Mocking Breeze

Blood Feud
"I'm not sure what Bill and I expected from the Obamas, but there was bad blood between us from the start."  
Hillary Clinton

"Obama has turned into a joke."  
Hillary Clinton

"The thing with Obama is that he can't be bothered, and there is no hand on the tiller half the time. That's the story of the Obama presidency. No hand on the f***ing tiller."  
Hillary Clinton

"And you can't trust the m***f***.... His word isn't worth s**t."  
Hillary Clinton

"No matter how obstructive the Republicans may be, Obama has the responsibility of leadership." Vernon Jordan

"I'm not going to enjoy this."  
Bill Clinton on playing golf with Barack Obama

"I hate that man Obama more than any man I've ever met, more than any man who ever lived."  
Bill Clinton

"He (Obama) put a hit job on me. He played the race card on me."  
Bill Clinton 

"I have no relationship with the president - none whatsoever."  
Bill Clinton 

"He (Obama) hates me. He tolerates you."  
Bill Clinton to Hillary Clinton

We recently read Edward Klein's delightful new book: Blood Feud - The Clintons vs. the Obamas. Highly recommended! The quotes above are some of our favorites from the book. 


Negotiation 101
The landmark agreement, jointly announced here by President Obama and President Xi Jinping, includes new targets for carbon emissions reductions by the United States and a first-ever commitment by China to stop its emissions from growing by 2030.
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As part of the agreement, Mr. Obama announced that the United States would emit 26 percent to 28 percent less carbon in 2025 than it did in 2005. That is double the pace of reduction it targeted for the period from 2005 to 2020. (New York Times, 11/12/2014)

One can almost imagine Vlad Putin telling Xi Jinping: "This guy Obama is a shmuck. He is so desperate that he'll agree to anything." 

Including a deal in which he commits the U.S. to a 26% decrease in carbon emissions by 2025 while allowing China increases until 2030. 


Discouraged in Vermont
Managers of Vermont’s troubled exchange, which has been offline for repairs since September, are asking customers who have coverage to avoid using the website during open enrollment to keep volume down. Asked last week whether the exchange would be working by Saturday, Gov. Peter Shumlin said, “I’ve been discouraged so many times by this website that I’ll believe it when I see it.” (New York Times, 11/12/2014)

Shumlin added: "All these issues will go away once we implement single payer in Vermont."

Just kidding!

By the way, a quick tally shows Vermont health insurance premiums up by almost 14% for 2015.