During the fall of ‘08, President George W. Bush cancelled out-of-state events and in-town interviews left and right to focus on our nation’s economic woes. See ABC and FOX for a few examples.Â
How focused is President Obama on an economy that has only gotten worse?  You should ask ESPN. Seems that even with more Americans losing their jobs, a failing stimulus plan [...]
Chris Cillizza (@TheFix on Twitter) of the Washington Post just posted thisstory about Indiana Senator Evan Bayh’s dissenting ways in Washington. Cillizza points out that Bayh has frequently been vocal with his disapproval of Obama’s policies and is leading a group of 14 centrist Democrats in weekly meetings to plot ways to increase their influence on [...]
A day behind, but great piece from Time magazine on Obama feigning populist outrage at AIG bonuses. As the days go on, we’re learning more and more about how much the Administration and Members of Congress knew about this plan. Some knew for days, weeks, months and possibly a year ago. Demanding answers and reprecussions [...]
Today, we’re told that Rush Limbaugh’s poll numbers are in the dumps. http://tiny.cc/QNZWg
The piece compares Rush’s numbers to Obama’s, but what about Congress? Thanks to the folks at Newsbusters we know the answer. According to this post it turns out that they also pollled Nancy Pelosi and guess what? Her numbers are BELOW Rush’s.
Agree with Limbaugh or not, [...]
Some of you know how frustrating the past few weeks have been for me trying to put this site together. Looking at it, others of you will laugh, because it’s a simple template from a free program called Wordpress. Well, for whatever reason, be it that I’m just not as tech savvy as I thought [...]
At some point during my 12+ hour flight back to the U.S. from Tokyo in mid-February, I received a phone call from Kelly DiNardo, a freelance writer tasked with writing a story about departure e-mails for the Associated Press. Somewhere along the path in her research, Kelly came across the e-mail I sent to friends [...]
I just felt like it was time for Kevin Costner to be the punchline. My Times column from March 5th is here and below.
Thoughts in 98 words or less
BY PETE SEAT
Times Columnist
Thursday, March 05, 2009
Tax and Spend Costner
Listening to President Barack Obama and other Democrats preach about fiscal discipline recently is like hearing Kevin Costner [...]
My second column in The Times. Check it out here or below.
Obamanalia: Re-energizing our economy since 2008
BY PETE SEAT
Times Columnist
Thursday, February 19, 2009
The old campaign refrain of “Yes, we can” turned to “No, you can’t” when the White House counsel’s office embarked on an effort to crack down on entrepreneurs working to shimmy up the [...]
Below is my first column from The Times (of Northwest Indiana). You can read it here or below.
Remembering 43: The Trailblazer
BY PETE SEAT Thursday, February 05, 2009
In the days leading up to Jan. 20, the mainstream media published a flurry of short-term analysis pieces proclaiming President George W. Bush the worst commander-in-chief in history. I [...]
