Political Cartoons by Glenn McCoy

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Obama's 'conditions' to talk to Prime Minister Netanyahu

Ed Lasky "Barack Obama famously declared there were no conditions for talks with the mad mullahs of Iran, despite them being responsible for the murder of many Americans over the years (Beirut barracks, Iraq, Khobar Towers in Saudi Arabia)."

Obama Doesn't "Get" the Military He Commands

Villanous Company "Life is full of mysteries, but chief among them in this Marine wife's mind at the moment is, "Just how stupid does this White House think we are?" If the events of the past few months have shown us anything, it's that Barack Obama has little enthusiasm for - or interest in - one of the most important duties of an American President: his role as Commander in Chief of the nation's armed forces."

ALERT: Veterans Day - Some Companies Continue to Support our Military

Blackfive "During these tough economic times, there are a few stand-up companies that continue to support military and veterans. "...."We'll start off with the Golden Corral which will support vets on next Monday..."

18-year-old ‘mentored’ by Nidal Malik Hasan says Fort Hood Victims Got What They Deserved

Atlas Shrugs "With four out of five mosques in the US preaching hate, mosques must be monitored. This is the defining issue of out time. There will be a rout in 2010.2012, the right best get behind a leader that gets it. And will fight it unafraid. It's two minutes after midnight." ABC: U.S. Knew Hasan Tried Contacting Al Qaeda Months Ago ; Alleged Fort Hood Shooter Frequented Local Strip Club ;

The Victory of the Cross

by Newt Gingrich, Callista Gingrich, and Vince Haley "...Pope John Paul II constantly preached that it was only through Jesus Christ that man could fully understand his great dignity and his future vocation and therefore no country had the right to exclude Christ from its history."

Mutiny in Scrutiny?

NRO "The House bill has passed — barely and belatedly — and it is now dead. Nothing like it will ever pass the Senate. The question now is whether anything will, now that the voters have spoken in New Jersey and Virginia — and now that the exceedingly narrow margin in the House will likely invite even greater scrutiny of that which is being proposed. Greater scrutiny will not help the Democrats' efforts."

The Pelosi Health Care Plan: Employer Mandate Penalties on Small Businesses

Heritage "This legislation would create an employer penalty system that would apply to small firms--even those with 25 or fewer workers. Businesses expanding total annual payroll to $500,000 would face a $10,000 marginal penalty; this penalty rises to $19,200 for small firms expanding total wages to $750,000. This additional cost would create a strong disincentive for small firms to increase compensation or hire additional employees." More change.

Washington 'Shall' Control Your Healthcare

RealClearPolitics "...as you flip through the pages of the House bill, you will notice the word "regulation" appears 181 times. "Tax" is there 214 times. "Fees," 103 times. As we all know, nothing says "affordability" like higher taxes and fees. The word "shall" - as in "must" or "required to" - appears over 3,000 times. The word, alas, is never preceded by the patriotic phrase "mind our own freaking business." Not once."

Sweeping Health Care Plan Passes House

NY Times "Only one Republican, Representative Anh Cao of Louisiana, voted for the bill, and 39 Democrats opposed it. The House also defeated the Republicans’ more modest plan, whose authors said it was a more common-sense and fiscally responsible approach." H/t to Lucianne.

The left and terror

By J.R. Dunn h/t to Lucianne "The third step is to target them, isolate them and render them harmless. The question is how we go about it. The left itself may well have put the weapon in our hands."...."Van Jones should act as our model. A few years ago, it wouldn't have mattered that Jones was associated with a nut cult like the Truthers. Now everything matters, and everything goes under the microscope. Jones was a critical figure to the administration, one for whom they were willing to put their reputations on the line to save. It made no difference. Once exposed, and hammered, and spotlighted, he was shown the door and wished luck with his further endeavors. For this outcome, he has no one to thank but his own comrades on the left. "

Obama’s “Middle Option” in Afghanistan

Max Boot "If the Times article is accurate, the White House has arbitrarily made McChrystal’s request the high-end estimate and added a third option that’s higher than his low-end request but lower than his middle option. Presumably this is so that Obama can tell his liberal base that he didn’t just “cave” in to what the generals wanted, though why the president should be afraid of “rubber-stamping” a request from his handpicked commander in the field isn’t clear."