Health Care Debate Proves Boehner Was the Right Choice for Leader

Lost among the frenzy of last Saturday’s health care debate were two discordant notes within the Republican caucus.  Both were the brainchild of Rep. John Shadegg (R-AZ), who challenged Minority Leader John Boehner for his position during last winter’s the 2006 leadership elections.  I was a Shadegg guy then.  Now I’m glad the caucus voted [...]

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The Health Insurance Mandate: In Case There Was Any Doubt…

The House Ways and Means Committee confirmed today that the mandate provisions in Pelosicare will follow the form we’ve all expected: obey or go to jail.  While it’s an unconstitutional, brutal, and outrageous provision, it does crystallize the legal issues in a way the Senate bill does not.  These people have abandoned any pretense of [...]

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The Health Insurance Mandate: Why Constitutionality Matters

As you know, this blog has explored several ways whereby the proposed mandate that everyone obtain health insurance is unconstitutional.  Ignoring entirely the advice of this blog, the Senate Finance Committee reported out a bill that included a mandate, albeit a watered-down one.  In fact, it appears that any bill that will be voted on [...]

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He’s Not Worthy: Obama Mistreats Even His Fellow Nobel Awardees

As many have noted, it is hilarious and stunning that our President was nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize when he had been in office 11 days, and that he won it without any major international accomplishment to his credit. But consider how President Obama and Democrats have treated his fellow honorees and their [...]

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Would We Give Afghanistan Back to the Taliban?

Here’s what we know about the Obama perspective on international affairs:

Obama appointees think Karzai’s election in August was a fraud.
Fraud also occurred during the 2004 election, when Karzai was initially elected.
When Obama thinks a government has been removed without an election, he wants the old government to be reinstalled, no matter how poorly that government [...]

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The White House’s New Favorite Pastime: Scolding Hondurans

There isn’t much going well for the Obama Administration right now, and that’s kept the White House from riding its favorite rhetorical metaphor: the high horse.  But when all other moral high grounds fail, they never get tired of flogging Hondurans.
This year, we’ve had North Korea launching missiles at our allies, shipping military supplies to [...]

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Pardon the Brief Interruption

The real world (work, weddings, wi-fi issues) has interrupted the regularly scheduled posting of this blog over the last week, but rest assured posting will resume shortly.  We thank you for your patience.
– Management.

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Inside the Polls on Racism and Health Care

Several outfits have polled the question raised by former President Carter: are those who oppose Obama’s policies motivated by racism?  Fox News did a version of this, with the following question:
Thinking about Barack Obama’s policies, some people say [A:those who oppose Obama's policies are mostly motivated by racism], while others say [B: opposition to Obama's [...]

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“Incitement”

Speaker Pelosi, on Wednesday:

Speaker Pelosi, on the Bush Administration:
“A total failure”
Liars
“Heartless”
“Corrupt”
Speaker Pelosi, on Americans who disagree with her:
“Can we drill your brains?”
“Astroturf”
“They’re carrying swastikas and symbols like that….”
“Un-American”
“Unpatriotic”.
“Mean-spirited”
Speaker Pelosi, on murder of abortion doctor:
“No matter our different beliefs, we are a nation of laws and every American must repudiate such violent [...]

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Mullahs for Medicine – A Thought Experiment

Imagine this scenario.
You’re a Blue Dog Democrat from a Midwestern district who got elected in 2006.  You ran on a moderately anti-Iraq War platform, but you kept your national security credentials by saying we needed to do more in Afghanistan.  You won in 2008 by a healthy 8-point margin, but you had a weak opponent, [...]

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