This is Sunday Morning Coffee, my name is Michael Libbie and I get to write a weekly piece about politics and religion with a little gossip thrown in for fun. If you would like to comment here, go ahead. And/or we can connect on my Twitter Stream @MichaelLibbie and my personal Facebook Page is right here. Let's go!
"I Screwed Up!"
Shame of President Obama for caving on the health care issue of allowing folks to keep their flawed and sub-standard policies for another year. It's not been a good week for progressives who pushed for and elected this president because we had hope for real changes in health care. He should have simply delayed the time limit...but he did the political thing and not the right thing. He should have said, "I screwed up when I said you could keep your crappy insurance policies from these blood-sucking companies who have been raking in billions in profits. But, for the good of this country and for your health, you can't continue to throw money down a rat-hole." THAT is what he should have said. That is something President Reagan might have said...well, might have.
60 Minutes & Benghazi
The bigger the lie the bigger the fallout! Nope not exactly. When Laura Logan "reported" for 60 Minutes, following her year-long investigation into the Benghazi Attack, that a "witness" had been on the scene. Right-wing media outlets and conservative politicians (think Sen. Lindsey Graham) seized on the story, claiming it validated their extensive effort to turn the attack into a political scandal for President Obama and Hillary Clinton. Trouble was...the story was fabricated. Fabricated even to the point that now reporters are looking into the background of Ms. Logan to learn what exactly was her role in pressing the phony story. CBS is doing a "journalistic review" on the pulled story. She should have been...fired. It's the biggest blunder for 60 Minutes since the 2004 controversy surrounding a story on President Bush's Air National Guard service.
Rural America in Trouble
The latest economic news out of Rural America is not good and not getting better. According to a report issued by the National Rural Assembly the economic conditions in non-metro America shows fewer jobs, more poverty and a declining population. Why should you care? Because so much of Iowa is...rural. However, according to this study things are not very good "out there". And, with our "Do-Nothing Congress" and still no Farm Bill it ain't gonna get better. Sad... Here is that report.
Bruce Braley and Obamacare
Speaking of Iowa...it seems that Rep. Bruce Braley has joined with members of the GOP in pushing for significant changes in the Affordable Care Act. What? Well, it's all politics. Braley is running for the US Senate in a state that is over the top in right wing toxic radio broadcasting and that plays a part in how citizens of the Hawkeye State look at Obamacare. So much so that last week Congressman Braley joined the GOP majority in the House and voted for Rep. Fred Upton's bill that the White House said would "gut" the ACA. Here is that report from our friends at the National Journal.
Sarah Palin & Iowa
The former Governor of Alaska was here recently spouting some of the most silly things since being able to, "...see Russia from my front porch". Now she is after the Pope. Palin is out hawking her new book which contends there is a "War on Christmas" and made her comments to CNN about the Pope being too liberal. But she really added fuel to the fire when she compared the "social safety net" to slavery, "Our free stuff today is being paid for today by taking money from our children and borrowing money from China. When that note comes due it's going to be like slavery when that note is due, right? We are going to be beholden to a foreign master." And to think she was on the presidential ticket. Oh...my.
No Noise!
I like hockey. I like to go to the Iowa Wild hockey games at the Wells Fargo Arena. I was there this weekend when officials asked my friend Michael Leo to refrain from blowing his "hockey horn" because they had received emails saying it was "too loud". Meanwhile the arena announcer, Mark Pierce, urges the crowd to "Get Loud!". I dunno either. Here is a photo of Michael with his now banned horn.
Tyler Olson
Just wondering if anybody has seen him. We've had Sen. Jack Hatch on our businss broadcast as well as Bob Krause. Would love to give him some equal time to talk about why he should be the Democratic nominee for governor. We've been trying to wrangle Tyler but must not have the right connections. Do you?
Partly Personal
Short cup of coffee today. While I've been up since 5AM I've also been on "Mom Duty". She is determined to take pills she doesn't have to take. So we've been having that discussion on and off for the past several hours. Hey...what the heck huh?
Also, took our granddaughter Taylor to the Iowa Wild Game this weekend...she had a great time and was very, very busy. Have a wonderful Sunday and thanks for coming by!
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