It's a wonderful life working for the government

Washington Examiner "Those unions in turn have contributed generously to Democrats. Services Employee International Union head Andy Stern, the most frequent nongovernment visitor to the Obama White House, has boasted that his union steered $60 million to Democrats in the 2008 cycle. The total union contribution to Democrats has been estimated at $400 million. In effect, some significant portion of the stimulus package can be regarded as taxpayer funding of the Democratic Party. Needless to say, no Republicans need apply." h/t to Neal Boortz

OBAMA'S NUCLEAR DREAMS

Nealz Nuze "Nine months after making his speech in Prague about disarming America, the Pentagon is pushing back. They are not going to just lie down and take it because the great Community Organizer said so! The Pentagon isn't impressed that Obama was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize under the assumption that he would make great strides in disarming America, and ultimately the world. Not a bit. "

Freed Guantánamo inmates are heading for Yemen to join al-Qaeda fight

UK TimesOnline "Officials said that a higher proportion of those still being held were likely to return to terrorism because they were considered more of a security threat than those selected in the early stages of the release programme."

Dems intend to bypass GOP on health compromise

Townhall "House and Senate Democrats intend to bypass traditional procedures when they negotiate a final compromise on health care legislation, officials said Monday, a move that will exclude Republican lawmakers and reduce their ability to delay or force politically troubling votes in both houses."

Into Thine Hand I Commit My Spirit

Michael Yon via BigHollywood "On this small base surrounded by a mixture of enemy and friendly territory, a memorial has been erected just next to the Chapel. Inside the tepee are 21 photos of 21 soldiers killed during the first months of a year-long tour of duty. The fallen will belong forever to the honor rolls of the 1-17th Infantry Battalion, 5th Brigade, 2nd Infantry Division, and they will join the sacred list of names of those who have given their lives in service of the United States of America."

Online Extremists Recommended Methods Exactly Like Those Used by Abdulmutallab

ABC News "A private Israeli intelligence company told ABC News Monday there was a surge of online discussions in extremist Islamic forums about blowing up planes three weeks before Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab's attempt to bring down Northwest Flight 253. The discussions recommended using "improvised detonation chain" devices, exactly like the one used onboard the Detroit-bound flight."

The Constitutional Crisis and the Security Crisis

Andrew C. McCarthy "These are cases involving jihadists trained to kill innocents. They are not the cases you compromise on: You take them all the way. If a district judge gives you a lunatic ruling, you appeal to the D.C. Circuit. If you lose there, you take it to the Supreme Court. Aside from having good-faith reasons to play out the string, this gives you months or years of time — time during which dangerous people stay detained while you have the opportunity to go to Congress and ask for help in the form of a legislative remedy to rein in the judges."

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Berkeley's Unbearable Whiteness of Science

Thomas Lifson , AT "Teaching people that they are victims does nothing to encourage excellence. But rather than reconsider its failing efforts, Berkeley High is doubling the dosage of a medicine that isn't working, and which carries bad side effects. If the Berkeley public schools go ahead with this plan, they deserve condemnation and ridicule on a national scale."

Law & Order and Double Standards

Pajamas Media "When will the television series portray a Muslim “honor” killing and the Islamic theology behind it?"

SEVEN THINGS NEVER TO SAY TO A VETERAN

KitchenDispatch "1.) "Thank you for your service, but I don't think we should have been there in the first place."" And from Laughing Wolf at Blackfive: "Well, we are all familiar with trolls and tools that live to say the nastiest things they can to those who serve or have served. They are a fact of life, and without the social constraints that placed external restraints on them they are a very noisy and vile part of life."

The downside of Barack Obama

Powerline Blog "John Brennan was sent forth to defend the administration's handling of the Abdulmutallab affair on the Sunday talk shows because he is a a high official in the administration's security apparatus and he makes a good appearance. Yet he made a fool of himself. He made a fool of himself not because he is a fool, but rather because he was defending foolish policies. "