The Anti-Everything Mood

Cook Political Report "When one party has control of the White House and both chambers of Congress, a midterm election is pretty much a referendum on that party. The electorate's anti-everything mood is likely to manifest itself only one way in November -- that is, against Democrats. Between now and then, however, a different dynamic could be in play. Republicans in particular should watch upcoming primaries apprehensively to see whether their party is nominating candidates with the potential to attract broad-based support and take full advantage of the anti-Democratic tide, or if it is opting for candidates who might be too extreme even in what should be a great year for the GOP. But have no doubt: The anger is real. The only question is precisely how it will be channeled."

Slavery Reparations: A Dead Issue, and Well-Deserved

Clayton E. Cramer " There’s plenty of shame and horror to go around. Slavery has been the norm for most of human civilization, and while the horrors of the Middle Passage and the cane fields of the Western Hemisphere are remarkable, there is no shortage of horrors across the centuries. At a certain point we need to inform and educate, while recognizing that seeking reparations for crimes committed by persons now dead, against persons also now dead, will lead us to reparations claims against Italy for Caesar’s crimes in Gaul."  Clayton E. Cramer is a software engineer and historian. His sixth book, Armed America: The Remarkable Story of How and Why Guns Became as American as Apple Pie (Nelson Current, 2006), is available in bookstores.

The hits just keep on comin' with Obamacare

Rick Moran "What would we do without Nancy Pelosi? It was she who told us we'd find out exactly what was in the health insurance reform bill once it was passed, and by God, she was telling the truth! Unfortunately, what we're finding is making the hair stand on end of most businesses in the this country:"

Federal rule makes joining unions easier

Washington Times "The new rule, which amends the Railway Labor Act of 1926, calls for the recognition of a union chapter if a simple majority of workers who cast ballots approve organizing. The previous rule required a majority of the entire work force to favor unionizing, which meant that workers choosing not to vote at all were effectively counted as "no" votes."
MORE STRIKES - WORSE SERVICE - THANK YOU OBAMA!  "This is huge. Yesterday, the Obama administration delivered a big, fat thank you to the unions that got him elected. Obama's National Mediation Board announced a change to a 76-year-old rule on union elections. Now you'll remember said that he was going to "fundamentally transform" America ... and this is one of the ways he's doing it."  Neal Boortz

Food-stamp tally nears 40 million, sets record

Reuters  "Nearly 40 million Americans received food stamps -- the latest in an ever-higher string of record enrollment that dates from December 2008 and the U.S. recession, according to a government update." Via Heritage.

What’s Worse Than Energy Taxes? Renewable Electricity Standards

Heritage "The inconvenient truth is this: nearly half of America’s electricity is generated from coal. Natural gas and nuclear energy add about 20 percent each. Most of the rest is provided by renewable sources, primarily hydroelectric energy at 6 percent. Non-hydro renewables like wind, solar energy and biomass total only 3 percent. And this is after decades of existing generous renewable subsidies. If electricity created by wind and other renewables were cost competitive, consumers would use more of it without a federal law to force consumption. But renewable energy is not cost competitive, hence the need for government coercion to force the American people to buy it."

Penn Jillette Defends Tea Party Against Rachael Harris’s Charge of ‘Racism’

Newsbusters "On the April 22 Larry King Live on CNN, which was rebroadcast on Saturday, magician and comedian Penn Jillette – who is a self-described libertarian – challenged assertions by actress Rachael Harris that the Tea Party movement is motivated by "racism" against President Barack Obama. Jillette: "Well, that's the magic word. Once you say ‘racism,’ the other side loses automatically. And I don't think we have very much evidence that that's what it is. Don't they have to be doing racist things besides you just saying that they're racist?" "

Nonsexual Zones of Trust and Military Policy

R. L. Bernard "Likewise, if the military removes DADT so homosexuality is no longer taboo, there would be no consequences from the military for the homosexual who made sexual overtures to a sexy roommate. And a homosexual tempted to rape the roommate could use the same excuse heterosexual rapists have always used, blaming the victim for inviting it by undressing so provocatively. But the victim will have been "set up" by the military's requirement that servicemembers of the same gender shower, dress, and room together while at the same time the military removes DADT and turns one's own gender into a sexualized zone."

The New Middle East Peril

James Lewis in AT;  "The United States is the only power capable of defending the crucial oil supply to Europe and other nations, and it is the only power able to defend its allies in the Gulf and Israel. Unfortunately, Obama, the most radical Leftist president ever, is in control of American power. "
Obama's Misguided Approach to Peacemaking "The new and dangerous path charted by the Obama administration betrays a shaky grasp of nuance in the Middle East. This misguided approach to Arab-Israeli peacemaking is bound to fail and exacerbate tensions in the region. All the while, it is emboldening Tehran and its terrorist allies as they watch the ease with which this administration has thrown its ally, Israel, under the proverbial bus. Team Obama would do well to rethink its priorities in the Middle East in a way that would genuinely benefit American interests both at home and abroad."

At White House in 1997, Supreme Court nominee Kagan urged Clinton to ban late-term abortions

Taegan Goddard's Political Wire "Documents reviewed Monday by The Associated Press show Kagan encouraging Clinton to support a bill that would have banned all abortions of viable fetuses except when the physical health of the mother was at risk. The documents from Clinton's presidential library are among the first to surface in which Kagan weighs in on the thorny issue of abortion."