Category Archives: politics

Health Care Reform

The Wall Street Journal is quoting John Cassidy from The New Yorker explaining what Obamacare really is and why Nancy Pelosi was willing to sacrifice the careers of several House members to get it passed: Mr. Cassidy is more honest … Continue reading

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20 years ago today

the Berlin Wall came down. It was an amazingly euphoric moment in time celebrating the end of Stasi driven tyranny of the East German Government over its people. I remember Lech Walesa and Solidarity in Poland and just what an … Continue reading

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health care

Nancy Pelosi has pulled out an armtwistinghardballnoholdsbarredrazorthinpartisan “victory” in passing a plan for the Government to take over all of our health care decisions. Notice the bipartisan nature of the opposition. anyway, check out this very important Wall Street Journal … Continue reading

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Los Angeles Times' William Voegeli gets it

William Voegeli gets it and what he gets is in the title and the lede of yesterday’s Los Angeles Times column. The Golden State isn’t worth it Our high-benefit/high-tax model no longer works, especially compared with low-tax states like Texas. … Continue reading

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He is winning everything in sight

look at him go. Here from Reason TV is the catalogue: [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=31nqvyBTWis&color1=0xb1b1b1&color2=0xcfcfcf&feature=player_embedded&fs=1] HT to Veronique de Rugy

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this is also amazing

this is also amazing, but in a different way. surely at some point people will get really sick and tired of being hectored by someone who thinks they know better than everybody else. surely? Doesn’t he realize this country has … Continue reading

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acting like teenage kids

never forget that the crowd running the show in Washington truly deeply believes that they are smarter than you and care more than you do about things. from Drudge here is exhibit A in the condescension lalapalooza: Energy Secretary Chu: … Continue reading

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global warming

if there is something about which the world has been certain (at least certain far left precincts of the world), it is that global warming is occurring and that it is man caused. the proposed remedy has been to wreck … Continue reading

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WSJ on Van Jones

Jennifer Rubin points to an important Wall Street Journal editorial on who Van Jones was and his important standing in the leftist community in this country. the editorial makes two points very well and is well worth a read in … Continue reading

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the departure of Van Jones

before the “Green Jobs Czar” who resigned in the middle of the night on Saturday/Sunday of Labor Day weekend disappears into the memory hole, take a moment to consider that his hiring was not accidental. His radical views did not … Continue reading

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your congress at work

the lovely and gracious Congressman Pete Stark takes questions on economics and the deficit from Jan Helfeld. Hilarity ensues. Highly recommended viewing for congressional arrogance in action. the best part is at the very end so stick with it through … Continue reading

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pushing folks out the door at the NHS

The National Health Service in Britain is being criticized by “palliative care experts” (doctors who care for terminally ill patients) because of prematurely pushing patients out the door by withholding medicine and intravenous fluids while drugging them up. In a … Continue reading

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powerful stuff

Timmy Brister posted this video “Choosing Thomas” and like he says it is worth the next ten minutes of your time. [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ToNWquoXqJI&color1=0xb1b1b1&color2=0xcfcfcf&feature=player_embedded&fs=1] somewhat related, Randy Alcorn talks here about the absolute necessity for Christians to have a well developed theology … Continue reading

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two videos on the Government's role

first from Iain Murray a nice economic fisking of a you tube government health care video [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SPq6_7AFsp4&color1=0xb1b1b1&color2=0xcfcfcf&feature=player_embedded&fs=1] and next an uplifting musical piece from allahpundit [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LO2eh6f5Go0&color1=0xb1b1b1&color2=0xcfcfcf&hl=en&feature=player_embedded&fs=1]

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What she said

I agree with what Jennifer Rubin says here. there are market based sensible approaches that can be taken to reform our health insurance/health care system in this country, but the left wingers in charge aren’t interested in any such thing. … Continue reading

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anatomy of a carve out

check this out. which hospital is this? “A hospital that was recognized as a comprehensive cancer center or clinical cancer research center by the National Cancer Institute of the National Institutes of Health as of April 20, 1983, that is … Continue reading

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Carville can't count

I don’t know because I don’t watch the show, but did anyone at CNN question Carville’s crazy cajun calumny? Here’s Carville on CNN’s State of the Union today: Put a bill out there, make them filibuster it. Make them be … Continue reading

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a study in contrasts

this is interesting. our president wants to unite us all under a pragmatic banner listening to all points of view, except that he wants some people to quit talking and get out of the way. all in the same speech. … Continue reading

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Paul Ryan in action

I watched an eight minute version of this video last night. here is an almost six minute version that Mary Katherine Ham posted. I agree with Mary Katherine that Paul Ryan and Katrina van den Heuvel need to take their … Continue reading

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the market works

this story shows that the market works. until the incentives change the piracy problem off of Somalia will continue and will likely get worse. here is the introduction. The rough fishermen of the so-called Somali coast guard are unrepentant criminals, … Continue reading

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condescension in action.

just wow. watch this if you haven’t seen it already. I have been hearing about it for a few days, but only just now watched it. this is much worse than when she told the General to call her “senator” … Continue reading

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another one down

First, watch this 3.5 minute video. then keep in mind that the only person that a hypocrite is lying about is himself. He agrees that the standard is higher than his actions. He just tries to bluff his way into … Continue reading

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the President on Iran

Andy McCarthy had a couple of posts on Monday seeking to understand why Barack Obama was so reluctant to criticize the sham Iranian elections, their results and the brutality of the regime in their aftermath. I don’t know if he … Continue reading

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more czars than the Romanovs

here is a helpful list of all of the executive branch offices meddling without congressional assistance directly into our lives. Almost all of these have been put in place in the last five months. The wheels are off the wagon. … Continue reading

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moral decision making in America

Dr. Albert Mohler takes a look at President Obama’s declaration of June as gay, lesbian, transgendered, bisexual month. Along the way Dr. Mohler states his background assumption with regard to moral decision making by most people in this country: Most … Continue reading

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