By Jim ONeill —— Bio and Archives January 26, 2011
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Rep. Smith: "Are you uncomfortable attributing any of the actions to radical Islam; it sounds like it." Holder: "No I don't want to say anything negative about a religion that is, uh, that is, it's, uh...." Rep. Smith: "No, no, I'm talking about RADICAL Islam, I'm not talking about the general religion."And on it went -- painful to watch really. One can be forgiven for wanting to whisper the answer at such times: "Psst, Eric -- I-S-L-A-M-I-C T-E-R-R-O-R-I-S-T-S." After all, which of us isn't familiar with that sinking feeling of having the teacher call on us, and not knowing the answer? At any rate, Obama gave the yearly State of the Union address last night, and those of us who have come to appreciate how he is regarding clarity and specifics were not disappointed. Nonetheless, like so many Progressives, he has a hard time saying the words "spending money" (except when the words are directed toward Republicans). Progressives prefer to use the term "investing." This can be confusing, even misleading to some, who don't see the obvious correlation between "spending" and "investing." So as my civic duty I have amended Obama's State of the Union to read "spending" and "spending money"when he was unable to say those words. In addition, although many of you no doubt find the State of the Union address to be riveting oratory, in these days of multi-tasking I know that your time is at a premium, so I have also taken the liberty of editing the speech to contain only those parts that are of paramount importance to most of us -- i.e. economics.
Born June 4, 1951 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Served in the U.S. Navy from 1970-1974 in both UDT-21 (Underwater Demolition Team) and SEAL Team Two. Worked as a commercial diver in the waters off of Scotland, India, and the United States. Worked overseas in the Merchant Marines. While attending the University of South Florida as a journalism student in 1998 was presented with the “Carol Burnett/University of Hawaii AEJMC Research in Journalism Ethics Award,” 1st place undergraduate division. (The annual contest was set up by Carol Burnett with money she won from successfully suing a national newspaper for libel). Awarded US Army, US Navy, South African, and Russian jump wings. Graduate of NOLS (National Outdoor Leadership School, 1970). Member of Mensa, China Post #1, and lifetime member of the NRA and UDT/SEAL Association.