Kennedy, Midler say disagreeing with health care plans could lead to civil war. If so, wouldn’t those agitating for change be responsible?
Month: September 2009
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…
The True American Virtue
David Brooks summarizes Michael Kazin thusly and captures the true American virtue in print almost by accident: The idea is that free labor is the essence of Americanism. Hard-working ordinary people, who create wealth in material ways, are the moral backbone of the country. In this free, capitalist nation, people should be held responsible for…
Perfecting Man, the Impossible Dream
Thomas Sowell thinks the difference between conservatives and liberals has to do with their views about the perfectability of man. Sowell argues that when it comes to the culture wars, each of us will be drawn to a specific trench not because of policies or parties but rather because of the vision we may hold…
Highlighting a 1st Amendment Hero
Mike Adams says that Dr. Indrek Wichman is a First Amendment hero and proceeds to prove it using Wichman’s own words: Dear Moslem Association: As a professor of Mechanical Engineering here at MSU I intend to protest your protest. I am offended not by cartoons, but by more mundane things like beheadings of civilians, cowardly…
ACORN Sues Over Truth
ACORN, the activist organization accused of voter fraud in the 2008 presidential election and various other unsavory deeds, is now suing the reporters who exposed some of the group’s outrageous actions. Since when did telling the truth about a group dedicated to defrauding the American people become a crime?
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.
Comment to Matt Yglesias
I left this comment on Matt Yglesias’ snarky post which said, per the standard liberal playbook, that this year’s anti-tax tea parties are all about racism: “your basic tea party crowd isn’t the sort of crowd in which a Confederate flag is unwelcome” Matt, tell the black lady who headed up our communities’ tea part…
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…