Spot the offensive picture

American Thinker "My online friend bgates, created this for Draw Mohammed Day and invites anyone who want to republish it. It is right on target, I think:

Trespassing law may turn more illegal immigrants into citizens

AZCapitolTimes.com  "Arizona’s new immigration law may have been aimed at deporting as many illegal immigrants as possible, but an ironic side effect will allow more undocumented residents to apply for temporary work visas and permanent U.S. citizenship, according to research by the Arizona Capitol Times."
Related: ARIZONA'S LAW .. A PATH TO CITIZENSHIP??

The connection of debt and dependency

Washington Times "You don't have to be a political guru to peg 2009 as a watershed year in American public policy. But even seasoned Washington insiders might not appreciate just how special that year was.
Not only did the federal government effectively take over half of the U.S. economy, it also expanded public-sector debt by more than all previous governments combined. And much of that growth in debt came in programs that actively increase citizens dependence on government."

Climate bill would strangle economic recovery

The Detroit News "Households will pay $1,000 more per year in energy costs, including $1.20 more per gallon of gasoline. Net worth for a family of four will decline by $40,000, while its share of the national debt will increase by $27,000 per family member."

Shall We Laugh or Cry at Morgan Hill?

Victor Davis Hanson "If there were a “metaphor” in all this, then it is how multicultural instruction results in moral equivalence, cultural relativism, ignorance of American law — and irony in that millions of Mexican nationals are fleeing Mexico to enter America only within a few years to see their children wave the flag of the country they fled, and resent those who wear the flag of the country they desperately sought to join.
So all in all, another depressing California moment."

The Specter of Obama

Weekly Standard "Remember when President Obama assured nervous Democrats that "the big difference here and in '94 was you've got me"? Oops. In the last few months Obama worked to get four high-profile Democrats elected: Creigh Deeds, Jon Corzine, Martha Coakley, and Arlen Specter. Each of them lost, by an average of 8.5 points." Jonathan V. Last

Now entering Greece

The Political Class "Eric Allie nails this one."...."Is it that bad? Look at the numbers yourself."

John Bolton on American Sovereignty Under a Post-American Presidency

Heritage "The first problem, he argued, is that President Obama doesn’t care about national security. It is not where his attention is focused. The second problem is that he doesn’t see threats to the U.S. overseas. He argued during his presidential campaign, for example, that Iran was a “tiny” country. The third problem is that President Obama appears to believe that American decline is not only inevitable, but also a good thing."

No, You Can't Keep Your Health Plan

WSJ "President Obama guaranteed Americans that after health reform became law they could keep their insurance plans and their doctors. It's clear that this promise cannot be kept. Insurers and physicians are already reshaping their businesses as a result of Mr. Obama's plan."...."The bottom line: Defensive business arrangements designed to blunt ObamaCare's economic impacts will mean less patient choice."  Dr. Gottlieb, a former official at the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, is a fellow at the American Enterprise Institute and a practicing internist. He's partner to a firm that invests in health-care companies.

Republicans on Track to Snatch Defeat From Jaws of Victory

Ann Coulter "Republican consultants are doing a wonderful job raising expectations sky-high for the November elections, so that now, even if Republicans do smashingly well, it will look like a defeat (and an across-the-board endorsement of Obama's agenda). Thanks, Republicans!"

Political Cartoons by Michael Ramirez

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Texas doctors opting out of Medicare at alarming rate

Houston Chronicle  "Two years after a survey found nearly half of Texas doctors weren't taking some new Medicare patients, new data shows 100 to 200 a year are now ending all involvement with the program. Before 2007, the number of doctors opting out averaged less than a handful a year."  What is the "Doc fix" ? "In the 1990s, President Bill Clinton and a Republican Congress passed a law cutting Medicare payments to doctors. The cuts ended up being bigger than policy makers first understood, so President George W. Bush and a Republican Congress overrode them in 2003. In the years since, both Republican and Democratic Congresses continued to override them."