War Statistics: Iraq vs. Afghanistan

Max Boot "If we could turn around the situation in Iraq, there is no reason we can’t turn around Afghanistan as well. But that will involve hard fighting and, in the short-term at least, a further uptick in both American and Afghan casualties. While this is going on, it’s imperative that Americans not panic and assume that the situation is hopeless. It isn’t."

Salvatore A. Giunta, Living Recipient of the Medal of Honor "...Granted, most Medal of Honor recipients in previous wars were not exactly household names either, but the anonymity of today’s heroes is striking. We still revel in great deeds of heroism — as long as they’re performed by celluloid fakes like Sylvester Stallone or Tom Cruise. We no longer seem to have much interest in the real thing."
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Jennifer Rubin: Obama Unplugged — and Unintelligible

Jennifer Rubin "Despite control of both the White House and Congress, Obama whines that our problems are traceable to the Republican minority. He won’t concede that there is any connection between the massive burdens heaped on businesses and the paralysis on hiring by shell-shocked employers. And his underlying philosophy is that he knows best how to spend your money. No wonder Democrats don’t want to be seen campaigning with him."

Obama on 9/11: Get Over It  "Unfortunately, we have a president who is not wise and who is terribly out of sync with the ethos of the American people. It is most troubling that the leader of the Free World has a zeal for bad causes. Not even the electoral wipe-out of his party, I fear, will change that."

Obama Is Borrrring! "Obama was in essence the latest trend, equivalent to this season’s fashion or the newest cell phone, which they had to have. But trends by definition come and go, and surface impressions and infatuation don’t last long."

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Turning Off the (Incandescent) Light of Liberty

Alan Caruba  "In a nation where the Medicare “reform” requires Americans to purchase health insurance they may not want and may not be able to afford, was rammed through Congress, what can stop the government from dictating just about any choice you have regarding any purchase you make? The answer? Nothing.
"Only it would no longer be a Constitutional government, a nation of laws that reflect anything resembling the truth. The ban on incandescent light bulbs turns off the light of liberty throughout America." Mr. Caruba blogs at Warning Signs .

How to Properly Dispose of Compact Flourescent Lightbulbs "One man has an easier suggestion for proper CFL disposal than the usual 87-step process: Simply mail them to your congressman."

Not Buying What They Are Selling

Le·gal In·sur·rec·tion "...Three generations of leftist education have resulted in a substantial minority of the population who accept that we should be like Europe, but still a minority.
"The notion that everything we have and are devolves from the state is not natural to this country, but the modern Democratic Party can't comprehend why that is so. It is inconceivable to them that people would not want their form of health care system; it must be that we don't understand how good it will be for us.
"Our failure to understand how good their handouts are for us really is their failure to understand that we want to take our own fate into our own hands."