Liberals attack Whole Foods

By Robin of Berkeley "Their tactics can be so cruel and chilling, that those of us with a conscience can be left hanging in the dust. Meanwhile, a la Saul Alinsky, the Left isolates, demonizes and destroys their "enemies," that is anyone who disagrees with them.When a person or company is the next target for Liberal Fascism, my plan is to contact the business and offer unconditional support and encourage my new friends to do ths same."

Ties that bind: Iran-Hezb'allah

American Thinker "Iran gave Hezbollah and Hamas full, comprehensive support, and that without it they would not have "won" the second Lebanon war and Operation Cast Lead. He said that ""we fully supported Hezbollah and took responsibility for Hamas during the [Israeli] attack [Operation Cast Lead] on the Gaza Strip."

Report from the Town Hall Front

American Thinker "I had the opportunity to speak with the other side and see their signs demanding healthcare now. Call me biased, but I saw no depth behind their demands other than "I want my Maypo." None of them cared a wit about our debt, only to blame Bush for spending money, but for Obama to spend twice as much mattered not. If you told them Medicare, Social Security, Medicaid, etc are going broke they seemed to think the government will make it all good or your(sic) are just spouting talking points. Not one logical argument anywhere."

Detainees Shown CIA Officers' Photos

Washington Post "The Justice Department recently questioned military defense attorneys at Guantanamo Bay about whether photographs of CIA personnel, including covert officers, were unlawfully provided to detainees charged with organizing the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks, according to sources familiar with the investigation." Remember this is the Eric Holder Justice Dept.

On Dishing It Out . . .

By Victor Davis Hanson "During the bleak days of Iraq, demonstrators carried swastikas and Hitler portraits of Bush habitually. Nicholson Baker wrote a novel in which characters are contemplating killing Bush. Films were praised imagining the assassination of the president. Michael Moore, courted by the Democratic elite, lamented that bin Laden on 9/11 had hit a blue state — and once compared the killers of Americans in Iraq to Minutemen."

The Kennedy Rule: No GOP Senators Allowed

Wall Street Journal "The Boston Globe now notes Mr. Kennedy's current request "puts lawmakers in a delicate position." They "are nervous about being accused of engineering a self-serving change to help their party" just a few years after ramming through a similar self-serving change."

The Truth About Death Counseling

By Charles Krauthammer RealClearPolitics "...So why get Medicare to pay the doctor to do the counseling? Because we know that if this white-coated authority whose chosen vocation is curing and healing is the one opening your mind to hospice and palliative care, we've nudged you ever so slightly toward letting go."

SHOOT AROUND

By Neal Boortz "Just some quick short attention span comments on the current crisis in government here in what may not be for much longer the greatest nation in the world."

Traffic Noise May Impede Sex Lives of Frogs

CNS News One more thing to worry about. Now watch for those "Save the Frogs" activists.

GOP Should Shut Down Senate If Dems Use Procedural Tactic to Ram Through Health-Care Bill, Says Conservative Leader

CNS News "Reconciliation is an option that was created in the 1974 Congressional Budget Act to allow Congress a way out of intractable budget battles.Wesleyan University government professor Elvin Lim said it was invented as a way to achieve a balanced budget--not to force through highly controversial legislation."

Post-Partisan Promise Fizzles

Wall Street Journal "Anti-Obama paraphernalia has hit stores in competition with the still-hot-selling pro-Obama accoutrement: "Don't Blame Me. I voted for McCain" on bumper stickers and "So...How's That Whole 'Hopey Changey' Thing Working Out For Ya?" on T-shirts. Three of the top five books on this week's New York Times best-seller list are anti-Obama tomes."

Obama: Republican conspiracy out to kill health reform

Washington Times ""I guarantee you, Joe, we are going to get health care reform done," he said to one caller. "I know there are a lot of people out there who've been handwringing, and folks in the press are following every little twist and turn of the legislative process, but having a big bill like this is always messy."" Or so he's been told by those with Senate experience.