To State the Obvious II

By Dan Barber

Hillary Clinton embraces past in New Hampshire, calls scandals 'distractions'

Hopefully in this Presidential election we can have a person voted into office based on character and real leadership experience, not based on gender, ethnicity, religion, age, sexual identity or any other non-merit reason. We need a person who can actually lead us into the future so we don't repeat history.

Libya migrant boat survivors tell of rescue ship sighting, collision

This is a glaring example highlighting America's failed foreign affairs policy in the Middle East. We own this disaster because these people are refugees fleeing unrestrained Islamic terrorists.  These people are not immigrants purposely seeking Italian citizenship. When President Obama claimed that his administration had terrorists on the run, he failed to mention in what direction they were running.

Saudi Arabia to shift from heavy airstrikes to 'political process' in Yemen

Wow... it seems that the only people who know what's going on in the Middle East are the ISIL terrorists! Unless Obama and the State Department aren’t saying what they really know! Obama has kept his promise of getting out of the Middle East.

Vaccine mandate bill revamped to ease home-schooling waiver

I love seeing parental involvement in their children's development. What I hate seeing is parental involvement in their children's destruction, or at best allowing their children to grow into germ-a-phobs or deniers of real medical science if they even survive their childhood into adulthood.

Don’t look now, but things are looking up for Obama

Whew... thank goodness we can all relax now that the polls are telling us that we are all so much better off with Obama at the helm! Do you believe those polls? I don't.

Homeland Security is laying roots in Silicon Valley, and you might not like its reasons

Remember back in the "good old days" when it was against the law for the government to spy on Americans in America? It seems to me that our administration is calling U.S. citizens potentially dangerous... especially those "mean and evil" Christians because they refuse to support progressive ideas at the risk of eternal damnation.

L.A. restaurants push for tips to count toward minimum wage

Allowing inexperienced politicians to meddle in something they don't know anything about is a sure fire way to destroy it. There are many hard working and successful people who work as waitresses, waiters, bartenders and other service providers who rely on tips for that success. I knew a bartender who used to work at the airport in Los Angeles, who made enough money to invest in income real estate around the city. Perhaps the politicians know what they are doing by going after those successful hardworking people to spread their wealth and success to others. Instead of viewing minimum wage jobs as a career choice for poor people, politicians should be helping the providers of those jobs so people will view them as an entry level training opportunity.

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