Tuesday, November 3, 2009
Wall Street Journal: The Worst Bill Ever
"Epic new spending and taxes, pricier insurance, rationed care, dishonest accounting: The Pelosi health bill has it all."
Christian Toto: Exposing the Farce of Chavez — and His Western Admirers
“'A major motivating factor was the shock that it produced in me to see all these academic and intellectuals who just love this guy,'” Clark says. 'They don’t know what they’re talking about.'”
La Shawn Barber: Abortion Mill Director Watches Child Killing
"…and resigns from Planned Parenthood in Bryan, Texas. Praise God!"
Mark Alexander: 'Nobody Questions That'?
"Though Obama swore to 'preserve, protect and defend the Constitution of the United States,' and every member of Congress has pledged 'to support and defend the Constitution of the United States against all enemies, foreign and domestic,' and 'bear true faith and allegiance to the same,' Democrats, and too many Republicans, have forsaken their sacred oaths."
Like those who break the sacred oath of marriage.
Like those who break the sacred oath of marriage.
Michael Barone: What happened to Obamamania?
"Where have all those Obamenthusiasts who were so visible in 2008 been hiding this year? In this New Republic article Lydia DePillis seems to think that the problem is that Organizing For America has been run as a top-down organization, rather than as a bottom-up movement, giving the folks out there no sense of ownership. She asks, 'Can a grassroots organization run in the top-down style of a political machine really accomplish much—let alone change the terms of debate on any given issue?'"
Mike Soraghan: Lieberman: Doing nothing on healthcare better than government-run option
"Sen. Joe Lieberman said Sunday it's worth defeating a healthcare overhaul in order to prevent the creation of a government-run health insurance program."
Thomas Sowell: Dismantling America II
"'Tom, you don't understand,' he said. 'Those people need to believe in that man. They have invested so much hope and trust in him that they cannot let you stir up any doubts.'
"Years later, and hundreds of miles away, I learned that my worst misgivings about that program did not begin to approach the reality, which included organized criminal activity.
"The memory of that long-ago episode has come back more than once while observing both the actions of the Obama administration and the fierce reactions of its supporters to any questioning or criticism.
"Almost never do these reactions include factual or logical arguments against the administration's critics. Instead, there is indignation, accusations of bad faith and even charges of racism.
"Here too, it seems as if so many people have invested so much hope and trust in Barack Obama that it is intolerable that anyone should come along and stir up any doubts that could threaten their house of cards.
"Among the most pathetic letters and e-mails I receive are those from people who ask why I don't write more 'positively' about Obama or 'give him the benefit of the doubt.'
"No one-- not even the President of the United States-- has an entitlement to a 'positive' response to his actions. The entitlement mentality has eroded the once common belief that you earned things, including respect, instead of being given them.
"As for the benefit of the doubt, no one-- especially not the President of the United States-- is entitled to that, when his actions can jeopardize the rights of 300 million Americans domestically and the security of the nation in an international jungle, where nuclear weapons may soon be in the hands of people with suicidal fanaticism."
"Years later, and hundreds of miles away, I learned that my worst misgivings about that program did not begin to approach the reality, which included organized criminal activity.
"The memory of that long-ago episode has come back more than once while observing both the actions of the Obama administration and the fierce reactions of its supporters to any questioning or criticism.
"Almost never do these reactions include factual or logical arguments against the administration's critics. Instead, there is indignation, accusations of bad faith and even charges of racism.
"Here too, it seems as if so many people have invested so much hope and trust in Barack Obama that it is intolerable that anyone should come along and stir up any doubts that could threaten their house of cards.
"Among the most pathetic letters and e-mails I receive are those from people who ask why I don't write more 'positively' about Obama or 'give him the benefit of the doubt.'
"No one-- not even the President of the United States-- has an entitlement to a 'positive' response to his actions. The entitlement mentality has eroded the once common belief that you earned things, including respect, instead of being given them.
"As for the benefit of the doubt, no one-- especially not the President of the United States-- is entitled to that, when his actions can jeopardize the rights of 300 million Americans domestically and the security of the nation in an international jungle, where nuclear weapons may soon be in the hands of people with suicidal fanaticism."
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