Is the U.S. Preparing to Bomb Iran?

ABC News "...to develop a gargantuan bunker-busting bomb called the Massive Ordnance Penetrator (MOP). It's a 30,000-pound bomb designed to hit targets buried 200 feet below ground. Back then, the Pentagon cited an "urgent operational need" for the new weapon."

FCC Won't Allow 'Diversity' Chief Mark Lloyd to be Interviewed about Public Policy Views

CNS News "We understood at the beginning, and were certainly reminded in the course of the campaign," wrote Lloyd, "that our work was not simply convincing policy makers of the logic or morality of our arguments. We understood that we were in a struggle for power against an oppenent, the commercial broadcasters ...."

The War in Afghanistan

by Victor Davis Hanson "The president’s challenge is largely political — he must endure anger from his base and will not have a majority of the public with him, at least initially."

Your Own Private Tort Reform

By Roger Kimball# "So here’s what you do. Search for something like “asbestos” or “mesothelioma” (an icky lung disease caused by exposure to asbestos) and up will pop a zillion articles about it and , along the right side, a bunch of ads for law firms angling for your business. Have a spare moment? Click on the top several. Do it more than once. Every time you click, they pay." h/t to Pajamas Media

Republican Small-bill health care proposal

Clarice Feldman# "Here's a small bill proposal -- simple and cheap -- by Republicans in contrast to the War and Peace Democrat Baucus version."...."Over 10 years Anderson's plan would spend $75B and include $345M in tax cuts. The Baucus bill (one version of it, at least) would spend $856B and include a net increase of $352B in tax hikes and $47B in fines. Both the Anderson and the Baucus plans would insure 95 percent of Americans.[/quote] "

The Art of Marxist Revolution

By Mike Adams "Hi Art. My name is Mike Adams. I write a weekly column - mostly on issues in higher education. I am seeking verification that you sent the following email:..."

Video: The light bulb goes … off

Hot Air "But the biggest problem with CFLs is not the noticeably poorer quality of the light, but the clean-up they require when they break, as I wrote a year and a half ago:..."

The Buck Passes Here/ According to Obama’s chorus of whiners, nothing is ever his fault.

By Victor Davis Hanson = "Nine months after his departure, the former president insidiously still has his hand in almost everything that seems to plague Barack Obama’s utopian plans. At other times “the Republicans,” “the far Right,” “conservatives,” or even the “mob” have kept America from getting the future it deserves. One would never guess that the Democrats have held the Senate and the House since 2006, own the executive branch, and enjoy the support of the ever-obsequious media." Obsequious : 1.characterized by or showing servile complaisance or deference; fawning: an obsequious bow. servilely compliant or deferential: obsequious servants. 3. obedient; dutiful.

Keep It Simple / What a Republican health-care plan should look like.

Weekly Standard "The Democratic leadership's striking failure to listen and to respond to what Americans are saying has opened up a huge opportunity for Republicans to fill the void. Now is the time for Republicans to act--and to unite behind a well-conceived small-bill proposal. As Louisiana Governor Bobby Jindal has argued this week in the Washington Post, Republicans "should seize the mantle of reform and lead.""

Wounded U.S. Soldiers Refused to Leave Taliban Fight

ABC News# "When the chopper lifted off moments later with three wounded soldiers, it left behind others who were wounded but refused to be MEDEVACED out of the combat zone so they could return to fight with their buddies."

Who needs death panels?

American Thinker ""The 2010 rules, which will be finalized next month, visit an 11% overall cut on cardiology and 19% on radiation oncology. They're targets only because of cost: Two-thirds of morbidity or mortality among Medicare patients owes to cancer or heart disease." Think about that concept for a minute."

First, the unions came for home-care providers. Next, they came for babysitters…

Michelle Malkin "In Illinois, in-home providers who care for the developmentally disabled are battling an aggressive power grab by the SEIU Purple Army and its Democrat enablers. In Michigan, the unions are going after…home-based child care workers."

Obama Doesn't Seem Ready to Lead

RealClearPolitics "Already, we have his choice for Afghanistan commander, Gen. Stanley A. McChrystal, taking the measure of his commander in chief and publicly telling him what to do. This MacArthuresque star turn called for a Trumanesque response, but Obama offered nothing of the kind. Instead, he used McChrystal as a prop, adding a bit of four-star gravitas to that silly trip to Copenhagen by having the general meet with him there." h/t to Neal Boortz

THE UNITED STATES WINS THE POPULARITY CONTEST

Boortz "...for those of you who think Obama is absolutely right in pulling America back from international strength and leadership: Some country out there is going to dominate the world militarily. Some country is going to dominate the world economically. Many of you don't want the United States to be that country. OK, fine. Then do tell us which country you want to fill that role? No hedging here. Some country is going to dominate ... and if you don't want our country to be the one, which country do you chose??

TARP FALLOUT / Under both Bush and Obama

Boortz "Then the government comes along and tells these institutions that took bailout money ... under the threat of government retribution ... that they must submit to executive compensation restrictions. Restrictions that will only grow and expand with Democrats in charge."

White House's botched 'op'

NY Post "The physicians, all invited guests, were told to bring their white lab coats to make sure that TV cameras captured the image. But some docs apparently forgot, failing to meet the White House dress code by showing up in business suits or dresses. So the White House rustled up white coats for them..." h/t to Drudge.