue Dog DemocratsBefore I begin my commentary I thought I would list the present Blue Dog Democrats,Blue Dog Leadership TeamRep. Stephanie Herseth Sandlin (SD), Blue Dog Co-Chair for AdministrationRep. Baron Hill (IN-09), Blue Dog Co-Chair for Polic... Fri, 24 Jul 2009 10:00:42 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-3219-Nashville-Nonpartisan-Examiner~y2009m7d24-Blue-Dog-Democrats?cid=exrss-Nashville-Nonpartisan-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-3219-Nashville-Nonpartisan-Examiner~y2009m7d22-National-healthcareVA-hospitals?cid=exrss-Nashville-Nonpartisan-Examiner  In my last commentary I brought up the fact that Washington and the states have been in the national healthcare business for years. I told you that with Medicare and Medicaid coverage for many Americans, these 2 vehicles for insurance coverage ... Wed, 22 Jul 2009 15:06:31 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-3219-Nashville-Nonpartisan-Examiner~y2009m7d22-National-healthcareVA-hospitals?cid=exrss-Nashville-Nonpartisan-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-3219-Nashville-Nonpartisan-Examiner~y2009m7d20-Healthcare-for-everyoneNOT?cid=exrss-Nashville-Nonpartisan-Examiner  The White House is fighting for a nation healthcare plan for America. The Congress is fighting among itself to come up with a plan that will pass both the House and the Senate. So far no national plan has been put together that can be presented... Mon, 20 Jul 2009 11:15:45 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-3219-Nashville-Nonpartisan-Examiner~y2009m7d20-Healthcare-for-everyoneNOT?cid=exrss-Nashville-Nonpartisan-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-3219-Nashville-Nonpartisan-Examiner~y2009m7d14-Do-we-really-need-these-Czars?cid=exrss-Nashville-Nonpartisan-Examiner  Sen. Robert Byrd (D-W.Va.), the longest-serving Democratic senator, criticized President Obama’s appointment of White House “czars” to oversee federal policy, saying these executive positions amount to a power grab by the exec... Tue, 14 Jul 2009 07:45:36 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-3219-Nashville-Nonpartisan-Examiner~y2009m7d14-Do-we-really-need-these-Czars?cid=exrss-Nashville-Nonpartisan-Examiner