Liberal intellectuals Patrick Kennedy and Bette Midler made headlines this week by claiming that right-wing opposition to Democrats’ plans to create a government-run health care plan is, in the words of young Mr. Kennedy, “dangerous to the fabric of our country”. Congressman Kennedy, son of the late Sen. Ted Kennedy, went on to say: It’s…
Category: Politics
Linking ACORN and President Obama
Stanley Kurtz, perhaps the most dogged investigator of President Obama’s checkered past, recalls to mind Mr. Obama’s past association with ACORN. It’s not pretty, but it ought to be required reading for those who persist in providing the president with the cover of “moderate” and “mainstream” labels. There’s been a good deal of attention to…
More on Liberal Entitlement
Ron Lieber of the NY Times has a new piece up detailing Congress’ thoughts about halving the amount of pre-tax dollars that American families can set aside in their flexible spending accounts. Most of the piece is devoted to running down the facts of the case, such as Max Baucus being the grinch behind the…
Missourah’s You Might be a Racist Flowchart
Missourah’s take on the whole “if you dare to disagree with President Obama then you’re a racist” shtick that defines the Democrats these days would be a riot if it weren’t mostly true.
Why We Protest
The streets of Washington D.C. are filled with citizens who want President Obama and the Democratic leadership to reconsider the massive government-sponsored reorganization of the nation’s healthcare system. These protesters, many of them politically involved for the first time in their lives, have come from across the nation with a purpose: to let the federal…
President Held to Account and Country Benefits
The transcript for President Obama’s address to the nation’s school children has been released as promised. It is a fine speech and one worthy of the office Mr. Obama holds. Although I oppose virtually everything that this president has tried to achieve thus far in his tenure, I hope that he is successful at inspiring…
President Entitled to Indoctrinate Children?
Regarding his plans to address virtually all American children in their schools, is President Obama operating within his proper sphere of authority as President of the United States? Probably, though it’s certainly debatable. But what he has to say – and what teachers do with his words – may give many parents reason answer in…
Congress and Stupid Law Tricks
A recent Rasmussen poll showed that only 29% of Americans are confident that Congress knows what its doing with regard to the economy. This isn’t a great number, obviously, but it’s higher than I would have expected. Not surprisingly it’s liberals who make up the bulk of those comfortable with the Democrats’ handling of the…
A Texan’s Response to Obama’s Spending, Medical Agenda
Despite Democrats’ assertions that resistance to their massive spending programs and plans to create a taxpayer-funded healthcare program have been artificially generated, Sam Bates of Lubbock county, Texas, knows what he thinks about liberals’ agenda and he doesn’t like it. A rancher, Bates took the figurative pen in hand and plowed the message “Say no…
The Health Care Debate We’re Not Having
We are not having the health care debate that we should be having. The first question should be, “Should the government offer any sort of health care benefit?”, not “What kind of health care program should we implement, how much should it cost, and who will it cover?” These are interesting questions; however, until the former is answered, resoundingly, as an affirmative they are also irrelevant.