Krauthammer: Republicans can end Obamacare by stopping the impending bailout of insurance companies.

Charles Krauthammer

... "Nancy Pelosi was right: We’d have to pass the damn thing to know what’s in it. Well, now we have and now we know.

"The whole scheme was risky enough to begin with — getting enough enrollees and making sure 40 percent are young and healthy. Obamacare is already far behind its own enrollment estimates. But things have gotten worse. The administration has been changing the rules repeatedly — with every scrimmage-line audible raising costs and diminishing revenue."

Incandescent light bulbs; should auld acquaintance be forgot?

The Burdensome Bulb Ban by Bok from Bokbluster

"It’s 2014 and, thanks to President Bush, the creation of incandescent light bulbs is now banned.

"Will mercury contamination from EPA mandated fluorescent lightbulbs become the lead paint issue of the future?  
"A story in the Washington Examiner blames the light bulb ban on a conspiracy between big makers of the low margin bulbs and government."

 

The Comical Conservative

Steve Hayes on Benghazi and the New York Times

Stephen F. Hayes   "To hear it from the New York Times editorial page, the many issues surrounding the attacks in Benghazi are now settled.

"In a December 30 editorial, published under the headline “The Facts About Benghazi,” the newspaper proclaims an end to the 15 months of debate about the fatal attacks on the U.S. consulate on September 11, 2012. Citing an “exhaustive investigation by The Times” that it says “goes a long way toward resolving any nagging doubts about what precipitated the attack” and “debunks Republican allegations,” America’s Newspaper of Record declares that “in a rational world” the investigation “would settle the dispute over Benghazi.”

 

"Well then.

 

"It’s hardly surprising that the New York Times would find the New York Times the final word on an issue.

 

"But for the rest of us, rational and irrational alike, this revisionist account is neither authoritative nor definitive. The central thesis of the piece is wrong, and the sweeping claim the author has made in defending it is demonstrably false.

 

"Here’s the background...."    Full article here.

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"And contrary to the claims of the New York Times, many of those in the U.S. intelligence business continue to insist that members of this al Qaeda network participated in the Benghazi attacks."   H/T to Lucianne.

Stephen F. Hayes is a senior writer at The Weekly Standard and author of two New York Times bestsellers: Cheney: The Untold Story of America's Most Powerful and Controversial Vice President and The Connection: How al Qaeda's Collaboration with Saddam Hussein Has Endangered America. He is a regular Fox All Stars panelist on Special Report with Bret Baier.

2014: The Year of Obama's Reckoning

The Weekly Standard  "Two days after Christmas I found myself in a doctor's office in New Jersey at eight o'clock in the morning. As I sat in the waiting room, a middle-aged woman came in and began a discussion with the receptionist. It seemed that her daughter, who would turn 26 on December 31, was trying to figure out what to do about health insurance.

"The woman explained that her daughter had been on a policy with a low co-pay and deductible (she didn't specify what they were) that cost $240 a month. But Obamacare had scuttled that policy and the most affordable plan open to her was a lot more in monthly costs (again, she didn't specify), but with a $6,000 deductible and $50 co-pays. What this woman was inquiring, on her daughter's behalf, was how much the doctor actually charged just for a garden-variety visit, in case she got sick. Sighing, she said that she and her daughter both suspected that it was probably best if she just skipped insurance, paid the penalty—her word—and then bore any healthcare costs directly.

 

"The entire conversation almost sounded like the script of an RNC ad. But it wasn't. These were real people trying to navigate the real problems caused by Obamacare. And I suspect that over the holidays this scene was replicated all over the country."  Jonathan V. Last

The character of this Democrat president

Obama’s Half-Brother ‘Floored’ About President’s Lying About Meeting Him   ..."When Ingraham pointed out that Obama doesn’t spend very much time with his extended family and seems to prefer the company of celebrities such as Jay-Z and Beyoncé, Ndesandjo said she “had a point.' ”

Related links:
Thomas Sowell;  Obama and the Art of Phoniness 

Lech Walesa, the former president of Poland and leader of the Solidarity movement is not enamored with President Obama and his leadership.   "Walesa, in an interview with CNN's Jake Tapper, spoke negatively about President Obama's leadership skills."
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"Where we aren't getting kicked out, we're retreating. No one fears us, no one trusts us. No one much likes us. The thugs of the world rejoice that President Obama is in office, while our former allies try to make sense of our policies."

Dumb and dumber: 2014  Hey, he said that, not me.  But Valerie Jarrett says President Obama has never been challenged intellectually.

American Thinker and PJMedia  author Kyle-Anne Shriver claimed that if Obama were really smart he wouldn't have done these things:

REGAL R and R: Obamas live like royalty on lavish Hawaiian holiday

... "What’s more, hundreds of federal workers — from White House staffers to the Secret Service security detail needed to protect the Obamas — join in for what turns out to be an all-expenses-paid vacation. "

http://www.tobytoons.com/td/

 

Obama goes to bed during Benghazi but pulls ‘all-nighter’ for campaign  "Obama’s sure not going to explain why his campaign schedule and a good night’s sleep was more important than protecting Americans trapped in a terrorist attack and so far no one else is talking."  Also here.

 

 President Obama spills military secrets for political gain   And just in time for the election, I might add.  "Panic is never pretty. When it involves a politician scrambling desperately to stay afloat, it is ugly. When it involves a president of the United States trading national-security secrets for political gain, it is obscene."