Bush Did It! Bush Didn’t Do It!

Victor Davis Hanson  "When George Bush was president, promoting democracy was derided as an arrogant neoconservative imposition of our values onto different cultures. Now pushing democracy in the Arab world is called advocacy for human rights. Yet once more, Obama never explains why he channels the prior president’s policies without even the barest reference to his name."
"Obama knows the media are invested in his success. Therefore he feels no urgency to explain to the public why policies enacted years ago deserve blame for their failures and receive no praise for their successes."...


 

Jonah Goldberg Discovers Creeping Fascism at the NY Times

Verum Serum  "Liberalism likes to portray itself as high-minded, and in some ways it is, but Kristof’s column shows what lies behind all that. The ideal liberal system is one in which the state comes first and the individual’s freedom–of speech, of association, of choice–matters very little. It’s a progressive daydream that has to be killed anew by each generation."

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White House Denies Cozying Up to Special Interests; Reality Begs to Differ

Weekly Standard  "I guess Obama could argue that the wealthy folks funding his campaign aren't "special interests." But if he did so he would be lying or twisting words beyond recognition.
"Is Cecile Richards, head of uber-powerful abortion lobby Planned Parenthood not a "special interest"? Because she dined with Obama at a fundraiser in Austin earlier this year. How about Google lobbyist (unregistered) Vint Cerf, who gave the max to Obama?" Mark Hemingway

The Gossips: Curses, Sarah; we'll get you yet!

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Our regulatory burden grows, still the clueless love this man's administration

Thousands of Cribs Headed to the Dump Unless Federal Agency Delays Regulation  "The inventory of cribs is not considered unsafe, a hazard to children or subject to recall. They simply don’t meet the CPSC's latest safety test. Congress mandated the agency implement the regulation, but let CPSC commissioners come up with the date retailers must comply.
"Any cribs not meeting the current standard must be destroyed if they’re not sold by June 28. Industry estimates put the number between 10,000 and 20,000 cribs. Some retailers, panicking to sell the cribs before the deadline, have offered steep discounts to consumers. Manufacturers, meanwhile, may still have stock in warehouses that must go or be junked.
"“Overregulation is going to lead to the destroying of thousands of cribs that are perfectly good — many that are better than what will come out after the new regulations,”"... (Emphasis added.)  Why can't these people leave this nation alone? Or, better yet, just leave this nation.

Obama's Regulatory Tsunami More Destructive than Taxes  "As Obama travels about the country, speaking of the need for “shared sacrifice” and the need to increase taxes, he doesn’t say a word about the tsunami of new Obama regulations ranging from light bulbs to ozone pollution to painkillers to foreign travel to vending machines that is about to hit America. Their impact will be huge and do serious damage to our economy. "....
"These new regulations will be piled atop the Mt. Everest pile of regulations Obama has already produced."
Lurita Alexis Doan is an African American conservative commentator who writes about issues affecting the federal government.
 

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Red Tape Rising: Regulation in the Obama Era "Americans are endlessly paying taxes--on their income, on their property, on almost anything they purchase. But the heavy burden that the U.S. government places on its citizens does not stop there. It continues with a slew of hidden taxes imposed by an ever-larger number of government regulations. These regulatory taxes do not appear on any balance sheet, yet cost Americans about $1 trillion every year."