On Christmas Day, we were reminded once again that there is Islamist evil in the world intent on destroying America and killing Americans. A Nigerian Islamist, Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab, attempted to blow up a Northwest Airlines flight during its approach to Detroit. He was subdued by passengers and the flight crew. In spite of the [...]
Archive for December, 2009
30 Dec
How I Keep Insanely Sane in the Culture Clash
via: townhall.com Solomon states in Ecclesiastes 9:7-10 that one of the keys to surviving the brutalities of life is to relax . . . chill . . . drink some wine . . . recreate . . . and have a good laugh. According to some scholars, Solomon didn’t say that at the beginning of [...]
29 Dec
Stupak: White House Pressuring Me To Stay Quiet About Health Care Bill
Rep. Bart Stupak (D-Mich.) said the White House and the Democratic leadership in the House of Representatives have been pressuring him not to speak out on the “compromise” abortion language in the Senate version of the health care bill. “They think I shouldn’t be expressing my views on this bill until they get a chance [...]
29 Dec
Medicare Exceeded Congress’ Cost Projections By 800%
While the CBO has come out and scored the Baucus concepts at $829 billion it is worth noting, as HotAir points out, that Congress isn’t the most reliable source for “uncertain” projections like the CBO’s scoring. Medicare’s initial projection of $12 billion in expenditures for the year 1990 turned out to be “uncertain” too. How [...]
29 Dec
THERE IS NO BAUCUS BILL
via: legalinsurrection The internet is alive with the sound of people analyzing the CBO’s “scoring” of the Max Baucus aka Senate Finance Committee Health Care Bill. Before everyone gets too deeply into their thoughts, please keep in mind the following (get ready, all CAPS, bold, indented signifies a really important concept): THERE IS NO BAUCUS [...]
29 Dec
Max Baucus Drunk On Senate Floor (Must have been inspired by T. Kennedy)
Nothing like a little liquid courage to help in the grand fight for “health care rights.” Senator Max Baucus doesn’t let the booze stop him from blabbering on like a, like a…U.S. Senator. This guy WROTE THE BILL. Is it the pitchfork moment yet??
26 Dec
Utopian New Left Just Like Old Left
via: heritage.org How did the European left rationalize communism’s crimes and transform itself into a viable political force after the fall of the Soviet Union? It’s all explained in “Last Exit to Utopia: The Survival of Socialism in a Post-Soviet Era.” First published in 2000, the book by the late French intellectual Jean-Francois Revel is [...]
26 Dec
Twelve Anti-Family Gifts from Congress
via: heritage.org As Congress wraps up its final business for the year, there are at least a dozen detrimental policies included in the omnibus spending bill recently signed into law by the President. Taken as a whole, these policies devalue human life, weaken civil society, and undermine the family. Unfortunately, these provisions have largely gone [...]
