Government Health Care: Like Your Local Cable Monopoly on Steroids

Pajamas Media "If you enjoy customer service calls to big corporations, you will love begging for treatment from unaccountable government bureaucrats."...."But what if you’re not dealing with a corporation? What if the person on the other end of that line can’t be fired and couldn’t care less what you might say about their employer on Twitter? In other words, what if you’re dealing with the government? Ever try to get the Postal Service to pay up on your destroyed but “insured” package? That was a little different from getting Comcast to fix your bill, wasn’t it?"

Time to change course/ Prez needs to face new facts

MICHAEL BARONE "It turns out that just as the financial crisis and recession didn't much change Americans' fundamental attitudes on the balance between government and markets, so emollient talk and confessions of past American sins didn't much change the behavior of those who consider America a sworn enemy. The mullahs still want their nuclear bomb. "

But We’re Still Gonna Kill You

Mark Steyn, NRO h/t to Lucianne "Barack Obama has spent the last year doing bigtime Islamoschmoozing, from his announcement of Gitmo’s closure and his investigation of Bush officials to his bow before the Saudi King and a speech in Cairo to “the Muslim world” with far too many rhetorical concessions and equivocations. And at the end of it, the jihad sent America a thank-you note by way of Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab’s underwear: Hey, thanks for all the outreach! But we’re still gonna kill you."

Brit Hume's Tiger Woods remarks shine light on true intolerance

Michael Gerson, WaPo "But the American idea of religious liberty does not forbid proselytization; it presupposes it. Free, autonomous individuals not only have the right to hold whatever beliefs they wish, they also have the right to change those beliefs and to persuade others to change as well. Just as there is no political liberty without the right to change one's convictions and publicly argue for them, there is no religious liberty without the possibility of conversion and persuasion."

Analysis: Obama's buck-stopping goes only so far

YahooNews "He says "the buck stops with me," but nearly a year into office, President Barack Obama is still blaming a lot of the nation's troubles — the economy, terrorism, health care — on George W. Bush. Over and over, Obama keeps reminding Americans of the mess he inherited and all he's doing to fix it."

Navy SEALs need your help!

Blackfive "If you value the sacrifice of the Navy SEALs have paid for your freedom, acquaint yourselves with the "SEAL 3" court martial situation. Please read these articles (here and here) that I published today, and follow the links to the defense funds found at the bottom of each article. The Victory Institute will be releasing an action alert within the next 24 hours for those who seek to take action to resolve this matter. If you would like more information, contact me at ccarter at victoryinstitute dot net."

It begins: Federal judge tosses Gitmo detainee’s confession as coerced

HotAir "Frankly, we could use more of these test cases before the KSM trial gets going: If he and Holder miscalculate and end up sending some low-level jihadi to federal court on the assumption that they can get a conviction even if the confession’s thrown out, and then the defendant is freed, the uproar will be such that he’ll have to rethink his whole stupid KSM strategy."

NPR Executives Will Not Take Down Teabagger-Bashing Cartoon They Agree With

GatewayPundit "It’s not only CNN and MSNBC who decided this year to openly attack ordinary Americans who oppose the democrat’s record spending and massive expansion of government…National Public Radio is using taxpayer dollars to bash teabaggers on their website–“Learn to Speak Teabag”"

37 vulnerable House Dems we need to target on health care

StoptheACLU.com "The 37 Democrats Cantor identified are listed below, with all of their contact information. Cantor was able to find what you might call “weak spots” for each of these Democrats. Use them. For some its abortion. For others, it might be Medicare. Still others are concerned about the budget. "

Closing Gitmo: The President's Naive Fixation by CHARLES KRAUTHAMMER

Investors.com "Imagine that Guantanamo were to disappear tomorrow, swallowed in a giant tsunami. Do you think there'd be any less recruiting for al-Qaida in Yemen, Saudi Arabia, Pakistan, London? Jihadism's list of grievances against the West is not only self-replenishing, but also endlessly creative. Osama bin Laden's 1998 fatwa commanding universal jihad against America cited as its two top grievances our stationing of troops in Saudi Arabia and Iraqi suffering under anti-Saddam sanctions. Today, virtually no U.S. troops are in Saudi Arabia. And the sanctions regime against Iraq was abolished years ago. Has al-Qaida stopped recruiting?"

Training the next generation of terrorists

Ann Kane , AT "The title of a post on Brietbart’s new website Big Journalism is Why Won’t MSM Cover Islam? What Are They Afraid Of? After accidentally viewing the video placed in the center of the article, I know the answer to the question. I didn’t read any disclaimer like, Warning: Graphic Content. So, I jumped right in and viewed the video used by radical Muslims to train their pre-pubescent boys in the art of beheading."

How the Dems Alienate Voters

Clarice Feldman, AT "You don't need to be a political scientist to understand why the voters are turning against the Democrats. Just take a moment to read Howie Carr's brilliant piece in the Boston herald on why people should vote for Republican Senatorial candidate Scott Brown. True, some of his points apply only to the Democratic candidate, Martha Coakly, but others are applicable to her party nationwide, like these:"