Misunderstanding the Ryan Roadmap

NRO "The Ryan proposal offers a stable, sustainable course for the welfare state that promises to be far more stable than a centrally directed alternative that burdens the federal government with more complexity than it can successfully manage. Cutting checks — the core business of the Social Security Administration — is something government does well. Micromanaging medical providers, as we've discovered through long experience, is not something government does well." Related: A congressman with a presidential-level agenda. "Liberals accuse Ryan of cutting future Medicare benefits. True enough—but they’re missing the point. “Any reform would do that,” he says. “They want to do it by a government monopoly and rationing. We attack the root cause of health care inflation by introducing free-market mechanisms into the system.” "

ABC Reporter Attacks National Tea Party Convention Leaders During Press Conference (Video)

Gateway Pundit "After biting his lip for twenty minutes New York-based ABC reporter John Berman ripped into the National Tea Party Convention leaders at their press conference today."

Trashing the Job Makers

Victor Davis Hanson "When it comes to creating a psychological climate to encourage employers to start hiring again, a little certainty and a little praise are lot better than uncertainty and talk of taxing even more those who now already pay the most."

Congratulations to Mark Kirk

Max Boot "I had the privilege of chatting with him last year when he visited the Council on Foreign Relations, and I found him to be extremely well-informed about world affairs — far more so than the average House member. He was also full of shrewd and sensible insights. "

White House Prepares for Possibility of 2 Supreme Court Vacancies

ABC News "Court watchers believe two of the more liberal members of the court, justices John Paul Stevens and Ruth Bader Ginsburg, could decide to step aside for reasons of age and health. That would give the president his second and third chance to shape his legacy on the Supreme Court." Candidates better remember Obama's reprimand during the SOTU.

GOVERNMENT OUTRAGE

Neal Boortz "We don't always have time to talk about these, but that doesn't mean you shouldn't know about them! Hope you enjoy this new feature." Here's what's on Boortz's first list:

DEMOCRATS AND THEIR 'JOBS' BILL

Neal Boortz "So ... along comes this ill-prepared community organizer/president who tells you that he will give you a $5000 tax credit if you will just hire someone to work in your business. Trouble is, (1) you don't need an additional worker right now because your business isn't growing; and (2) if you do hire an additional worker it is going to cost you at least $50,000 when you consider salary, matching Social Security "contributions", unemployment insurance, workers comp and other expenses. "

The Great Peasant Revolt of 2010

Charles Krauthammer "This being a democracy, don’t the Democrats see that clinging to this agenda will march them over a cliff? Don’t they understand Massachusetts? Well, they understand it through a prism of two cherished axioms: (1) The people are stupid, and (2) Republicans are bad. Result? The dim, led by the malicious, vote incorrectly."

Holder on Holder

Andrew C. McCarthy, NRO "Holder contends that the policies and practices used in Abdulmutallab’s case “were not criticized when employed by previous administrations.” That’s not true. Many people disagreed vigorously with, for example, President Bush’s decision to treat Zacarias Moussaoui as an ordinary civilian defendant. Later events have validated that critique. Indeed, the whole reason for fighting the conflict militarily after 9/11 ...was the patent ineffectiveness of relying upon law-enforcement policies and practices to protect the nation from an enemy who is not committing crimes but making war."

Sports Heroes and Conservatism

Bruce Walker, AT "In all of television today -- which has entertainment programs with the villains and victims so clearly scripted based upon gender, race, faith, and other factors -- there are few surprises. In television news, the same tired, recycled propaganda is played over and over, and virtually nothing actually new or exciting ever reaches our ears. Schools teach the same boring mush of politically correct lies and rhetoric dressed up as knowledge. Everywhere one looks, dull sameness reigns unchallenged. Everywhere, that same blandness rules -- except in sports."

The Big Fool Says to Push On

Jeff Durstewitz, PJM "What’s the relevance to today? Well, Pete Seeger’s still around, bless his progressive soul, even if there’s no network host who would even consider asking him to come on to help torpedo “The One” (not that he’d ever do it). But with the evidence of President Obama’s disastrous mistakes piling up all around us, why not?"

Thank You, Glenn Beck, for Exposing Communism’s Evils, by Jamie Glazov

Pajamas Media "In America, most of the intellectuals who surrounded us scoffed at the importance of real intellectual freedom and dismissed my parents’ experience; they demonized their own society, wished for its defeat, and supported the communist enemy that muzzled free speech and tortured millions of human beings." Did you see the Soviet flag waving at the pro-Obama rally?