Wednesday, September 9, 2009

Obama to Endorse Public Plan in Speech

WSJ "President Barack Obama, in a high-stakes speech Wednesday to Congress and the nation, will press for a government-run insurance option in a proposed overhaul of the U.S. health-care system that has divided lawmakers and voters for months."

What A Republican Wants From Obama's Speech

The Atlantic "Here's what House Minority Whip Eric Cantor (R-VA) says Republicans are looking for from President Obama's speech to the House and Senate tonight. "

Obama's Speech Tonight

By John Stossel "I wish President Obama would say to Congress: Members of Congress, I ask you to address our fiscal emergency. ..."

How to Watch the Speech

NY Times Blog "And while Mr. Obama will probably talk in clear, plain-spoken terms, decoding his remarks and the reaction he gets will require both a careful ear and a keen eye. Here are some of the main things to listen and look for: ..."

Mike Ramirez Cartoon

Townhall

Media supplies the outrage for Obama

American Thinker This article says more about the press than it does about Obama.

Paglia:The Democratic Brain Has Marinated in Cliches so Long It is Pickled

American Thinker "In her column in Salon, Camille Paglia argues that it may be too late for Obama to salvage his standing and win a second term of office. In analyzing why this is so, she makes a number of points worth reading, including these:..."

Democrats losing seniors

By Dick Morris "And our seniors correctly understand that you cannot extend full health benefits to some portion of the 50 million who live here and lack insurance without causing rationing of existing health services unless you expand the number of doctors and nurses and the amount of medical equipment."

Court upholds ban on hymn at Wash. graduation

Boston.com "Barring an instrumental performance of a Christian hymn at a high school graduation did not violate students' First Amendment rights and was within the school superintendent's discretion, a divided federal appeals panel ruled Tuesday." The 9th Circuit Court, as usual.

VAN JONES FALLOUT

By Neal Boortz "As Obama's popularity dips .. .and more and more people begin to doubt the wisdom of his plans for massive government expansion and retribution toward the private sector, the Obama defenders are going to run to the refuge of race. After all, they have years of practice here."

FACTS ABOUT THE “MASSACHUSETTS MODEL”

Independence Institute "Why is it important to know the facts about the Massachusetts Mandatory Health Care Model? Because President Obama is giving serious consideration to enacting mandatory health insurance on a national scale." Massachusetts' plan has been considered the prototype of Obama's plan.

The Second World War — Seventy Years Later

By Victor Davis Hanson "In fact, Britain nearly alone saved Western civilization between September 1939 and June 1941. From May 1940, it fought almost alone against the entire continent of occupied Europe, when the United States was still isolationist and the Soviet Union was actively helping the Nazi cause. One of the great mysteries of the war is how an isolated Britain survived the Blitz, German submarines, Gen. Erwin "the Desert Fox" Rommel, and the industrial might of the entire European continent until Russia and America joined its cause."