Dennys Global Politics: President Obama Weekly Address: This Labor Day, Let’s Talk About the Minimum Wage

President Barack Obama discusses Ukraine during a meeting with members of his National Security Staff in the Oval Office, Feb. 28, 2014. (Official White House Photo by Pete Souza)

Dennys Global Politics:  President Obama Weekly Address: This Labor Day, Let’s Talk About the Minimum Wage

Weekly Address: This Labor Day, Let’s Talk About the Minimum Wage

WASHINGTON, DC —In this week’s address, the President wished Americans a Happy Labor Day weekend, highlighted the important economic progress we’ve made, and reaffirmed his commitment to accelerate our progress and ensure that our growing economy fuels a strong middle class. To do this, the President reiterated that Congress should do right by hardworking Americans across the country and raise the minimum wage and he praised the 13 states and Washington, DC as well as employers large and small who have heeded his call and taken action to provide their citizens and employees a fair wage. The President underscored that America built the world’s greatest middle class by making sure that everyone who’s willing to work hard and play by the rules can get ahead – an economic patriotism worth remembering this Labor Day, and every day....

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From Denny:  You sure can tell this is the mean political season.  Republican strategists sure don't mind how reckless are their strategies if they can get in a barrage of attacks against President Obama and the Democrats just to score points with their rabid base.  Nothing infuriates me more than cavalier politics - no matter which political party, geared to win no matter the costs to someone else's family: especially hostages held and tortured by terrorist groups like ISIS.

The Republicans and the No Brain Media (think:  Fox News and mainstream media that report what Fox is saying not realizing how bad they look to the public) just don't stop and think about the consequences of their actions.  We can definitely blame a lot of what is going on in the mainstream media news shows on immature, cavalier, downright intellectually and emotionally tone deaf news producers who are clueless as to what the public wants to know and how to deliver it.  Real journalists should complain and start demanding better quality content...

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From Denny:  Well, the Ferguson "Race Riots" were originally on my posting agenda but the military is fussing and cussing so vociferously about President Obama taking a victory lap and exposing details on the failed hostage rescue yet again this post took precedence.  What is the matter with the political hacks of this Obama White House?  Are they so depraved they don't realize how many people they have now condemned to death all because they wanted to prop up the President's sagging poll numbers?  Is their reasoning "it's better to look like the President is doing something and failed at the ISIL hostage rescue than to be perceived as doing nothing?"

And this is why after winning a second term every President needs to send home his political team and get a real team that is serious about proper governing.  You just can't take political people and transform them into governing people.  Why?  Because when the political heat is on they revert to their default programming.

The same is true for Sec. of State John Kerry taking his people to the State Department.  Political teams do not know how to interface effectively with diplomats of other countries or even of their own country.  It sure shows too as Sec. Kerry keeps coming home with so little in the win category.  His political people really don't know how to do the months and months of negotiations to set it up successfully so the Sec. of State can take his victory lap easily.

Sec. Kerry has six floors of seasoned State Department folks at his disposal, yet most are left with nothing significant to do every day.  They can't all be political backstabbers and clueless trust fund babies.  There must be dozens of qualified professionals in the bunch that can be a real help.  Quit allowing your political people to sideline your best people, elbowing them out of the work.

And back to the White House political hacks who are equally clueless and incompetent, elbowing out of the room the competent people who are eager to help this President.  What is it with all this self-aggrandizement of this President at the risk of getting current and future U. S. hostages killed?  All these political hacks are doing is making the job of hostage rescuers even more difficult than it already stands.  Political hacks are risking the lives of current and future hostages.  This White House already created terrible damage when they foolishly detailed the Bin Laden takedown.  What should they have really said?  How about this:  "Notice:  Bin Laden is dead.  He was killed by a woman:  Lady Karma.  Enough said."

The last thing you do is take a victory lap just to prove you are engaged and doing something behind the scenes.  It really looks so selfish and insensitive.  It cheapens the Presidency too.  When you win against an opponent on the international stage the worst thing to do is brag about it or stomp on their heads one more time.  It's immature at best - and gets too many people killed at worst.

And another thing:  Quit releasing so much information to my fellow media about which Special Forces it was, how many helicopters, what weapons, operational details of any kind.  It's stupid to expose systems and processes, making the next raid that much more difficult to accomplish without harm to our soldiers or the hostages.  All you have to say is something like this:  "We have been working hard behind the scenes at bringing home our hostages.  More updates when the situation changes."

Note to White House:  Quit thinking politically and get it in gear thinking about others beside yourselves.  Don't make me collect my Louisiana baseball bat and travel up to Washington, D. C. just to take a few whacks on the fools that thought this political stunt was such a good idea.  They should be fired, retired or put out to pasture - preferably all three options.

Note to my military friends and dragon warriors risking their lives and planning these operations:  Consider the White House properly yelled at for this disgraceful act of self-aggrandizement that continues to cheapen the Presidency and erode trust with the public, the armed services and the intelligence communities.

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POW Bowe Bergdahl: 8,000 Afghan-Iraq War Deserters. Why Is America Attacking THIS One?

From Denny:  Maybe the headline should be:  "Do Terrorists Win?  The Perplexing Vicious Bullying of POW Bowe Bergdahl."  For almost two months I've been working to write this post but have found myself shocked, dismayed, downright apoplectic - and practically speechless - at the savage, malicious, downright evil attacks against Bowe Bergdahl.  So much for the loyalty to the American philosophy of "Leave No One Behind."  In this case it should read: "Leave No One Behind Unless It's Convenient To Use Them For Political Advantage [2016 election] And Avoid Prosecution For War Crimes."

Yes, I am still that furious at the attackers of a returning POW who experienced pure Hell for a very long five years.  So, I took a serious time out to watch before commenting to see how things played out since I knew it was the political hacks - and - highly suspect - most likely some very guilty platoon mates from Bergdahl's outfit - who were driving these attacks...

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