7 stories Barack Obama doesn't want told - John F. Harris - POLITICO.com

7 stories Barack Obama doesn't want told - John F. Harris - POLITICO.com:

Presidential politics is about storytelling. Presented with a vivid storyline, voters naturally tend to fit every new event or piece of information into a picture that is already neatly framed in their minds.

No one understands this better than Barack Obama and his team, who won the 2008 election in part because they were better storytellers than the opposition. The pro-Obama narrative featured an almost mystically talented young idealist who stood for change in a disciplined and thoughtful way. This easily outpowered the anti-Obama narrative, featuring an opportunistic Chicago pol with dubious relationships who was more liberal than he was letting on."

Leaked emails won't harm UN climate body, says chairman | Environment | guardian.co.uk

Really? Only if we turn a deaf ear! For ONCE - hacking works! It certainly exposed this fraud. This "science" seems to have one goal....not the Earth's care...but their own pockets....

Leaked emails won't harm UN climate body, says chairman | Environment | guardian.co.uk:

There is 'virtually no possibility' of a few scientists biasing the advice given to governments by the UN's top global warming body, its chair said today.

Rajendra Pachauri defended the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) in the wake of apparent suggestions in emails between climate scientists at the University of East Anglia that they had prevented work they did not agree with from being included in the panel's fourth assessment report, which was published in 2007."

Climate change data dumped - Times Online

Climate change data dumped - Times Online: "

SCIENTISTS at the University of East Anglia (UEA) have admitted throwing away much of the raw temperature data on which their predictions of global warming are based.

It means that other academics are not able to check basic calculations said to show a long-term rise in temperature over the past 150 years.

The UEA’s Climatic Research Unit (CRU) was forced to reveal the loss following requests for the data under Freedom of Information legislation."

HHS would become federal giant under Senate plan | Washington Examiner

HHS would become federal giant under Senate plan | Washington Examiner:

A quick search of the Senate health bill will bring up 'secretary' 2,500 times.

That's because Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius would be awarded unprecedented new powers under the proposal, including the authority to decide what medical care should be covered by insurers as well as the terms and conditions of coverage and who should receive it.

'The legislation lists 1,697 times where the secretary of health and humans services is given the authority to create, determine or define things in the bill,' said Devon Herrick, a health care expert at the National Center for Policy Analysis."

US Congress investigates Climategate e-mails: this could be the beginning of the end for AGW – Telegraph Blogs

US Congress investigates Climategate e-mails: this could be the beginning of the end for AGW – Telegraph Blogs:


The United States Congress has begun the process of investigating the leaked climate change e-mails from the University of East Anglia, which means all attempts to suppress and shut down the scandal have failed. Already aides to Representative Darrell Issa (Republican, California), who is the ranking member of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, have begun analysing the correspondence exposed by hackers."

Climategate e-mails sweep America, may scuttle Barack Obama’s Cap and Trade laws – Telegraph Blogs

Climategate e-mails sweep America, may scuttle Barack Obama’s Cap and Trade laws – Telegraph Blogs:

Just a few considerations in addition to previous remarks about the explosion of the East Anglia Climategate e-mails in America. The reaction is growing exponentially there. Fox News, Barack Obama’s Nemesis, is now on the case, trampling all over Al Gore’s organic vegetable patch and breaking the White House windows. It has extracted some of the juiciest quotes from the e-mails and displayed them on-screen, with commentaries. Joe Public, coast-to-coast, now knows, thanks to the clowns at East Anglia’s CRU, just how royally he has been screwed."

UFO Chaser: Aliens Involved in Mysterious Calf Mutilations - Local News | News Articles | National News | US News - FOXNews.com

UFO Chaser: Aliens Involved in Mysterious Calf Mutilations - Local News | News Articles | National News | US News - FOXNews.com:

SAN LUIS, Colo. — A creepy string of calf mutilations in southern Colorado has a rancher and sheriff's officials mystified.

Four calves were found dead in a pasture just north of the New Mexico state line in recent weeks. The dead calves had their skins peeled back and organs cleared from the rib cage. One calf had its tongue removed.

But rancher Manuel Sanchez has found no signs of human attackers, such as footprints or ATV tracks. And there are no signs of an animal attack by a coyote or mountain lion. Usually predators leave pools of blood or drag marks from carrying away the livestock.

Two officers from the Costilla County Sheriff's Office have investigated the mutilations but say they don't know what's killing the calves."

American Thinker Blog: Does the world's fate depend on Reindeer droppings?

American Thinker Blog: Does the world's fate depend on Reindeer droppings?:

he utter cynicism of the CRU climate fraudsters comes through hilariously in the following email from the CRU leak [emphasis added].

Original Filename: 1136918726.txt | Return to the index page | Permalink |

Earlier Emails | Later Emails

From: Tom Wigley

To: Keith Briffa

Subject: Re: Nature: Review of manuscript 2xxx xxxx xxxx

Date: Tue, 10 Jan 2006 13:45:xxx xxxx xxxx


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Climategate: this is our Berlin Wall moment! – Telegraph Blogs

Climategate: this is our Berlin Wall moment! – Telegraph Blogs:

I’ve just had a great, very sympathetic interview about Climategate on LBC radio (London’s main commercial news and talk station) with Petrie Hosken. She told me she has been simply inundated with callers, all of them utterly unconvinced that human influence has made any significant on so-called “Global Warming”. She was desperate to get a few balancing calls from people who do believe in AGW but just couldn’t find any."

Climategate: the scandal spreads, the plot thickens, the shame deepens… – Telegraph Blogs

Climategate: the scandal spreads, the plot thickens, the shame deepens… – Telegraph Blogs:

Wow! The scandal just gets juicier and juicier. Now it seems that the Kiwis may have been at it too – tinkering with raw data to make “Global Warming” look scarier than it really is. (Hat tip: Watts Up With That; Ian Wishart)

The alleged villains this time are the climate scientists at the National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research (NiWA) – New Zealand’s answer to Britain’s Climate Research Unit. And to judge by this news alert by the Climate Science Coalition of NZ, both institutions share a similarly laissez-faire attitude to scientific accuracy."

Climategate: what Gore’s useful idiot Ed Begley Jr doesn’t get about the ‘peer review’ process – Telegraph Blogs

Climategate: what Gore’s useful idiot Ed Begley Jr doesn’t get about the ‘peer review’ process – Telegraph Blogs:

Well no wonder he’s cross. His world is falling apart. Ed Begley Jr – now probably better known as a climate activist than for his role TV medical soap St Elsewhere – bought in so heavily to Big Al Gore’s Man-Made-Global-Warming meme, he actually became a vegan and is engaged in a competition with some other actor you won’t have heard of to see who can get the lowest Carbon Footprint."

Climategate: five Aussie MPs lead the way by resigning in disgust over carbon tax – Telegraph Blogs

Climategate: five Aussie MPs lead the way by resigning in disgust over carbon tax – Telegraph Blogs:

Australia is leading the revolt against Al Gore’s great big AGW conspiracy – just as the Aussie geologist and AGW sceptic Professor Ian Plimer predicted it would.

ABC news reports that five frontbenchers from Australia’s opposition Liberal party have resigned their portfolios rather than follow their leader Malcolm Turnbull in voting with Kevin Rudd’s Government on a new Emissions Trading Scheme."

Happy Thanksgiving All!

Samuel Adams, First Official Thanksgiving Proclamation:
"It is therefore recommended... to set apart Thursday the eighteenth day of December next, for solemn thanksgiving and praise, that with one heart and one voice the good people may express the grateful feelings of their hearts and consecrate themselves to the service of their divine benefactor."

American Thinker: A Progressive Constitution

American Thinker: A Progressive Constitution:

I don't begrudge the progressive left its political power. They won. They are far from ashamed to say it, and I am not afraid to admit it. What I do mind is the left's obvious neglect and disregard for the Constitution as it is written.

If the left is going to change America, first they should change the basic rules set down to guide (and limit, and in some cases prevent) their proposed changes to our country's laws and legal procedures. With that in mind, I have decided to put together a progressive guide for rewriting the Constitution."

American Thinker: A Thanksgiving Resolution

American Thinker: A Thanksgiving Resolution:

For those who believe in American exceptionalism and individual liberty and freedom, this has been a dismal twelve months.

The United States has seen its President go around the world denigrating the sacrifices that have freed untold millions and belittling the American inventiveness and can-do spirit that have made lives better for virtually all peoples of the world."

American Thinker: America's Indestructible Thanksgiving Tradition

American Thinker: America's Indestructible Thanksgiving Tradition:

Do you know what actually happened in 1621? Do people realize what these honored Pilgrims were really like? Usually the perpetrators who ask questions of this nature come packaged in partisan slant �la mode and/or a salacious historical tabloid parfait. One cannot help but detect the soap-opera undertones. The questioner's crusading agenda is to expose the 'hidden truths' of revered personages and historical landmarks."

American Thinker: Days of Thanksgiving Past

American Thinker: Days of Thanksgiving Past:

Thanksgiving 2009 finds many Americans doubting that our republic can survive and wondering whether we truly have that much to be thankful for these days. God forgive our pettiness. Whether we acknowledge it joyfully, admit it grudgingly, or stick our heads in the sand and deny it, Americans are as blessed today as ever. Consider past Thanksgivings."

Obama Shatters Spending Record for First-Year Presidents - FOXNews.com

Obama Shatters Spending Record for First-Year Presidents - FOXNews.com:

President Obama has shattered the budget record for first-year presidents -- spending nearly double what his predecessor did when he came into office and far exceeding the first-year tabs for any other U.S. president in history.

In fiscal 2009 the federal government spent $3.52 trillion -- $2.8 trillion in 2000 dollars, which sets a benchmark for comparison. That fiscal year covered the last three-and-a-half months of George W. Bush's term and the first eight-and-a-half months of Obama's."

Big Government � Blog Archive � Kenneth Gladney Speaks Out–County Officials Blow Him Off

Big Government � Blog Archive � Kenneth Gladney Speaks Out–County Officials Blow Him Off:

On August 6th Kenneth Gladney attended the Russ Carnahan town hall meeting in south St. Louis County. Kenneth was there to make some money selling freedom flags and buttons. After the meeting Kenneth was assaulted, beaten and stomped by angry SEIU thugs who were upset that a black man would be selling anti-Obama merchandise. Gladney was taken to the hospital following the attack."

Big Government � Blog Archive � ACORN OKLAHOMA Document Dump: The Oklahoma Power Plan

Big Government � Blog Archive � ACORN OKLAHOMA Document Dump: The Oklahoma Power Plan:

ACORN’s San Diego office isn’t the only place its been careless with sensitive documents. Late last year, ACORN abandoned an office in Oklahoma. In its haste to vacate the office–and skip out on the landlord’s claim of back-rent–ACORN abandoned piles of documents, as well as a computer. Below is a copy of ACORN’s “Oklahoma Power Plan,” a long-term political plan to reshape politics in the Sooner State."

Ben Shapiro : When the Establishment Hates a Right Wing Candidate - Townhall.com

Ben Shapiro : When the Establishment Hates a Right Wing Candidate - Townhall.com:

Approximately once every four years, the media establishment and certain 'moderates' in the Republican Party decide to destroy a conservative candidate. They sharpen their blades and their tongues and they go into action, armed with the conviction that the vitriol of their pens will wither away the candidate's reputation and potential.

Very often, it works."

American Thinker: Acorning the Climate Change Movement

American Thinker: Acorning the Climate Change Movement:

The climate change movement may have been caught in its first ACORN moment, with the publication of emails suggesting global warming data has been manipulated or suppressed.

The University of East Anglia's Climate Research Unit (CRU) email system was hacked, and it appears fraud as a political strategy may not be limited to ACORN's community organizing. As with ACORN, rest assured, it won't be the political or big media establishments that capture the next big evidentiary breakthroughs in 'Climategate.'"

American Thinker: Climate Fraud and the Environmental Agenda

American Thinker: Climate Fraud and the Environmental Agenda:

The debate on environmentalism -- specifically as regards the environmental movement itself -- has been marked by confusion since the beginning. Criticism of environmentalist thinking tends to confuse means with goals. Environmentalist reforms, however they are presented and whatever they may involve, are simply means of pushing forward the Green agenda. As for the goals inherent in that agenda... they are something else entirely."

American Thinker: CRU's Source Code: Climategate Uncovered

American Thinker: CRU's Source Code: Climategate Uncovered:

As the evidence of climate fraud at the University of East Anglia’s prestigious Climactic Research Unit (CRU) continues to mount, those who’ve been caught green-handed continue to parry their due opprobrium and comeuppance, thanks primarily to a dead-silent mainstream media. But should the hubris and duplicity evident in the emails of those whose millennial temperature charts literally fuel the warming alarmism movement somehow fail to convince the world of the scam that’s been perpetrated upon it, certainly these revelations of the fraud cooked into the computer programs that create such charts will."

Climategate: the final nail in the coffin of ‘Anthropogenic Global Warming’? – Telegraph Blogs

Climategate: the final nail in the coffin of ‘Anthropogenic Global Warming’? – Telegraph Blogs:

If you own any shares in alternative energy companies I should start dumping them NOW. The conspiracy behind the Anthropogenic Global Warming myth (aka AGW; aka ManBearPig) has been suddenly, brutally and quite deliciously exposed after a hacker broke into the computers at the University of East Anglia’s Climate Research Unit (aka Hadley CRU) and released 61 megabites of confidential files onto the internet. (Hat tip: Watts Up With That)"

Armed Pilots and Dead Terrorists - HUMAN EVENTS

Let's fund abortion and sex change operations...but not basic security???

Armed Pilots and Dead Terrorists - HUMAN EVENTS:

The FFDO (Federal Flight Deck Officer) program was implemented by the Bush Administration working with law enforcement, airline management and pilot unions. Pilots with guns were a way to augment the Federal Air Marshall Service which was already in place and quickly expanded. Recent rumors indicate that the Obama administration will attempt to de-fund the FFDO program. I think it would be a huge loss to security and a big mistake."

American Presidents Do Not Bow - HUMAN EVENTS

American Presidents Do Not Bow - HUMAN EVENTS:

George Washington was 6’4” tall. Not only did he have great height, he was a huge man in general. He had extremely broad shoulders, very wide hips, (most likely the cause for his being the preeminent horseman of his age), and a size 13 boot (though boot size in the 18th century was a bit hard to discern, as there were no left and right feet in footwear in late 18th century America). General Washington possessed immense physical strength and fortitude, as well, with a stature and presence so impressive that it was said about him that he “put European princes to shame.”"

From the Horses' Mouths: The 'Politically Correct' View of Our Founders - HUMAN EVENTS

From the Horses' Mouths: The 'Politically Correct' View of Our Founders - HUMAN EVENTS:

'The right of having and using arms for self-preservation and defense is justly called the primary law of nature, so it is not, neither can it be in fact, taken away by the law of society.'
Blackstone, Commentaries on the Laws of England.

'Arms in the hands of individual citizens may be used at individual discretion...in private self-defense.'
John Adams, A Defense of the Constitutions (1787-88)."

Suicide Pact - HUMAN EVENTS

Suicide Pact - HUMAN EVENTS:

This week, while “the most traveled President in history” was on his latest foreign adventure, and bowing to Japanese Emperor Akihito, the rest of the O-Team was been busy kowtowing to political correctness. The headlines tell the story:

“Gates Condemns Leaks on Fort Hood Investigation,” and “Gates Says ‘Shut Up’ About Fort Hood.”

“Attorney General Eric Holder Announces Terror Trials in New York City for 9-11-01 Plotters.”"

Cal Thomas : U.S.S.A. - Townhall.com

Cal Thomas : U.S.S.A. - Townhall.com:

Not all revolutions begin in the streets with tanks and guns. Some advance slowly, almost imperceptibly, until a nation is transformed and the public realizes too late that their freedoms are gone."

Chuck Norris : Thankful for Fading Freedoms - Townhall.com

Chuck Norris : Thankful for Fading Freedoms - Townhall.com:

Abraham Lincoln once said, 'Those who deny freedom to others deserve it not for themselves.'

But what if those who restrict our freedoms are the very people who are in charge of securing them?

Over just the past year, Washington has worked double time to limit your liberties, despite the fact that such reductions have been cloaked under the guise of governmental progress."

Anti-Obama billboard in suburban Denver, Colorado stirs controversy; asks for birth certificate - KDVR

Anti-Obama billboard in suburban Denver, Colorado stirs controversy; asks for birth certificate - KDVR:

WHEAT RIDGE, Colo. - Call it Freedom of Speech. A billboard recently erected in Wheat Ridge compares President Barack Obama to a terrorist and questions his U.S. citizenship.

The billboard, located at 4855 Miller Road, shows two cartoonish images of Obama wearing a Muslim turban and reads 'PRESIDENT or JIHAD?'"

American Thinker: Free Speech Silenced at Columbia and Princeton

But anyone anti-American is welcome with open arms and tax payer dollars!!!

American Thinker: Free Speech Silenced at Columbia and Princeton:

Nonie Darwish, the executive director of Former Muslims United and author of Cruel And Usual Punishment: The Terrifying Global Implications of Islamic Law, was scheduled to speak at Columbia and Princeton University last week, but both events were canceled under pressure from Muslim groups on campus.

Columbia, where Ahmadinejad was welcomed like a returning king."

The 'Real' Jobless Rate: 17.5% of Workers are Unemployed - Economy * US * News * Story - CNBC.com

The 'Real' Jobless Rate: 17.5% of Workers are Unemployed - Economy * US * News * Story - CNBC.com:

As experts debate the potential speed of the US recovery, one figure looms large but is often overlooked: nearly 1 in 5 Americans is either out of work or under-employed."

The Weekly Standard

The Weekly Standard: Holder wants "Show Trail" for KSM

Former Vice President Dick Cheney unloaded on President Barack Obama and his administration in a radio interview Monday morning, saying that Obama's recent bow before the Japanese Emperor was 'fundamentally harmful' to the United States and indicates that Obama 'doesn’t fully understand or have the same perception of the US role in the world that most Americans have.' Obama's behavior on foreign trips is 'very upsetting,' Cheney added."

Glenn Beck - Current Events & Politics - Glenn Beck: The Plan

Glenn Beck - Current Events & Politics - Glenn Beck: The Plan:

GLENN: We are at a tipping point. We are, could the government become more corrupt and us survive? I don't think so. Could they listen to you less than they do now and you have any voice? I don't think so. Would they spend more and you have any future left for your children? I don't think so. Could they be any more politically correct? There was a story in the New York Times yesterday. Who caused the shooter at Fort Hood? Who built him? Surprise, surprise: You did."

American Thinker Blog: Rep. Obey warns of 'war surtax' if Obama sends troops to Afghanistan

This Administration does not give a Wit about the War and/or the Military. This is political cover - Period-dot! They can out this out there; in a gawd-awful economy....everyone will wail they can't afford any more and he can say "It's over...it's the will of the people"...and it doesn't fall on his lap....cowards!

American Thinker Blog: Rep. Obey warns of 'war surtax' if Obama sends troops to Afghanistan:

Would you pay more in taxes if it meant that General McChrystal could get the troops he needed to effectively prosecute the war in Afghanistan?

Democrat David Obey (WI), chairman of the tax writing Appropriations Committee, thinks you should. And he is threatening the president with a tax increase if Obama sends additional troops to Afghanistan."

American Thinker: Cloward-Piven Government

American Thinker: Cloward-Piven Government:

It is time to cast aside all remaining doubt. President Obama is not trying to lead America forward to recovery, prosperity and strength. Quite the opposite, in fact.

In September of last year, American Thinker published my article, Barack Obama and the Strategy of Manufactured Crisis. Part of a series, it connected then-presidential candidate Barack Obama to individuals and organizations practicing a malevolent strategy for destroying our economy and our system of government. Since then, the story of that strategy has found its way across the blogosphere, onto the airwaves of radio stations across the country, the Glenn Beck television show, Bill O'Reilly, and now Mark Levin."

American Thinker Blog: ACORN dumps documents; Breitbart has them and will release

American Thinker Blog: ACORN dumps documents; Breitbart has them and will release:

Following the release by Breitbart's Big Government website of a video showing employees at ACORN's San Diego County office offering to assist in the transportation and exploitation of underage prostitutes from abroad, the Attorney General of California announced an investigation into ACORN's operations. Nights before the visit, ACORN dumped thousands of documents in a dumpster. Breitbart obtained them, says they are shocking evidence of ACORN's illegality and promises to release them bit by bit over time:"

Click Flick: A Rogue trip - Patrick Gavin and Anne Schroeder Mullins

Click Flick: A Rogue trip - Patrick Gavin and Anne Schroeder Mullins:

With hundreds of thousands of books already sold, former Alaska Governor Sarah Palin has attracted quite a following.

Over the weekend, that following flocked to Roanoke, Virginia's Barnes & Noble store, where Palin held a book signing Sunday for her new book, 'Going Rogue.'

But the festivities turned into much more than just a book signing: Fans began lining up more than 24 hours prior to Palin's visit."

US Foreign Policy: Obama's Nice Guy Act Gets Him Nowhere on the World Stage - SPIEGEL ONLINE - News - International

US Foreign Policy: Obama's Nice Guy Act Gets Him Nowhere on the World Stage - SPIEGEL ONLINE - News - International:

When he entered office, US President Barack Obama promised to inject US foreign policy with a new tone of respect and diplomacy. His recent trip to Asia, however, showed that it's not working. A shift to Bush-style bluntness may be coming.

There were only a few hours left before Air Force One was scheduled to depart for the flight home. US President Barack Obama trip through Asia had already seen him travel 24,000 kilometers, sit through a dozen state banquets, climb the Great Wall of China and shake hands with Korean children. It was high time to take stock of the trip."

Glenn Beck - Current Events & Politics - Glenn Beck reveals the Plan

Glenn Beck - Current Events & Politics - Glenn Beck reveals the Plan:

What an amazing few days on the road this has been. Your spirits have been high, your faith strong and your spine unbendable. I ended my multiday book tour at The Villages with what had been billed as a rally but could be better described as a candid citizen-to-citizen chat.

Today, I have stopped looking for a leader to show us the way out because I have come to realize that the only one who can truly save our country...is us. To change America's course we need to change ourselves, our expectations and our willingness to accept the unacceptable. When we refuse to allow our children to receive a trophy for participation, we are on the road to restoring the meaning of merit in our Republic. When we insist that no one is too big to fail, we will be able to learn from our mistakes, and when we demand that we are self-reliant, we will ensure that others can rely on us, not the government."

Glenn Beck - Current Events & Politics - The ayes have it!

Glenn Beck - Current Events & Politics - The ayes have it!:

PAT: But you know this Saturday night vote, this is how things are done now with this most ethical open and by partisan congress in the history of mankind. They were going to restore congress to its rightful place. The exact opposite is true. The way they're doing things in congress and have been for some time, they've had the majority, Democrats have had the majority since 2006 and I think he played the Murtha video last night and we have the ‑‑ well, we have it for you on audio as well."

Payback Time - Wave of Debt Payments Facing U.S. Government - NYTimes.com

Payback Time - Wave of Debt Payments Facing U.S. Government - NYTimes.com:

WASHINGTON — The United States government is financing its more than trillion-dollar-a-year borrowing with i.o.u.’s on terms that seem too good to be true."

Hackers steal electronic data from top climate research center

Hackers steal electronic data from top climate research center:

Hackers broke into the electronic files of one of the world's foremost climate research centers this week and posted an array of e-mails in which prominent scientists engaged in a blunt discussion of global warming research and disparaged climate-change skeptics.

The skeptics have seized upon e-mails stolen from the Climatic Research Unit of the University of East Anglia in Britain as evidence that scientific data have been rigged to make it appear as if humans are causing global warming. The researchers, however, say the e-mails have been taken out of context and merely reflect an honest exchange of ideas."

Stagnating Temperatures: Climatologists Baffled by Global Warming Time-Out - SPIEGEL ONLINE - News - International

Stagnating Temperatures: Climatologists Baffled by Global Warming Time-Out - SPIEGEL ONLINE - News - International:

Global warming appears to have stalled. Climatologists are puzzled as to why average global temperatures have stopped rising over the last 10 years. Some attribute the trend to a lack of sunspots, while others explain it through ocean currents.

At least the weather in Copenhagen is likely to be cooperating. The Danish Meteorological Institute predicts that temperatures in December, when the city will host the United Nations Climate Change Conference, will be one degree above the long-term average."

The same turkey you didn’t like in August...

“Senator Reid’s bill is appropriate for the season: it’s the same turkey you didn’t like in August, and it’s not going to taste any better on Thanksgiving. Not much has changed. The bill still means higher premiums, it still means higher taxes, and it still cuts Medicare. It’s still 2,000 pages, and it still costs more than $2 trillion when fully implemented — and that doesn’t take into account a quarter-trillion-dollar doctors’ Medicare reimbursement. And it still sends struggling states new Medicaid costs that will force states to raise taxes or damage higher education or both.

“The two most important new parts of the bill make it even worse. There’s a new payroll tax that is exactly the wrong medicine when there’s 10 percent unemployment. And there’s a new government-run insurance program into which millions of Americans will be pushed when their employers drop their health care coverage as a result of this bill.

“We need to start over. We should move step-by-step to reduce health care costs using the steps that Republicans have repeatedly proposed: let small businesses pool resources for health insurance; allow purchasing of health insurance across state lines; end junk lawsuits against doctors; eliminate waste, fraud, and abuse; expand health savings accounts; and promote wellness and prevention.” –Senator Alexander

Full text of Senate Democrats' healthcare bill is here

CBO:HEALTHCARELEGISLATIONINCREASES THE DEFICIT

CBO: HEALTHCARE LEGISLATION INCREASES THE DEFICIT
The House Democrats’ health care legislation will increase the budget deficit by $89 billion over the next 10 years, and would continue increasing thereafter, according to figures released today by the Congressional Budget Office [CBO] – a finding that directly contradicts the Democrats’ claims of deficit reduction. CBO’s analysis counts all Federal health costs – including a Medicare payment increase to physicians known as the “doc fix” – which House Democrats removed from their health care bill (H.R. 3962) to bring it up as a separate measure, H.R. 3961.

Read more: HERE and HERE

Healthcare "Smoke and mirrors"

"This bill is nothing but smoke and mirrors. The Senate Democrats praise the bill they wrote behind closed doors saying it will cut costs and lead to savings, but the math doesn't add up. This 2,074 page bill will actually cost $2.5 trillion over 10 years once it is fully implemented. It will raise $493 billion in taxes and it will cut Medicare by nearly half a trillion dollars." - Senator Bennett

Interest due on U.S. debt: Close to $5 trillion - Nov. 19, 2009

Interest due on U.S. debt: Close to $5 trillion - Nov. 19, 2009:

NEW YORK (CNNMoney.com) -- Here's a new way to think about the U.S. government's epic borrowing: More than half of the $9 trillion in debt that Uncle Sam is expected to build up over the next decade will be interest.

More than half. In fact, $4.8 trillion.

If that's hard to grasp, here's another way to look at why that's a problem."

White House aides: No Afghan decision before Thanksgiving

Why do I have this nagging feeling that's about all he thinks our troops are good for...?

White House aides: No Afghan decision before Thanksgiving: "

You guys make a pretty good photo op,' the president said."

Hugh Hewitt : Obamacare Can Be Stopped: ReverseTheVote.org - Townhall.com

Hugh Hewitt : Obamacare Can Be Stopped: ReverseTheVote.org - Townhall.com:

Would a member of the House of Representatives vote to pass Obamacare if he or she knew it was going to lead to an electoral loss in November 2010?

Even if a 'yes' vote on Obamacare significantly increases the likelihood of a loss without guaranteeing it, would a member of the House still throw in with Nancy Pelosi and President Obama?"

Big Government � Blog Archive � Finally, A Congressman With a Solution: Stop Complaining So Much

Yup - we elected these guys......the economy is collapsing...unemployment, oh heck...who cares....let's just "Stop Complaining"! That'll do the trick.....

Big Government - Blog Archive - Finally, A Congressman With a Solution: Stop Complaining So Much:

Sure, the economy sucks. Unemployment is at least 10.2% and, yes, if you include part-time workers who would rather have full-time jobs it may be over 17%. The government is showering our cash on Wall Street and burning through piles of our children and grandchildren’s money “saving” phantom jobs in Congressional Districts that don’t exist."

MichaelCrichton.com | Aliens Cause Global Warming

MichaelCrichton.com | Aliens Cause Global Warming:

My topic today sounds humorous but unfortunately I am serious. I am going to argue that extraterrestrials lie behind global warming. Or to speak more precisely, I will argue that a belief in extraterrestrials has paved the way, in a progression of steps, to a belief in global warming. Charting this progression of belief will be my task today."

The worst is yet to come: Unemployed Americans should hunker down for more job losses

The worst is yet to come: Unemployed Americans should hunker down for more job losses:

Think the worst is over? Wrong. Conditions in the U.S. labor markets are awful and worsening. While the official unemployment rate is already 10.2% and another 200,000 jobs were lost in October, when you include discouraged workers and partially employed workers the figure is a whopping 17.5%."

Second Amendment Freedom- Firearms Rights: More Anti-Gun Groups Blame Gun, Bullets, And Magazines For Ft. Hood Killings

Second Amendment Freedom- Firearms Rights: More Anti-Gun Groups Blame Gun, Bullets, And Magazines For Ft. Hood Killings:

The so called “Freedom States Alliance” (what an oxymoron) and other anti gun groups are trying to blame the gun, the bullets it fired, and the high capacity magazines that were in it for the murders of soldiers at Fort Hood, and not the Muslim Jihadist fanatic who did the killings. Perhaps they would have preferred an IED. Obviously, IEDs are illegal and banned in both Iraq, and Afghanistan, but they still seem to find a way to go off."

Brent Bozell : Seeing Moral Grays in 9/11 - Townhall.com

Brent Bozell : Seeing Moral Grays in 9/11 - Townhall.com:

Picking up the Sunday paper Nov. 15 could make a reader a little airsick -- even while standing in the driveway. The Washington Post 'news analysis' on the front page carried the headline '9/11 trial could become a parable of right and wrong: Before worldwide audience, both prosecution, defense seek control of narrative.'

Does The Washington Post really think that the death and destruction of 9/11 'could' be right, or 'could' be wrong?"

Is America at war, or not?

Is America at war, or not?:

For if we are at war, why is Khalid Sheikh Mohammed headed for trial in federal court in the Southern District of New York? Why is he entitled to a presumption of innocence and all of the constitutional protections of a U.S. citizen?

Is it possible we have done an injustice to this man by keeping him locked up all these years without trial? For that is what this trial implies – that he may not be guilty."

AP Turns Heads for Devoting 11 Reporters to Palin Book 'Fact Check' - FOXNews.com

But the AP is of course, above reproach...always dedicated to fair and balanced treatment when reporting....of course....and I also have a Bridge in Brooklyn for sale if you're interested....

AP Turns Heads for Devoting 11 Reporters to Palin Book 'Fact Check' - FOXNews.com:

Reviewing books and holding public figures accountable is at the core of good journalism, but the Associated Press' treatment of Palin's book seems an unprecedented move at the wire service"

Open Letter to Timothy Geithner: Is Your Nose Getting Longer?

Dear Treasury Secretary Geithner:
I noticed you recently told the Japanese press that you intended to maintain a strong dollar, and that the Obama administration would bring the U.S. fiscal deficit back to a “sustainable balance.”
Tell me, don’t you feel your nose extending like Pinocchio’s when you tell these fibs to innocent Asians?
The dollar is not strong. In fact, it’s sinking to record levels of weakness, and it’s going to stay that way, for three reasons... Read more HERE

Shadegg calls out stimulus website

Shadegg calls out stimulus website:

PHOENIX - Congressman John Shadegg is calling out Recovery.org.

The website explains where stimulus money has been allocated to and how it is helping the economy to rebound.

'Somebody is incompetent at best and deceitful at worst,' Shadegg said.

Shadegg blasted the site for what he says is presenting false information."

The American Spectator : Major Hasan -- A True Believer

The American Spectator : Major Hasan -- A True Believer:

Here's a quiz that may appear some day on history tests:

Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan, who killed 13 people at Fort Hood in November 2009, was:

a) Part of a terror network that had planned attacks on the United States since the 1990s;

b) A deranged psychotic who snapped under the pressure of treating soldiers returning from Iraq and who happened to be a Muslim;

c) A prime example of 'The True Believer,' the lonely, frustrated individual who attaches himself to an overarching cause as a way of compensating for personal disappointments."

Ed Feulner : Time to Bury the "Death Tax" - Townhall.com

Ed Feulner : Time to Bury the "Death Tax" - Townhall.com:

Kevin Hancock simply wants to harvest trees -- sustainably -- and create jobs in the process. The federal government may put a stop to all that.

His business, Hancock Lumber, has been in the family for six generations. It owns 30,000 acres of Maine timberland and employs 550 people. But Kevin already knows that when his elderly mother dies, he’ll have to sell off huge swaths of his land to pay the ensuing tax bill."

The diplomacy of deference - Mike Allen - POLITICO.com

This is the Diplomacy of Weakness...period-dot...

The diplomacy of deference - Mike Allen - POLITICO.com:

BEIJING – Greeting the Japanese emperor at Tokyo’s Imperial Palace last weekend, President Barack Obama bowed so low that he was looking straight at the stone floor. The next day, Obama shook hands with the prime minister of repressive Myanmar during a group meeting. The day after that, the president held a “town hall” with Chinese university students who had been selected by the regime."

By the numbers: 71 vehicles - Patrick Gavin

I would NEVER begrudge any President, Vice President, member of their respective families etc. whatever it takes to make it safe for them to travel...never. Their safety is paramount. But then they'll go and say we have to ride bicycles to "Save the Planet"...a tad hypocritical I'd say....ey?

By the numbers: 71 vehicles - Patrick Gavin:

71: The number of cars in President Barack Obama's motorcade as he travels from the Beijing airport (including Chinese greeting vehicles). (via CNN's Ed Henry )"

Jobs Saved or Created in Congressional Districts That Don't Exist - ABC News

Jobs Saved or Created in Congressional Districts That Don't Exist - ABC News:

Here's a stimulus success story: In Arizona's 15th congressional district, 30 jobs have been saved or created with just $761,420 in federal stimulus spending. At least that's what the Web site set up by the Obama administration to track the $787 billion stimulus says"

Federal safety oversight of subways, light rail proposed

First the Banks, Then Cars, Now Health, Climate and transit.....Hummmmmmmmm......Can you say Post Office, Amtrak....or better perhaps; George Orwell.....

Federal safety oversight of subways, light rail proposed:

The Obama administration will propose that the federal government take over safety regulation of the nation's subway and light-rail systems, responding to what it says is haphazard and ineffective oversight by state agencies."

American Thinker: I Am a Lincoln Republican

American Thinker: I Am a Lincoln Republican:

While interviewing people on the streets of L.A. and N.Y. for our documentary about the legacy of the Civil War, we came to the staggering realization of how many allegedly well-educated people assumed that Abraham Lincoln was a Democrat fighting slave-owning Republicans in the South."

The Associated Press: Obama urges Congress to put off Fort Hood probe

The Associated Press: Obama urges Congress to put off Fort Hood probe:

WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama on Saturday urged Congress to hold off on any investigation of the Fort Hood rampage until federal law enforcement and military authorities have completed their probes into the shootings at the Texas Army post, which left 13 people dead.

On an eight-day Asia trip, Obama turned his attention home and pleaded for lawmakers to 'resist the temptation to turn this tragic event into the political theater.' He said those who died on the nation's largest Army post deserve justice, not political stagecraft"

Everyone in Britain could be given a personal 'carbon allowance' - Telegraph

And you don"t think this could happen here???? Have we all lost our collective minds?????

Everyone in Britain could be given a personal 'carbon allowance' - Telegraph:

Everyone in Britain should have an annual carbon ration and be penalised if they use too much fuel, the head of the Environment Agency will say."

American Thinker: It Isn't Political Correctness; It's Shariah

American Thinker: It Isn't Political Correctness; It's Shariah:

In surveying the cultural carnage in the wake of the worst terrorist attack on a military installation in U.S. history, it bears noting that there have been seismic shifts in America. When America was free of the shackles of Islam, say, fifty years ago, the current response to such an attack by an enemy faction would have been unthinkable."

American Thinker: The Income Tax and Government Spending

American Thinker: The Income Tax and Government Spending:

Unleashed appetites can ruin a personal life. So also with government.

Why do we have an income tax? The obvious answer would seem to be 'for the government to get the funds it needs to run itself.' But if that's true, then how does one explain this:"

American Thinker: The audacity of extremism

American Thinker: The audacity of extremism:

Audacity is supposed to be a talent in great generals -- at least some of them. That's where the phrase comes from: 'L'audace, l'audace, toujours l'audace!' It's attributed to the Kaiser Friedrich der Grosse, to Georges Danton, (one of the big head-choppers of the French Revolution), and to Napoleon Bonaparte."

Top Republican says White House hiding info on Fort Hood - The Hill's Blog Briefing Room

Top Republican says White House hiding info on Fort Hood - The Hill's Blog Briefing Room:

The ranking Republican on the House intelligence committee on Tuesday night accused the White House of withholding information on the Fort Hood attack.

Rep. Pete Hoekstra (Mich.) said administration officials delayed briefing members of Congress about the alleged gunman, raising 'red flags' about what the White House was hiding."

After spending binge, White House says it will focus on deficits - Mike Allen and Jim VandeHei - POLITICO.com

Don't believe it for a second - we must stay alert!!!!!!!!!!

After spending binge, White House says it will focus on deficits - Mike Allen and Jim VandeHei - POLITICO.com:

The president's plan, which the officials said was under discussion before this month’s Democratic election setbacks, represents both a practical and a political calculation by this White House.

On the practical side, Obama has spent more money on new programs in nine months than Bill Clinton did in eight years, pushing the annual deficit to $1.4 trillion. This leaves little room for big spending initiatives."

Bush warns of threats to freedom, economic growth - Washington Times

Amen!.....

Bush warns of threats to freedom, economic growth - Washington Times:

Former President George W. Bush, outlining plans for a new public policy institute, on Thursday said America must fight the temptation to allow the federal government to take control of the private sector, declaring that too much government intervention will squelch economic recovery and expansion."

seMissourian.com: Story: Mr. Obama: I'm calling you out

seMissourian.com: Story: Mr. Obama: I'm calling you out:

The new era of government control over our lives and freedoms has begun. This week, it got personal, and I felt helpless.

The doctor overseeing my health care advised me to get an H1N1 flu shot. I've been under a six-year treatment program for a chronic infection, plus I have heart and lung problems. Therefore, I am considered a high risk. Fortunately, my doctor had three shots available, but I would have to get approval from my county health department. Much to my surprise, the woman at the health department apologized and told me that even though I was a senior citizen at high risk, the health department had been instructed to approve shots only for children and pregnant mothers. I asked when a shot for my situation might be available. 'We really don't know. Check back with us sometime in December.'"

Tea Bag Terror: Protests Causing Scares, Evacuations At Congressional Offices

Back on April 15th of this year - Tea Bag Protests were labeled "Terror" with no hesitation...that is....people mailing actual Tea Bags to their legislatures...( I wonder if they have Tea Kevlar vests? ) However, when someone - a TERRORIST - guns down people at a military base....let's not rush to judgement?

Tea Bag Terror: Protests Causing Scares, Evacuations At Congressional Offices:

A recent email to hundreds of thousands of conservatives exhorted them to 'Send a Tea Bag to Washington, D.C. for $1.' Other activists have organized local efforts to mail tea bags to the offices of their members of Congress.

It's all part of the anti-Obama, anti-tax 'tea party' movement, backed aggressively by corporate-funded 'astroturf' organizations like FreedomWorks. But now one of their symbolic protests is drawing attention for the wrong reasons."

Glenn Beck - Current Events & Politics - Glenn Beck: Thank a Veteran

To my friends and family members currently serving...and also those that have...Thank You all from the bottom of my heart!

Glenn Beck: Thank a Veteran:

Glenn: There is there is of course, Veterans Day that is happening today, has been so lost in the the President still looking at all of the options for Afghanistan. I have a hard time remembering the veterans that have passed and just trying to concentrate on the veterans that are currently serving, those who are currently facing danger."

Glenn Beck - Current Events & Politics - Glenn Beck: Who's the extremist?

Glenn Beck - Current Events & Politics - Glenn Beck: Who's the extremist?:

GLENN: It is good to be back, where we can talk some sanity. I'm curious. Granted, I've been down for a couple of days, but has anybody heard anybody over at the White House label Nidal Malik Hasan the terrorist who killed 13 and wounded 30 more at Fort Hood an extremist"

Glenn Beck - Current Events & Politics - Glenn is back!

Thank god the FUNNY voice of reason is back!

Glenn Beck - Current Events & Politics - Glenn is back!:

GLENN: All right. Let me quickly go back to Van Jones and tell you why this bothered you at Fort Hood, while you were watching the President, I know everybody has already talked about this, but I've been gone and I haven't heard anybody really spell out why this bothered you."

Stimulus fund job benefits exaggerated, review finds - The Boston Globe

And this from the most liberal Broadsheet next to the NYT!!! We're are going to turn our Health care over to this SAME system????? STOP THEM NOW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Stimulus fund job benefits exaggerated, review finds - The Boston Globe:

While Massachusetts recipients of federal stimulus money collectively report 12,374 jobs saved or created, a Globe review shows that number is wildly exaggerated. Organizations that received stimulus money miscounted jobs, filed erroneous figures, or claimed jobs for work that has not yet started."

Reid puts House healthcare bill on Senate calendar - The Hill's Blog Briefing Room

Reid puts House healthcare bill on Senate calendar - The Hill's Blog Briefing Room:

Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) late Tuesday laid the groundwork for the Senate's healthcare reform debate to start next Tuesday.

Reid filed a motion to introduce the bill on Monday, Nov. 16. Anticipating a Republican objection, the bill would be pushed onto the Senate calendar.

'A motion to proceed to the bill would be in order the next legislative day,' said Reid spokesman Jim Manley."

Unemployment Is Really at 22.1%

This is FAIR - GWB was constantly assaulted with "What about ALL those people who have just given up...(hand wringing here...)...

Unemployment Is Really at 22.1%:

NyPo's John Crudele reports on the latest numbers from Shadow Government Stats and fills in a bit more on how the government is able to whittle down the number to 10.1%: My friend John Williams of Shadow Government Stats thinks the true unemployment rate would be 22.1 percent if everyone -- all discouraged former workers, encouraged, involuntary part-timers and the like -- were included.

Here are more numbers to fry your brain and cause a temporary sense of helplessness.

The government's household survey (the one from which the unemployment rate of 10.2 percent comes) showed a 'decline in employment' of 589,000 in October, which followed a 785,000 employment drop in September."

1st hand account from Ft. Hood

1st hand account from Ft. Hood:

Warning from me: This is pretty graphic and is touching at the same time. You may need tissues handy...

This was read on the air by J.D. Hayworth, talk show host at KFYI in Phoenix. He received it from an officer that was just about to enter the building at Ft. Hood where the shooting happened. He wanted an accurate account out there since so far there's a lot of different accounts and they've yet to come together into 1 complete version.

Here's what he sent to KFYI:

First-Hand Account from Ft. Hood Monday 11-09-2009 2:57pm MT"

Transcript in English | yle.fi

Transcript in English | yle.fi: Climate catastrophe cancelled...

Voiceover (VO), reporter Martti Backman: Governments around the world are preparing for a grand climate conference, which should decide how humanity responds to the threat of a climate catastrophe. Negotiations are under way to replace the Kyoto treaty with a new treaty of Copenhagen.

VO: The threat is based on assessments by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, the IPCC. According to the panel, the Earth is going through an unprecedented period of temperature increase, caused by man and his carbon dioxide emissions from burning coal and oil."

Fort Hood: Austin American-Statesman promotes gun control

Fort Hood: Austin American-Statesman promotes gun control:

One of the pistols used by Army Major Nidal Malik Hasan was the FNH USA’s FN Five-Seven, which afforded the Austin American-Statesman an opportunity to promote gun control. But their article hides the truth."

Opinion: Islamic Jihad, not George W. Bush, is responsible for the Fort Hood tragedy

Opinion: Islamic Jihad, not George W. Bush, is responsible for the Fort Hood tragedy:

Watching the coverage of the national tragedy in Fort Hood, one is forced into one of two conclusions regarding the media--either they are absolute idiots or they are politically correct cowards. Either way this nation is in for a world of hurt.

The much-maligned 43rd president of the United States for the most part, rightly understood that America is at war with radical Islam. For some reason, the talking heads in the media and the Obama administration have yet to figure that out."

A Brief History of the Right to Self-Defense - HUMAN EVENTS

A Brief History of the Right to Self-Defense - HUMAN EVENTS:

For the first 150-years of the existence of the U.S.A., the right of citizens to carry arms was so fundamental it was not considered worthy of debate. The Founders considered their right to keep and bear arms the ultimate and most fundamental guarantee of life and free-dom against crime, foreign invasion, and as a last resort, a despotic government. No knowledgeable American--from the founding of the United States through the mid-1950's--would have questioned that the Second Amendment to the Constitution meant exactly what it says, '… the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed.' This was not a right of a Militia. The 'Militia' was--and under current law still is--all able-bodied adults, who are expected to keep their privately-owned arms similar to what is used by the military at the time."

They Don’t Get It - HUMAN EVENTS

They Don’t Get It - HUMAN EVENTS:

Creech Air Force Base, NV -- Thirty years ago this week a group of Iranian “students” shouting “death to America” stormed the U.S. Embassy in Tehran, Iran, taking nearly 100 hostages -- among them 65 Americans. Though foreign national employees and some Americans were released within a few weeks, the remaining 52 were held for 444 days. For the American people, it was an introduction to militant Islam. For President Jimmy Carter, intent on “engaging” the radical regime that replaced Shah Reza Pahlavi, it was a disaster. The Obama administration appears to have missed the lessons of this debacle."

John Hawkins : 4 Reasons The American Dream Will Be Over Unless We Act - Townhall.com

John Hawkins : 4 Reasons The American Dream Will Be Over Unless We Act - Townhall.com: "

Make no mistake about it, this generation is a generation of thieves and the people who stole their parents and their children’s money to make their own lives cushier are at it again. This time the target is their grandchildren.' -- Evan Sayet

Throughout American history, generations of our countrymen took pride in leaving the country better than the one they grew up in. Their attitude about sacrifice was summed up by this classic quotation from Tom Paine:

'If there must be trouble, let it be in my day, that my child may have peace.'"

Mona Charen : Backlash Hogwash - Townhall.com

Mona Charen : Backlash Hogwash - Townhall.com:

U.S. Homeland Security officials are working with groups around the United States to head off any possible anti-Muslim backlash following the shootings at Fort Hood in Texas.'

The Department of Homeland Security is in good company in its confusion. Gen. George Casey, the Army's top general, also worried that 'this increased speculation could cause a backlash against some of our Muslim soldiers. And I've asked our Army leaders to be on the lookout for that.' And President Obama cautioned against 'jumping to conclusions.'"

Chuck Norris : Enemies Within - Townhall.com

Chuck Norris : Enemies Within - Townhall.com:

It is suspected that last Thursday, Nov. 5, Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan, an Army psychiatrist and devout Muslim, fatally shot 13 American citizens (12 service members) and wounded an additional 29 people at the largest U.S. military base, Fort Hood, Texas.

For six months, authorities had been tracking the extremist thinking of Hasan. Internet postings like this one go back to May 20, 2009: 'Scholars have paralleled (a U.S. soldier's falling on a grenade to save surrounding troops) to suicide bombers whose intention, by sacrificing their lives, is to help save Muslims by killing enemy soldiers.'"

Fort Hood Shooter Tried to Contact al Qaeda Terrorists, Officials Say - ABC News

Fort Hood Shooter Tried to Contact al Qaeda Terrorists, Officials Say - ABC News:

U.S. intelligence agencies were aware months ago that Army Major Nidal Malik Hasan was attempting to make contact with people associated with al Qaeda, two American officials briefed on classified material in the case told ABC News."

Fort Hood's 9/11

AMEN! Thank God someone has the courage to say this....

Fort Hood's 9/11:

On Thursday afternoon, a radicalized Muslim US Army officer shouting 'Allahu Akbar!' committed the worst act of terror on American soil since 9/11. And no one wants to call it an act of terror or associate it with Islam.

What cowards we are. Political correctness killed those patriotic Americans at Ft. Hood as surely as the Islamist gunman did. And the media treat it like a case of non-denominational shoplifting."

American Thinker: Bush or Obama: The Quiz

American Thinker: Bush or Obama: The Quiz:

President Bush was famous for lacking 'intellectual curiosity', while President Obama has been called 'the smartest guy ever to become President.' Which one reads more books, Bush or Obama?

2. Bush was often considered to be in the grip of Big Oil. In contrast, Obama was a Harvard educated lawyer. Which industry contributed more than five times as much as the other to politicians: the oil & gas industry or lawyers/law firms?"

American Thinker Blog: Cao-wards

American Thinker Blog: Cao-wards:

With his supporting vote for Nancy Pelosi's version of American socialized medicine, Joseph Cao has not only exposed himself as the latest traitor to the GOP, but as another spineless representative in Congress."

George W. Bush makes secret visit to mourning families at Fort Hood; Laura Bush goes too | Top of the Ticket | Los Angeles Times

When it comes to the military - this man is TOTAL class....no 4:00 AM live press coverage......just in and out - the same way he handles it as President. I have seen his reaction to military personal first hand...so don't try and spin this with me....He is CLASS.

George W. Bush makes secret visit to mourning families at Fort Hood; Laura Bush goes too | Top of the Ticket | Los Angeles Times:

Last night former President George W. Bush and his wife Laura made a secret visit to the devastated military families at Fort Hood.

The Bushes instructed the commander of the mourning military base that they wanted no publicity. With their Secret Service detail, Bush and his wife made the 30 mile trip unannounced from their ranch near Crawford, Texas Friday evening."

American Thinker: The true cost of ObamaCare

American Thinker: The true cost of ObamaCare:

The House of Representatives intends to ram its healthcare legislation through Congress. A mere week ago it revealed some of what it plans to do to our 'health' with the latest iteration of ObamaCare. We can only say 'some' because floor action will see new amendments added, and after that the bill must still be reconciled with the $2 trillion Senate abomination put out by Max Baucus's (D-MT) Finance Comittee in October."

Bloodless President Barack Obama makes Americans wistful for George W Bush - Telegraph

Bloodless President Barack Obama makes Americans wistful for George W Bush - Telegraph:

During the election campaign, Barack Obama's cool detachment was a winning quality, the 'No Drama Obama' a welcome contrast with the 'Mr Angry' John McCain, never mind the hot-headed 'I'm the decider' President George W Bush.

A year into his presidency, however, Mr Obama seems a curiously bloodless president. If he experiences passion, he seldom shows it. It is often anyone's guess as to whether an event or issue truly moves him."