Category Archives: Russia

Flexible Congratulations

Cartoon depicts Obama being congratulated by leaders from Germany, the U.K., Israel, and Russia after winning the 2012 presidential election

President Obama has a spotty record on keeping promises. Obamacare – sure. Cut the Deficit in half  - not so much.

Now that he’s won re-election, let’s see if he keeps his promise to be flexible

Body Language


Funny Barack Obama cartoon by political cartoonist Chip Bok illustrates Putin's muscles and Barack Obama flexibility

Much has been made of the body language of Putin and Obama at the G20 summit.

My analysis: muscular yet flexible.

Krauthammer’s analysis of Obama’s post summit press conference: gibberish.

Flexible Leadership

In the president’s latest open mic escapade he was caught passing a message to Putin that he will be even more pliable when he’s no longer accountable to the voters.

Nasa Needs a Ride Board

Having abandoned the Space Shuttle by the side of the galaxy, NASA relied on the kindness of Russians for transportation to the International Space Station.  Bad move.  While NASA minds contemplated the finer points of alien attack (not involving relatives of the president), a Russian Soyuz blew up, leaving the space station lost in space.

Wrong Stuff

In his State of the Union, Obama referred to our Sputnik moment.  It was an attempt to rally the nation to “win the future” or do something or other.  The one thing it was not was an attempt to deprive the Russians of a monopoly on manned space travel.