Madame Speaker, Meet Reality

Commentary "And then there are the upcoming elections, the retirements, the corruption scandals, and her own unpopularity. But she assures us that the Democrats will keep their majority. Listen, what do you expect her to say? No use turning a rout into a stampede. "

ABSOLUTE CORRUPTION: PELOSI BACKS THIEF RANGEL

Atlas Shrugs "Earlier Friday, Rep. Gene Taylor, a conservative Democrat from Mississippi, suggested that Rangel should give up his chairmanship of the Ways and Means Committee, which originates not only tax laws but also benefit programs that now pay nearly half the costs for Americans' health care."...."The ethics matter comes at a delicate time for Democrats who are trying to push ahead with their stalled health care legislation. The Ways and Means Committee will play a key role in what eventually may be enacted."-------- Video: Hey, remember when Pelosi wanted “ethically unfit” leaders to be dumped?

The Edifice Falls

Heritage "The latest attempt to force the U.S. economy to turn away from readily available, affordable fuels and leaving it to the tender mercies of untried, experimental and expensive technologies is a bipartisan effort by Sens. [Kerry, Graham and Lieberman]. A legislative package from them, according to The Washington Post on Saturday, would individually cap how much traditional energy the main pillars of the American economy would be able to use."

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Blaming Bush — Enough Yet?

Commentary "...there is another, more fundamental reason why Obama should stop: it’s embarrassing. It simply reinforces the meme that Obama isn’t very presidential. Petulant? Certainly. Condescending? Definitely. But presidential – meaning above-the fray, decisive, appealing to the better angels of our nature, and careful to use only the best and most accurate data? Hardly." ----- Obama Fatigue By Victor Davis Hanson; "Every President starts to wear on the public. But the omnipresent Obama has become wearisome in record time. Why? "

Labor Unions Will Not Be Denied

Sweetness&Light "From the Communist Party USA’s Peoples World (formerly the Daily Worker):"

Liberty and Government: An American Tipping Point

Big Government "Thomas Paine said that “It is the duty of every patriot to protect his country from its government.” He did so amidst the long shadow of a centralized government which regarded individual rights as secondary to its own." Thomas Del Beccaro

The Majestic Twelve: The True Story of the Most Feared Combat Escort Unit in Baghdad

Atlas Shrugs "One thing we lack in this war is warriors at the senior level. At the very top, our governments are full of quislings, cowards, appeasers, and collaborators. The enemy has been fighting against us for decades before our authorities even noticed. But while our government, law enforcement, and military establishments are rotten at the top, on the ground they're still healthy. The courageous men and women who actually confront the enemy, whether on the battlefields in Iraq and Afghanistan or on the stealth jihad battlegrounds here at home, are vigorous, fearless, and patriotic. One of the most courageous is U.S. Marine Master Sergeant Jack Lynch, author of The Majestic Twelve: The True Story of the Most Feared Combat Escort Unit in Baghdad."

Why Larry Kudlow Must Run

Big Government "It goes without saying that Chuck Schumer needs a vigorous challenger; he is perhaps the most odious, pushy, abrasive and self-absorbed jerk in Congress today. His pork-fests are legendary, and he narrowly escaped indictment for corruption as an Assemblyman before becoming the master of the “pay to play” game in Washington. But Kudlow’s potential candidacy is about something even more important than sending Schumer packing." Roger Stone

Predators Over Pakistan

Weekly Standard "Obama deserves support and praise for this program from across the political spectrum. More than that, though, the drone strikes need an aggressive defense against increasingly vocal critics who are moving to create around drone warfare a narrative of American wickedness and cowardice and of CIA perfidy.Here the administration has dropped the ball. It has so far failed to provide a robust affirmation of the propositions that underwrite Predator drone warfare. " Progressives will get many killed. Look how they stood up to Hitler and Stalin.

Upward Bound Is Down… Radical Sexual Indoctrination of Kids Is In

Gateway Pundit "Kevin Jennings, the founder of the GLSEN organization, has a long history of promoting sexual material in classrooms including books that describe sex between first graders and books that promote S&M. The GLSEN group also pushes books that romanticize child rape and books that show men having sex with boy scouts in the background. Jennings’ GLSEN group also organized student-teacher seminars where instructors held fisting lectures. He sounds like just the person who deserves a fat $45 million raise, huh?" Jim Hoft.

Let’s Be Honest with the Palestinians

Commentary "Not only does the perpetual stream of American complaints strike the Israelis (and others) as intensely one-sided and irrelevant to the core issue that prevents peace from breaking out of “process” and into reality, but it infantilizes the Palestinians, treating them as psychotic children and playing to their worst tendencies. The upcoming Naqba Day — the epitome of victimology — is explained poignantly here:" Jennifer Rubin