President Obama's immigration speech was another stirring example of post-adolescent speech-writing elevated to acceptability by a fawning press, a skilled delivery and a melodious voice.  It was classic Obama, self-referential and full of idealistic language, but as for concrete solutions and consensus building, not so much."I was a candidate for President that day, and some may recall I argued that our country had reached a tipping point; that after years in which we had deferred our most pressing problems, and too often yielded to the politics of the moment, we now faced a choice: We could squarely confront our challenges with honesty and determination, or we could consign ourselves and our children to a future less prosperous and less secure".Ironically, Obama's leadership, or lack of leadership, has already consigned "ourselves and our children to a future less prosperous and less secure."  If the domestic economic numbers and the saber rattling of...(Read Full Post)