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The much heralded Obama jobs plan is going nowhere fast. It’s long on fluff and sound bites but terribly short on meaningful change. The White House doesn’t understand that the environment for job growth demands permanent repair, not short term policies that change in a year or so. Business needs a stable environment in which to grow. Business leaders, unlike the political class, know that planning is critical to success. Temporary breaks and improvements do not allow for long term planning and development.

Tom Donohue at the Journal has a fine piece on the shortcomings of the Obama plan. It’s worth your time.

The United States Department of Justice, the supposed legal watchdog for all Americans is not watching for all but for a selected class of victims. Kerry Picket, writing in the Washington Times says President Obama’s recent speech on bullying which promises federal protection against bullying, only protects certain people. A white male who is heterosexual would not fall under any provision of the protection, according to Picket. We suggest you read the linked article for specifics.

This is similar to DOJ’s decision to drop prosecution of a black activist who was caught on tape shouting racial epitaphs and taking a confrontational stance against white people while standing in front of a polling location.

It’s time for the President and Attorney General Eric Holder to read a few lines of the country’s founding document. The Constitution proclaims equal protection under law – not just protection for those who most supported the President in the last election.

What do you think?

Libya blinked.
The regime of Muammar Qaddafi has ordered an immediate stop to military actions against protesters. For days and days the unstable ruler has used his military, including fighter jets, to assault rebels throughout his country. The north African nation has been awash in blood as he fought back those who sought to eject him from power.

What happened to bring this sudden cease to military actions?

It wasn’t the United States. We have been content to ride along in the backseat of the car while Britain and France led the way toward a military no-fly zone. We were happy to let the most ineffective organization on earth, the United Nations, declare that force could be used to enforce the no-fly zone.

It wasn’t President Obama’s leadership that stopped Qaddafi in his tracks for there has been no leadership. Aside from a late speech to two our President has not stepped up to the plate. He made no decision and waited for someone else to lead.

Now here is the burning question: What if our President was a leader and stepped up two weeks ago and ordered a unilateral no-fly zone? How many lives would have been saved? How quickly would this human disaster has ended if Barack Obama could make a decision?

Does this mean that Britain and France are in the ascendancy or that America is in the decendancy?

President Obama put his foot in his mouth this weekend while speaking to a gathering of Muslims at the White House. He argued that  a mosque should be built in lower Manhattan near the site of the collapsed World Trade Centers. Today he tried to take back the words in a poor attempt cover up his clueless, off the teleprompter speech.

Politico has the mosque story.

While the government should and must stay out of the fray officially, it can and should point out the obvious. Building this mosque near the World Trade Center is mean, divisive and a slap in the face to the memory of those who died at the hands of Muslim terrorists. Politicians and community leaders should point out the obvious and demand a stop. Not because the government stops it – it cannot – but because it’s just wrong.

President Obama has again shown his naivete. With his stumbling retraction he appears more and more silly. He no longer has any appearance of wisdom or leadership. He is just silly and embarrassing.