Rasmussen reports that 58% of Americans polled want answers in a bad way from Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab, the terrorist who tried to kill over 250 people on a Christmas Day Northwest Airlines flight by detonating plastic explosive he’d secreted in his underwear. By bad way I mean bad enough to waterboard the radical Muslim. Fifty-eight…
Month: December 2009
Obama Still Doesn’t Get Iran
President Obama has been in office for nearly a year now and one of the most pressing issues in the realm of national security still seems to escape him, namely what to do with Iran. The Washington Post, no right-wing, war-mongering rag, says that Iran may very well be at the tipping point. That means…
Cardiologists Foresee Their Profession Ending Under DemCare
USA Today reports that cardiologists, one of, if not the, most elite of surgical specialties, have filed suit against Kathleen Sebelius and the Health and Human Services department in hopes of heading off the Obama administration’s plans to make deep cuts in the amount of money Medicare will pay for life-saving heart exams and surgeries….
Taxing Cadillac Health Plans un-American
MIT professor Jonathan Gruber says that a plan to tax so-called “Cadillac” health care plans isn’t a tax at all. But what else could it be given Gruber’s own analysis of the Senate plan: It would reduce the incentives for employers to provide excessively generous insurance, leading to more cost-conscious use of health care and,…
Democratic Grinches Ruin Medical Care System on Christmas Eve
In a straight party-line vote, Democrats in the U.S. Senate today passed a health care system reform bill through their side of Congress, despite the fact that a sizable majority of voters oppose the measure. While it’s possible that the bill, which is over 2000 pages long at this point, may come apart in negotiations…
Little Green Footballs Take Bad Bounces
Charles Johnson, proprietor of Little Green Footballs, is someone who used to make some sense, particularly with regard to the dangers of Islam. Sadly he’s recently dropped the ball and is now running like a headless chicken toward the wrong end zone, all the while shouting, “I’ve left the right! I’ve left the right!” Johnson’s…
On the Potential Passing of Byrd, DemCare
Liberal blogger Matt Yglesias charges that Republicans are “hoping that they can stall long enough for Robert Byrd to die” in order to derail Democrats’ sweeping health care plans. The fact is that Senator Byrd has lacked the mental and physical capacity to perform his duties for several years, perhaps a decade or longer. The…
Dave Winer: Change is not in i…
Dave Winer: Change is not in itself a valid reason for anything. // So true; and the #1 fallacy of the Obama narrative http://bit.ly/6STnGr
Not wishing a daughter’s carja…
Not wishing a daughter’s carjacking on anyone… But it’s good for senators to confront real life once in a while… http://bit.ly/8NyAtP
Note to Islamic nut jobs like …
Note to Islamic nut jobs like those who killed 35 at mosque in Pakistan: Lunatics should blow themselves up FIRST… http://bit.ly/6p74XJ