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Originally written by Bob Siegel and published by Washington Times Communities. SAN DIEGO, October 6, 2011—Who says our country can’t handle a black president? Even before the election of Barack Obama, America proved its ability to embrace far more; a black God! True, it came from the fictitious film, Bruce Almighty, but Morgan Freeman gave one of the best portrayals of …

Originally written by Bob Siegel and  published by Washington Times Communities,  September 8, 2011 Smoke was still coming out of the ground even though planes had hit the World Trade Center some four weeks ago. I was actually, there, at Ground Zero, almost one month to the day of 9-11-01. Naturally, I’d seen this picture on TV but nothing could …

Originally published by Washington Times Communities: September 2, 2011 White House spokesman, Jay Carney has assured us that President Obama’s original idea to speak before a joint session of Congress on Wednesday, September 7th, the same night as the Republican debate, was only “coincidental.” Yes, I’m sure that’s true.  Obama probably had no idea whatsoever.  After all, he’s only the …

Let’s stop all the nonsense about President Obama’s vacation plans for Martha’s Vineyard. So he goes on vacation! Big deal! It’s not like other presidents haven’t gone on vacation. How many vacations did George Bush take? Even if our former president took less, Obama deserves extra rest, because he has a far more stressful job. After all, those mean spirited …

Some of Congresswoman Bachmann’s supporters defend too many of her statements but the popular presidential candidate does not own a monopoly on gaffes. Such is the subject of my latest column for Communities At Washington Times. This article, similar in some ways to a piece I did a few weeks ago about Sarah Palin for the San Diego Rostra, goes …

Communities At Washington Times asked me to write a follow up piece to my previous article about Anthony Weiner. My purpose was to key in on things we should be concerned about, discarding all the tabloid nonsense. Read Article Bob Siegel is a weekend radio talk show host on KCBQ and columnist. Details of his show can be found at …

Not long ago, I attended a social gathering with different families and mixed ages of people. One of the adults made a joke about Sarah Palin. Immediately, a High School junior responded by saying with cynicism, “Let’s not go by anything Sarah Palin says.” She then proceeded to remind us that Sarah Palin knew nothing about the treasured ride of …

President Obama has admitted with a chuckle that his “shovel ready” projects were not nearly as shovel ready as they had hoped. Many are upset with the president for seemingly laughing off the many people out of work as he seeks to create government jobs all the while exhibiting zero concern (or perhaps limited understanding) of a failing private sector …

Tuesday night, Donald Trump was interviewed by Sean Hannity of Fox News. Trump informed Hannity that if the Republicans do not nominate a strong enough candidate, he himself will run as an Independent since “Obama must be stopped.” Last week, on The O’Reilly Factor, Trump said something similar but at that time he only claimed he “might” run. Even Trump’s …

Written by Bob Siegel and originally published by Washington Times Communities. Used by permission. SAN DIEGO, June 7, 2011 —On June 2, former CBS News anchor Katie Couric tweeted, “I’m curious if anybody thinks this Anthony Weiner Twitter scandal is a legit news story or just fodder for late-night comedians…thoughts?” (News Busters, June 3, 20011 regarding a June 2 tweet). …

Written by Bob Siegel and originally published by Washington Times Communities, 5-26-11.  Used by permission. SAN DIEGO, May 26, 2011 —The mouth is a wonderful gift: Communication throughout history would have been so difficult without it. After all, the ability to text was not available in ancient times. Still, one cannot help but dream of a world where politicians use …

Written By Bob Siegel and originally published by Washington Times Communities, 5-25-11.  Used by Permission. SAN DIEGO, May 25, 2011 —Unlike Katie Couric, who seemed to be doing everything she could to nail Sarah Palin in her 2008 interview, Chris Wallace looked genuinely surprised when Republican presidential hopeful, Herman Cain, could not offer a cohesive answer to one particular Middle …

Written by Bob Siegel and published by Washington Times Communities, 5-18-11. Used by permission. SAN DIEGO, May 18, 2011 — As if Newt Gingrich wasn’t in enough trouble already from his comments on  Meet the Press, another little bomb threatens to wipe out the former Speaker of the House’s campaign before his ships can even get out of Pearl Harbor. …

Written by bob Siegel and originally published by The Washington Times Communities, 5-12-11. Used by permission SAN DIEGO, May 12, 2011 —During a much anticipated speech today in Ann Arbor, Michigan, potential presidential candidate Mitt Romney talked frankly about the state wide Massachusetts health care plan, which came into being under his watch as governor, and bears an uncanny resemblance …

Last Sunday, churches, stores, and homes were filled with the joyous phrase, “Happy Mother’s day.” But a wise, modern mind would question whether or not to repeat those words. We have to maintain our Political Correctness after all. Saying “Happy Mother’s Day” could be showing insensitivity and discrimination to fathers or to children or to women who are not mothers. …

Written by Bob Siegel and originally published by The Washington Times Communities, 5-6-0-11. Used by permission. SAN DIEGO, May 6, 2011 —In the shadow of the biggest news since 9/11, a small group of Republican candidates held their first 2012 presidential debate yesterday in Greenville, South Carolina. Credit was given to President Obama for taking out Osama bin Laden, and …

Written by Bob Siegel and originally published by The Washington Times Communities, 4-27-11. Used by permission. When somebody falls for a trap, who’s to blame, the trapper, or the sucker who took the bait? Neither Donald Trump nor President Obama have much to brag about today regarding the birth certificate nonsense, but both are offering cocky speeches anyway, almost as if …

Originally written by Bob Siegel and published in The Washington Times Communities, 4-21-11. Used by permission. SAN DIEGO, April 21,24, 2011 —There is a new bill making its way through the California legislature. It already passed the Senate. If it also passes the Assembly and gets signed, public school teachers will be required to update both their lectures and their …

Written by Bob Siegel and originally published in The Washington Times Communities 4-15-11. Used by permission. SAN DIEGO, April 15,24, 2011 —Good Friday. Where on Earth did they come up with a name like that?  The second in a trilogy of holy days making up Easter Week, (Psalm Sunday, Good Friday, and Easter itself) the purpose of Good Friday is …

“America cannot stand by and watch evil happen to innocent people without taking action, but we must do it in such a way that it doesn’t commit us to a war, so yes we plan to stop Muammar Gaddafi from killing more people, but no, we do not intend to remove him from power, however, (And this is very important) …