Lawmakers rally to sailors' aid in court martial

Yahoo News "About 20 lawmakers signed the letter to Defense Secretary Robert Gates, including House Minority Leader John Boehner, R-Ohio. "The Navy SEALs could have been slapped on the wrist for this — unfairly then, too," Hunter said. "But they said, 'We want to let the facts be known." Prosecuting them is "baloney.""

Scientists Behaving Badly

Weekly Standard "Today the climate campaigners want to forcibly sterilize the world's energy supply, and until recently they looked to be within an ace of doing so. But even before Climategate, the campaign was beginning to resemble a Broadway musical that had run too long, with sagging box office and declining enthusiasm from a dwindling audience. Someone needs to break the bad news to the players that it's closing time for the climate horror show."

Resetting the Reset Button

Victor Davis Hanson "We want the world’s available capital to finance ever more government entitlements for our own comparatively well-off citizens. We want you to drill for oil and natural gas in terrain we would never consider here in the United States. We want to apologize for the old America, but in the bargain expect the world to listen to our new sermons. We want you to seek democratic reform, but don’t ask us to say a word on your behalf when your own thugs push back."

California Junior High Principal Apologizes For Not Warning Parents About Pro-Homosexual Program for 8th Graders

CNS News "Two exercises in the handouts are called “Act Like A Man Box” and “Act Like a Lady Box.” Students are asked to imagine what their parents or other adults say to them that make them feel they must stay inside the “man” and “lady” box.“What’s hard about being in this box all the time?” the worksheet asks. “What qualities help us resist the pressure to be ‘in the box?’”"

Random Thoughts by Thomas Sowell

Townhall "Here is a math problem for you: Assume that the legislation establishing government control of medical care is passed and that it "brings down the cost of medical care." You pay $500 a year less for your medical care, but the new costs put on employers is passed on to consumers, so that you pay $300 a year more for groceries and $200 a year more for gasoline, while the new mandates put on insurance companies raise your premiums by $300 a year, how much money have you saved? "

The Taliban's Response to Obama Afghanistan Policy

By Jane Jamison , AT "It does seem our enemies in Afghanistan understand us much better than we understand them."

NASA's Hansen urges Copenhagen 'collapse'

John McLaughlin , AT "So, it seems Hansen is still a believer. He just favors even more draconian measures than legislation like Cap and Trade. He acknowledges the recent disclosure of scientific fraud may present problems, but it doesn’t change his outlook."

A list of 12 very bad ideas

American Thinker "10. Relying on the president, whose Cabinet has the least private sector experience since at least 1900, to create jobs."

The Democrat's idea of 'free and open debate' on climate change

Rick Moran, AT "Still, it is interesting to watch as Democrats simply ignore Climategate or treat it as a joke. Perhaps the joke will be on them next year at the polls if they persist in this folly."

Great Dane: Denmark's Parliament's Speaker Expresses 'Serious Doubts' About 'Climate Change'

Newsbusters "Given what has been exposed in ClimateGate, Pedersen is actually giving climate change scientists more of a break than they deserve. It's clear from the e-mails exposed that many of these scientists have made up their minds and have in many cases been pretending to know what they don't really know."

WaPo Puts ClimateGate at the Top of Page One

Newsbusters "But the Post makes sure to emphasize that the side they generally favor are not liberals or activists for government intervention, but "top scientists" and "mainstream scienists" -- just like the Post is a top, "mainstream" paper."

Uncertain Trumpet

Charles Krauthammer "Does he think that such ambivalence is not heard by the Taliban, by Afghan peasants deciding which side to choose, by Pakistani generals hedging their bets, by NATO allies already with one foot out of Afghanistan?"...."Success in war depends on three things: a brave and highly skilled soldiery, ... brilliant, battle-tested commanders such as Gens. David Petraeus and McChrystal, fresh from the success of the surge in Iraq; and the will to prevail as personified by the commander in chief."