Lindsey Graham: Immigration would kill climate bill

Politico “This comes out of left field,” said Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.), after hearing that Democratic leaders may now push immigration reform ahead of a climate bill. “I’m working as earnestly as I can to craft climate and energy independence, clean air and jobs, and now we’re being told that we’re going to immigration. We haven’t done anything to prepare the body of the country for immigration.” Via Heritage.

Quick Hits from Heritage

Expecting health insurance premiums to rise under Obamacare, Democrats are now trying to give Washington price control power over insurance rates.


According to pension consultant Girard Miller that California state and local governments have $325 billion in unfunded pension liabilities, which he said amounts to $22,000 for every working adult in the Golden State.

Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-NY) called President Obama’s Middle East peace strategy “counter-productive,” explaining: “If the U.S. says certain things and takes certain stands the Palestinians say, ‘Why should we negotiate?’”

According to a new Congressional Budget Office analysis, if Obamacare is not repealed by 2016, nearly 4 million Americans – the vast majority of them middle class – will have to pay a little more than $1,000 apiece penalties per year if they don’t get government approved insurance.

The Senate Democrats’ new federal budget would raise taxes on about 30 million people by $3,700 a year by 2012.

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The Fatal Flaws of the Wall Street Bailout Bill

Heritage "According to Rasmussen Reports, 64% of Americans are not confident that policymakers in Washington know what they’re doing with regards to Wall Street. They have every reason to be concerned."

Liberals and the Violence Card

Rush Limbaugh "The latest liberal meme is to equate skepticism of the Obama administration with a tendency toward violence. That takes me back 15 years ago to the time President Bill Clinton accused "loud and angry voices" on the airwaves (i.e., radio talk-show hosts like me) of having incited Oklahoma City bomber Timothy McVeigh. What self-serving nonsense. Liberals are perfectly comfortable with antigovernment protest when they're not in power. From the halls of the Ivy League to the halls of Congress, from the antiwar protests during the Vietnam War and the war in Iraq to the anticapitalist protests during International Monetary Fund and World Bank meetings, we're used to seeing leftist malcontents take to the streets. " Emphasis added.

Goodwin Liu flunks the mainstream test, Part Two

Powerline "Interpreting the Constitution is, of course, one of the most important things judges do. Thus, the notion that Liu's writings about how the Constitution should be interpreted have "no bearing on [his] role as a judge" insults the intelligence of the Senators on the Judiciary Committee. When the path to confirmation involves insulting Senators' intelligence to this degree, that path is likely to be rocky. Liu is looking like a nominee Republicans may be able to block."

Mike Ramirez cartoon

http://townhall.com/cartoons/cartoonist/MichaelRamirez

Free All The SEALs From Travesty

Investors.com "An al-Qaida handbook captured in a raid by British authorities on a terrorist cell in Manchester, England, states "brothers must insist on proving that torture was inflicted on them by state security before the judge. Complain of mistreatment while in prison." And lie Abed did."...."This, however, is a politically correct administration that wants to close the detainee facility in Guantanamo Bay lest it tarnish our image among Islamofascists worldwide. We apologize to everybody and anybody. We won't tolerate another Abu Ghraib, so we tolerate this tragedy."

Rules for Republicans

Pajamas Media "Want your country back? Learn from our mistakes and be proactive." Clayton E. Cramer

Mr. Obama’s Nowhere Discussions

Victor Davis Hanson     "President Obama could rather easily restore his credibility. But to do so, he would have to stop talking and start making hard policy decisions."

American Neutrality Toward Israel Invites Violence

Victor Davis Hanson "No wonder that in the ongoing dispute, most of the world adds up the pluses and minuses and concludes that it is wiser to side with Israel’s foes than to become its friend. But why, until now, has America always bucked the tide?"...."No matter. This administration should take a deep breath and review history. It would learn that when Israel is alone, its opportunistic enemies pile on. And then war becomes more, not less, likely."

Finance Reform: Neal Boortz makes the complex understandable

Neal Boortz "Ok, I know it may be a snooze-fest but it's important. I'm learning about all of this nonsense right along with you. So before we turn to the latest in Washington on financial reform, let's do a little Boortz Finance 101."

Obama slams Wall Street ways while asking support

Yahoo "Obama has denied any White House involvement in the timing of the SEC case, but the charges have emboldened Democrats in their criticism of Republicans who oppose the administration's overhaul proposal -- even though measures in the proposal may not have stopped the transactions involved in the Goldman case."