George F. Will - China has seen the future, and it is coal

Cowlitz County in Washington state is across the Columbia River from Portland, Ore., which promotes mass transit and urban density and is a green reproach to the rest of us. Recently, Cowlitz did something that might make Portland wonder whether shrinking its carbon footprint matters. Cowlitz approved construction of a coal export terminal from which millions of tons of U.S. coal could be shipped to Asia annually."

Gitmo Is Not a Recruiting Tool for Terrorists :: Karl Rove

In his Dec. 22 news conference, President Barack Obama claimed that the Guantanamo Bay detention facility was 'probably the No. 1 recruitment tool' for al Qaeda and its affiliates. This is an escalation: Earlier this year he merely called it 'a tremendous recruiting tool' for Islamic terrorists.

But the president is wrong to assign such importance to Gitmo and, by implication, to suggest it would be a major setback to al Qaeda were he to close it, as he promised but failed to do by the end of his first year in office. Shuttering the facility would not take the wind out of terrorism, in part because it is not, and never has been, its 'No. 1 recruitment tool.'"

Maryland lawmakers fight over in-state college tuition for illegal immigrants | Washington Examiner

A fight is brewing in Maryland over allowing illegal immigrants to pay reduced in-state tuition as Montgomery and Prince George's senators introduce bills that others are trying to kill.

Both state Sen. Richard Madaleno, D-Wheaton, and Senator-elect Victor Ramirez, D-Cheverly, plan to file bills that would allow illegal immigrants who graduated from Maryland high schools and whose parents or guardians pay taxes to receive the in-state rate of $8,416. Currently, undocumented students admitted to the public University of Maryland system pay out-of-state tuition of $24,831."

DeMint: Palin has done more for the GOP ‘than anyone since Reagan’ | The Daily Caller - Breaking News, Opinion, Research, and Entertainment

The two have never met, but Sarah Palin’s star power hasn’t gone unnoticed by Sen. Jim DeMint.

“We’ve never spoken, but she left me a nice message, and I believe she’s done more for the Republican Party than anyone since Ronald Reagan,” DeMint said."

Keith Olbermann to Twitter: ‘Fox News is 100 percent bullshit’ | The Daily Caller - Breaking News, Opinion, Research, and Entertainment

I wonder how he REALLY feels................?

Usually Keith Olbermann’s Twitter ramblings are hardly newsworthy, but today’s could be an exception. Perhaps the MSNBC “Countdown” host is suffering from cabin fever due to all that snow in New York City."

House GOP leaders mum on whether they’ll stand behind Paul Ryan’s ‘Road Map’ | The Daily Caller - Breaking News, Opinion, Research, and Entertainment

This would be an example of "Spine"......However, I'm betting the GOP buckles....

For years, House Republicans have held Paul Ryan’s plan to revamp Medicare, Medicaid and Social Security at arm’s length, deeming it politically unwise to embrace it.

Now that the GOP controls the House, however, John Boehner and Eric Cantor, the incoming speaker of the House and majority leader, face a choice: Do they keep Ryan’s “Road Map” plan in the background, or embrace it and use it to present the country with a clear contrast to President Obama?"

When Cooling Becomes Warming | FrontPage Magazine

Were the stakes not so serious, the continuing efforts of global warming apologists to explain every climate condition using their pet theory would be comical. Unfortunately, and despite the death of cap and trade, the climate change crowd has already been very successful in undercutting the use of cheap, plentiful and economically beneficial fossil fuels in the United States. Even worse, the Obama administration will begin to clamp down even harder on the use of fossil fuels in 2011, in the midst of an economic crisis when America can least afford such largesse. In this context, the claim by global warming alarmists that record cold temperatures and massive snowstorms somehow confirm their beliefs demands refutation."

Obama’s Energy Power Grab | FrontPage Magazine

Again......you ask why businesses leave the USA.....?

The USEPA announced its intention to deliver yet another body blow to the power and petrochemical industries, piling on another layer of unneeded, unwanted and economically disastrous regulations to reduce emissions of greenhouse gases in the United States. Before we consider the agency’s latest move, let’s take a moment to consider all that has been done and will be done in the name of fighting the non-existent problem of global warming. States and the feds are already moving forward with at least six major regulatory programs designed to reduce the use of fossil fuels and thus decimate the energy sector:"

Actually, Bush Vetoed Bill with ‘End-of-Life’ Provisions - Big Government

However, what The Hill’s Jason Millman forgot to mention in his article was that President Bush VETOED the 2008 bill and the Democrats, along with some “good-willed” Republicans OVERRODE Bush’s veto forcing him to sign the legislation into law. The bill dealt with doctors’ reimbursements and more, but the Democrats slipped in the end-of-life planning by opening up the Social Security Act, which I have stated many times is dangerous. Once the act is changed, it is difficult to amend again and allows for tinkering with the Medicare fee schedule and covered services definitions and requirements"

Society of Professional Journalists Launches Illegal Alien Amnesty Campaign - Big Journalism

Megyn Kelly picked up on the topic at Fox News. Now, TPM is taking out after her. Given that so many self-professed journalists so routinely perform journalistic malpractice of the JournoList variety today, in the spirit of being certain, I propose we stop calling all of them journalists. We can just call them something fun, like typing monkeys, until we’re absolutely convinced they are capable of producing something akin to objective journalism, as opposed to the usual liberal spew they regularly regurgitate on cue."

Feds probe Christine O'Donnell's campaign spending

"If" they are wrong....think they'll ever clear it or apologize in public....Nnnnnooooooooooooooooooooo!

BALTIMORE (AP) - Federal authorities have launched a criminal investigation to determine whether failed U.S. Senate candidate Christine O'Donnell broke the law by using campaign money to pay personal expenses, according to a person familiar with the investigation.

O'Donnell, the Delaware Republican and tea party favorite who scored a surprise primary victory this year only to lose badly in the November general election, denied the charges and suggested they were being driven by her political opponents on the right and left, including Vice President Joe Biden."

Profs' Website Urges Rich to 'Give Back' Tax Cuts - ABC News

I'd LOVE to know what they make!? And WHY "give back" what's rightfully YOURS. Most people do not consider the fact that many a successful business person went year after year WITHOUT pay etc. - taking the financial hit and risk HOPING one day it would pay off. What a JOKE. Give money back to an Administration what is sending who knows how much of our taxpayer "Stimulus" money to OTHER countries. Give back to have it squandered?

Upset the federal government recently extended tax cuts for the rich, three professors at Yale and Cornell universities have created a website that encourages wealthy Americans to give their tax savings to charities and send a political message in the process.

The professors started giveitbackforjobs.org to allow Americans 'who have the means' to calculate what their tax cut would be and donate that amount to a charity."

What the BLS survey modification will and will not do. | RedState

Official unemployment numbers are derived from the Current Population Survey (CPS), which surveys American households every month in order to gather various statistical data. The potential confusion lies in that the CPS isn’t uniform in how it defines unemployment; depending on the question, somebody may or may not be actually considered to be in the labor market."

Georgia Democrats Descend Into Parody and Race Baiting | RedState

If you are a Republican, you wear white sheets and attend midnight meetings. That is if you believe Robert Brown.

Brown is now, after the decimation of Democrats in Georgia, the highest ranking Democrat in the whole state. He serves as leader of the Democrats in the State Senate.

On a local television program in Middle Georgia, Senator Brown was asked about a series of party switchers from Democrats to Republicans. Brown responded, “I mean, what does the wife do then, put on some red sheets on the bed and say ‘You know we can get rid of the blue sheets, but keep the white one over there because we might need that one for the midnight meeting.’”"

Rep. Paul Ryan Will Rein in House Budget Committee in 2011

Advice to forecasters: 'Give a number or a date but never in the same sentence.' The following is a forecast that ignores the good advice given in the first sentence.

For a change, there is some good news. The double-dip recession that some of us had feared if Congress raised taxes on the most productive people has been avoided for the moment, and as a result, many forecasters have increased their growth estimates for 2011 to more than 3 percent. But the country needs sustained growth rates above 3.5 percent to bring down unemployment in a reasonably rapid way."

Newsmax Magazine: Obama's Czars

They enjoy wide-ranging bureaucratic authority beyond the purview of Congress, earn six-figure salaries, and exhibit political views that reflect a distinct tilt to the left.

They're called President Obama's 'czars,' special advisers with sweeping powers, and Obama has gone far beyond his predecessors in naming nearly 40 of them to high-level positions."

Reid's Rules Scheme to Rewrite Defeat - HUMAN EVENTS

Keep an eye on this! We cannot let this happen. Everytime they are in Office - they re-write everything to give them the power they rightfully lost!

The Democrats are trying to change the Senate rules so that they can ram through their agenda when their majority shrinks next week from 59 to 53 seats.

Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) has been scheming behind closed doors to use his slim majority to vote on January 5 for the most drastic rules changes since 1975."

Fore! Errant Golf Ball Almost Takes out Obama | The Blaze

The president is known for his frequent golf trips. Upon hearing that the president has taken to the links over 50 times since being inaugurated, John Kim, a producer for golf’s PGA.com, took to Twitter to criticize the president in a series of tweets (responding to Human Events editor Emily Miller):"

British Vet Attacked Outside Pub: ‘Fu***** Shoot All You Bastards’ | The Blaze

A British Royal Air Force veteran was beaten outside a Manchester pub yesterday in an apparent anti-military attack.

Anthony O’Brien, 69, said he was punched and head butted after returning from a pub where he was discussing funeral arrangements with friends for a fellow veteran.

“I saw these two lads and, as I got near, they started shouting and swearing,” O’Brien told The Sun. “They were shouting, ‘F****** shoot all you bastards and blow your soldiers up. Death to all soldiers.’ I was scared.”"

'Poems In Zoos' Makes Wasteful Government Spending List | CNSnews.com

(CNSNews.com) - Sen. Tom Coburn (R-Okla.) has released a guide to what he believes to be some of the government’s most wasteful spending projects of 2010. The list includes poems in zoos, a museum of Grateful Dead memorabilia and a graveyard for neon signs."

Pelosi Fundraising to ‘Protect the Progress We Have Made’ : Roll Call

Excuse me while my head explodes.............

Speaker Nancy Pelosi has an outgoing New Year’s Eve wish, asking House campaign supporters to give money to fight back against “shameful attack ads” that use her to target vulnerable Democrats."

Three Solutions Where Republicans Can Lead America - HUMAN EVENTS

STILL Not sure our GOP has any kind of spine....guess we will find out soon. Remember..."We the People" must stay vigilant!

Next week when House Republicans are sworn in as a new majority, they will have a greater opportunity to enact real change than any House majority since the Democrats took over in 1930.

The American people know we are at both a values and performance crossroads."

The American Spectator : The Wussification of America, NFL-Style

And it's liberal policy's and Lawyers run amok that creates this insanity!

God bless Pennsylvania Governor Ed Rendell. Sure, he's a liberal Democrat and a loyal party apparatchik, but he's also a straight shooter. And so, he doesn't feed you a line of bull. Instead, he tells it like it is.

And Rendell absolutely hit the bull's-eye with his much-discussed comments about Roger Goodell and the National Football league suits who had the gall to cancel Sunday night's game between the Philadelphia Eagles and the Minnesota Vikings."

The American Spectator : Net Neutrality Is Theft

The Internet is not a natural resource. It does not grow on trees, or appear on the ground like dew on a spring morning. Nor does it operate by magic. The Internet exists only to the extent it is built, and then maintained and operated.

That requires big bucks, especially for broadband access. Broadband requires hundreds of billions if not trillions in investment to lay cables under streets, or to build and then launch satellites into orbit."

Health plans for high-risk patients attracting fewer, costing more than expected

In the meantime, in at least a few states, claims for medical care covered by the 'high-risk pools' are proving very costly, and it is an open question whether the $5 billion allotted by Congress to start up the plans will be sufficient."

Barack Obama lets his faith show - Carol E. Lee - POLITICO.com

2012 coming! New Election - sudden Faith. And he thinks we won't notice......man I am SICK of these people treating all of us like dopes. Then again, alot of us ( NOT ME! ) elected him....so maybe he's right!?

HONOLULU — President Obama’s trip to church Sunday followed a steady rebirth over the past three months in public expressions of his Christianity.

Obama has publicly mentioned his “Christian faith” more times in the past three months than he has over the past year. He has more frequently cited passages of the Bible, including repeated references to the spirit of Genesis 4:9 — “I am my brother’s keeper; I am my sister’s keeper” — which was a mainstay of Obama’s 2010 campaign stump speech. And he’s taken his family to church twice, a shift for a president who has preferred to worship privately since the end of the 2008 campaign."

U.S. Seeks to Lease Federal Waters for Wind Energy - WSJ.com

This is a Deval Patrick/Obama boon doggle. Article after article expresses that this power will be extremely costly - raising everyone's bills. JUST what the NE needs is a bad economy. You ask why manufacturing went overseas Washington? Look in a damn mirror!

WASHINGTON—The Obama administration is looking to lease an area in waters off the coast of Massachusetts for wind-energy projects.

The U.S. Interior Department asked wind-energy companies on Tuesday to determine whether they would be interested in building turbines within a 3,000 square-mile expanse of federal waters, south of Martha's Vineyard and Nantucket.

The so-called request for interest marks the first step in a leasing process that could allow wind-energy developers to produce 4,000 megawatts of electricity, enough to power 1.7 million households, Massachusetts' Energy and Environmental Affairs Secretary Ian Bowles said."

Shock Audio: New Black Panther Leader Reveals Collusion at NYC Meeting With Ahmadinejad to Build Alliance, Secure Raw Materials and Overthrow America | The Blaze

And we are surprised....why?

Shock Audio: New Black Panther Leader Reveals Collusion at NYC Meeting With Ahmadinejad to Build Alliance, Secure Raw Materials and Overthrow America"

Winter Blizzard Stirs Up Flurry of Criticism Over Chris Christie’s Disney Vacation | The Blaze

However, Obama & Co. have taken - what - 1000 vacations since coming into Office...? - many during national crisis....but he "deserves" the "rest".....yeah....right......pass the snow cones....

The winter weather in New Jersey may be frightful, but in Orlando, Fla., the vacation destination for New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie and his family, the weather is quite delightful — and the Republican governor’s critics are slamming him for it."

‘You lie!’ Clarence Page calls Fox News Channel’s ‘fair and balanced’ slogan ‘worst lie’ of 2010 | The Daily Caller - Breaking News, Opinion, Research, and Entertainment

The dictionary defines lying as making an untrue statement with intent to deceive. So when Fox News calls itself “fair and balanced,” is the network “lying?” According to Chicago Tribune columnist Clarence Page, the answer is yes."

Key healthcare provisions take effect as GOP moves into House | The Daily Caller - Breaking News, Opinion, Research, and Entertainment

What's the over/under the GOP will show some backbone here? I'm not taking the bet - especially the way the folded the past few weeks!

Key parts of the new healthcare law will go into effect on Jan. 1, just before a Republican-controlled House returns to Washington."

American Thinker: Is the Republican Party Finished?

The lame-duck session of the 111th Congress proved one thing beyond a doubt: the Republican Party does not represent the interests of conservatives. Despite the midterm election tidal wave, in which the Republican Party gained 63 House seats (eclipsing its historic1994 success against Clinton), congressional Republicans failed to leverage their victory into political clout and collapsed like a house of cards in the lame-duck session."

Standing Up for America | FrontPage Magazine

From time to time, a book can change history. Dr. Jamie Glazov’s Showdown With Evil is such a book, for it restores faith in American exceptionalism. Although its author was not privileged to be born in this country — or maybe for that very reason — he has dedicated his life to promoting America’s excellence. His new book tells us why millions of people from all over the world are willing to pay any price, even death sentences, to join this unique land of freedom — as he and I both did."

When Cooling Becomes Warming | FrontPage Magazine

Were the stakes not so serious, the continuing efforts of global warming apologists to explain every climate condition using their pet theory would be comical. Unfortunately, and despite the death of cap and trade, the climate change crowd has already been very successful in undercutting the use of cheap, plentiful and economically beneficial fossil fuels in the United States. Even worse, the Obama administration will begin to clamp down even harder on the use of fossil fuels in 2011, in the midst of an economic crisis when America can least afford such largesse. In this context, the claim by global warming alarmists that record cold temperatures and massive snowstorms somehow confirm their beliefs demands refutation."

RealClearPolitics - Please Stop "Helping" Us

Since the Card Act passed, mortgage and Treasury bill rates have dropped a little, but credit card interest went up -- from 13 percent to nearly 15 percent. Some banks also stopped offering credit to some people. JPMorgan Chase cut off 15 percent of its customers.

So the real result of this 'consumer' regulation? 'Hundreds of thousands of people can't get cards who used to be able to have cards, and all the rest of us now have to pay more,' Zywicki said."

U.S. changes how it measures long-term unemployment - USATODAY.com

So many Americans have been jobless for so long that the government is changing how it records long-term unemployment.

Citing what it calls 'an unprecedented rise' in long-term unemployment, the federal Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS), beginning Saturday, will raise from two years to five years the upper limit on how long someone can be listed as having been jobless.

The move could help economists better measure the severity of the nation's prolonged economic downturn."

111th Congress Added More Debt Than First 100 Congresses Combined: $10,429 Per Person in U.S. | CNSnews.com

(CNSNews.com) - The federal government has accumulated more new debt--$3.22 trillion ($3,220,103,625,307.29)—during the tenure of the 111th Congress than it did during the first 100 Congresses combined, according to official debt figures published by the U.S. Treasury.

That equals $10,429.64 in new debt for each and every one of the 308,745,538 people counted in the United States by the 2010 Census."

Just 21% Want FCC to Regulate Internet, Most Fear Regulation Would Promote Political Agenda - Rasmussen Reports™

American voters believe free market competition will protect Internet users more than government regulation and fear that regulation will be used to push a political agenda.

The latest Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey finds that only 21% of Likely U.S. Voters want the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to regulate the Internet as it does radio and television. Fifty-four percent (54%) are opposed to such regulation, and 25% are not sure. (To see survey question wording, click here.)"

Where are the jobs? For many companies, overseas | Washington Examiner

How about removing all the regulations and unfunded mandates/requirements here? It costs too much to do many of these things anymore in the US and make money....thanks to our Government layering one inane regulation after another....they are strangling business....

Harvard Business School Dean Nitin Nohria worries that the trend could be dangerous. In an article in the November issue of the Harvard Business Review, he says that if U.S. businesses keep prospering while Americans are struggling, business leaders will lose legitimacy in society. He exhorted business leaders to find a way to link growth with job creation at home."

Government made major revisions to for-profit colleges report, didn't tell public | Washington Examiner

Recent revisions to a Government Accountability Office report on for-profit colleges have raised questions about the GAO’s objectivity and credibility. Now, a bipartisan group of six members of Congress has asked that those questions be answered.

The GAO report of Aug. 4 was prepared for the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee at the request of Sen. Tom Harkin (D-Iowa). It criticized the recruiting practices of for-profit colleges and universities based on the evidence of 28 key investigative “scenarios.” The revisions, released Nov. 30, made factual changes to 16 of the 28."

George W. Bush 'Decision Points' a runaway best seller with 2 million copies sold | Washington Examiner

It's a Merry Christmas for former President George W. Bush who is a bestselling author with 'Decision Points,' a hit that has sold two million copies in just over a month. That's as many as former President Bill Clinton sold in six years.

Ho, ho, ho!"

Frank Rich rewrites history | Washington Examiner

Nothing irritates New York Times columnist Frank Rich more than Republicans who -- in Rich's view -- want to turn the clock back to the 1950s. That long-ago time in America was never the idyll it is sometimes portrayed to be, Rich believes, but rather a 'phony nirvana' rife with racism, sexism, homophobia, and economic injustice."

Exclusive: GOP-led Congress to Repeal Obamacare in January - HUMAN EVENTS

Barry's not going to be happy.

At the Virginia Tea Party Patriots Convention, Rep. Steve King sat with me to discuss the most divisive issue in American politics: ObamaCare. The Iowa Congressman said that the first bill that will be introduced in January 2011 will be a full-on repeal of the legislation that no one read, not even the lawmakers who passed it."

Bureaucrats Secretly Implement ObamaCare - HUMAN EVENTS

When ObamaCare passed in the partisan manner in which it did, the liberal establishment and its ever growing army of pipsqueak transcribers in the mainstream media said ObamaCare’s passage would be a boon for Democrats and mocked those like Virginia Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli who spoke out against ObamaCare and called the measure unconstitutional, particularly the individual mandate requirement that would compel citizens to buy health insurance they may not have otherwise wanted to purchase."

Christmas 2010 - HUMAN EVENTS

WASHINGTON -- This magnificent musical work penned by Handel in 1741 is heard all around the world in this season. His powerful lyrics are drawn directly from the Bible and remind us all to be thankful for the birth, sacrifice and resurrection of the Lamb of God."

Requests increase for Obama birth proof | The Daily Caller - Breaking News, Opinion, Research, and Entertainment

People who do not believe President Barack Obama was born in Honolulu in 1961 have stepped up their requests for proof of his birth this month, in the hopes that the new gubernatorial administration will offer more information."

Obama Has Lost The World - Eurasia Review

After the 2010 elections, it’s not exactly news that Obama has lost America. But in a less public referendum, he also lost the world. Obama’s cocktail party tour of the world’s capitals may look impressive on a map, but is irrelevant on a policy level. In less than two years, the White House has gone from being the center of world leadership to being irrelevant, from protecting world freedom to serving as a global party planning committee."

Yet Another Reason ObamaCare Is Even Worse Than You Think | NewsReal Blog

When the government hands out subsidies, it will use a household’s income in the previous year as the basis for guessing what the household is qualified to get in the current year. But if the household’s income grows midyear, the subsidy recapture provision will require it to repay anywhere from $600 to $3,500, compared to the $450 that the law originally called for."

The Net Neutrality Power Grab | FrontPage Magazine

The Federal Communications Commission’s decision to start regulating the Internet is the culmination of a plan that has followed a classic leftist pattern: create a “problem,” declare that only big government can solve it, possibly solve it, and then use that power to further your agenda. FCC Commissioners voted three to two – strictly along party lines – to make the power grab. Regulation of the Internet is necessary, proponents of so-called “net neutrality” argue, in order to prevent big Internet service providers like Verizon and Comcast from restricting or inhibiting access to parts of the World Wide Web. Net neutrality is thus a classic example of a solution in desperate need of a problem, for you have to search far and wide to find someone in America who hasn’t been able to go where he or she wanted to go on the Internet, and – assuming they paid for the bandwidth – at lightning speed."

Backdoor “Death Panels”? | FrontPage Magazine

In a stealthy move, the Obama administration has slipped end-of-life planning, famously criticized as “death panels,” back into the law by means of a new Medicare regulation. The action was exposed, equally stealthily, by The New York Times on Christmas Day when few would be reading the paper. The rule was issued by Dr. Donald M. Berwick, administrator of Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) and an advocate of cost-cutting and rationing of health care. The rule takes effect Jan. 1."

Making Sense of the START Debate | STRATFOR

Last week, the U.S. Senate gave its advice and consent to the New Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty (New START), which had been signed in April. The Russian legislature still has to provide final approval of the treaty, but it is likely to do so, and therefore a New START is set to go into force. That leaves two questions to discuss. First, what exactly have the two sides agreed to and, second, what does it mean? Let’s begin with the first."

The *true* John Conyers scandal. | RedState

Background: back over Thanksgiving weekend John Conyers III (the son of Rep. John Conyers) reported a theft of computers and concert tickets from the car that he was using. The problem? John Conyers III was using the car unlawfully: it was leased to his father’s Congressional office as an official vehicle, and Conyers was not using it in an official capacity. And it wasn’t anything like an one-time event, either: John Conyers III also got a speeding ticket on the car back in September. The behavior was so egregious that Rep. Conyers isn’t even trying to fight it: he’s just swiftly reimbursing the government as comprehensively as possible before the 112th Congress gets sworn in."