Oh joy. 108 new federal bureaucracies created by health care reform bill

Rick Moran in American Thinker: "Every single liberal complaint about American society over the last 40 years will now have its own, special bureaucratic office to which the left can go to plead for relief, or seek redress, or initiate more legislation. The bureaucracies listed will worm their way into every corner of American life - snooping, hectoring, issuing grandiose proclamations, initiating "public service" campaigns - a nightmare of government intervention..."

House Health Care Bill Neither ‘Durable’ Nor ‘Desirable’ Says Former CBO Director

CNS News "“We are going to generally raise the cost of existing insurance to those who already have it – and that’s a majority of Americans – and then put in place a fiscally rickety way to get insurance to those who do not have insurance.” “As a result I think that these are reforms which are not durable in any deep sense and are not desirable from the point of view of policy,” he said."

‘Sesame Street’ Trashes Fox News

Big Hollywood "PBS — a network partially funded with my tax dollars — has the right to tell my kids that their parents watch “trashy” news? The message is clear, I can’t even sit my kids in front of “Sesame Street” without having to worry about the Left attempting to undermine my authority."

Skewed Priorities

Investors.com "Leadership: What are we to make of a White House visitors list that includes 22 swiftly scheduled appointments with a union boss at a time when Gen. Stanley McChrystal can't get face time with the commander in chief?"

Media Ignores Planned Parenthood Leader’s Change of Heart

Newsbusters "...there's little hope that we'll hear about Abby Johnson in the mainstream media. Johnson, a Planned Parenthood director in Texas, resigned October 6 after watching an ultrasound of an abortion procedure. "I just thought I can't do this anymore," she said. "And it was just like a flash that hit me and I thought that's it."" Related: Planned Parenthood official has eyes opened on abortion From American Thinker

Bartiromo Predicts Bush Tax Cuts Extended, Worries U.S. Not on the 'Ascent'

Newsbusters "Maria Bartiromo discussed her interview with former Chairman of the Federal Reserve and Obama adviser Paul Volcker ".... "One of the topics Bartiromo reported on from the conference was the possibility the Bush tax cuts would be allowed to expire, which she insisted is unlikely."

Flashback: Obama critical of Bush for staging photo-op

Reuters, 2007 "Bush has often visited wounded soldiers and their families at Walter Reed and at other military hospitals but those meetings were almost always private. Democrats called Bush's visit a "photo op" and urged him to back off his threat to veto a war-spending bill that has $4.3 billion in health aid for returning soldiers."

Al Gore could become world's first carbon billionaire

UK Telegraph "Al Gore, the former US vice president, could become the world's first carbon billionaire after investing heavily in green energy companies." As a result, I think we can safely rule out his debating those with opposing views. Then there is This from American Thinker

10,000 Attend Houston Tea Party at Sam Houston Race Park (Video)

FirstThings h/t to Gateway Pundit. "Congratulations to the North Houston Tea Party Patriots for organizing the event." The White House will blow off this event in 3..2..1...

Counterterrorism, Obama Style

By Andrew McCarthy "Al-Marri, a committed sleeper operative sent by our enemies to carry out a post-9/11 second wave of mass-murder attacks inside the United States, was given an appalling sentence: He’ll be eligible for release in about six years."

Planned Parenthood director quits after watching abortion ultrasound

Hot Air "What pushed Johnson out was both an ultrasound of an abortion and a renewed emphasis on the cash-generating business in the failing economy. After being told to deemphasize prevention and market for abortions, Johnson finally had enough..."

Dede Scozzafava proves her detractors right!

Aaron Gee in AT: "When the DNC is releasing statements for the former GOP candidate you know something is very wrong. This is a wake up call for the leaders of the Grand Old Party. The party got its hat handed to it in the last election by running the most "moderate" candidate in decades why do they continue in the same vein that didn't work last time? "