The Rosen Report

A Strategic Question-- Is Trump Running Marjorie Taylor-Greene's Mouth Because He Needs Her Bloody Shirt?  The question raised in the above title is exactly what it sounds like, and I'm taking a calculated risk in writing it. I know that some of my readers, including my wife, have already ventured there, hesitant to think it out loud. It is emphatically not a "conspiracy theory," rather a reasonable hypothesis supported by historical patterns and recent political events. However, those who are in search of "facts" for purposes of verification will be disappointed, because we are making an effort to anticipate events which have not yet happened. That is what is known as forecasting, which differs from a prediction insofar as there are variables which could change the outcome, especially useful for when we want to head off a potential disaster. But many are asking, "what does she think she is actually doing besides raising the national blood pressure?...

(photo credit: Mother Jones, public hanging in Owensboro Kentucky, 1927, 20,000 people in attendence) Trump Launches Campaign With Announcement He Will Expand The Death Penalty And Bring Back Firing Squads And The Guillotine-- Where Do We Think This Leads?  https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2023/02/donald-trump-guillotines-firing-squads-executions Intro-- Many people have repeated the long expressed popular belief that the two subjects one should avoid discussing in polite company are politics and religion. The thinking (or lack thereof) behind this oft-stated shiboleth is that these are personal beliefs of sovereign individuals, which no one but the holder of these beliefs has the moral right to question, challenge or refute, and to do so is a violation of privacy and personal freedoms. Therefore better to avoid both subjects in order to avoid conflicts or risk offending someone needlessly. I must admit that I tried once about 50 years ago to not discuss politics or religion, and fe...

A Post "State Of The Union" Overview--President Biden's Victory, And What We Need To Do To Follow On--  First, I'll take the liberty of saying that I believe we all are in agreement that President Biden's performance at the State Of The Union address was masterful, and that he thoroughly outflanked the disruptive behavior of the GOP/MAGA forces, turning it against them in the fashion of a black belt Judoku.   The weakness which the President exploited was grounded in two factors. First is the irrefutable success of the policy initiatives which he was able to get through, despite the GOP's obstructionism and Democratic centrist sabotage (ie; Manchin, Sinema) The spontaneous playful barbs tossed at his GOP "friends" ribbing them for taking credit back home for the Biden programs they opposed was devastating. It was reminiscent of the "slice and dice" almost silent "pfffftt" of a Japanese Samurai sword, leaving them sitting there wit...