The Right to Choose - For Farmers in Haiti

Paul Driessen "The Monsanto Company is learning a valuable lesson in Haiti: no good deed goes unpunished at the hands of radical anti-corporate elements of Western society. "

Watch the left be the left

Obama's hate speech aimed at BP incites violence "Comments on British message boards this week have been full of anger at the United States and disillusionment at Mr. Obama, a wildly popular president here until now."

Rabbi who filmed Helen Thomas rant gets death threats  "Rabbi David Nessenoff said he is facing an "overload" of threatening e-mails calling for a renewed Holocaust and targeting his family..."This ticker tape keeps coming in," Nessenoff told FoxNews.com. "We got one specific one saying ‘We're going to kill the Jews; watch your back."'"

 The Next Oprah: Rosie O’Donnell Says Helen Thomas is Right  "[F]resh from declaring “communism” as the answer to dealing with corporate misconduct in America, O’Donnell actually appears to agree that Jews should depart Israel for Germany and Poland, especially since (GET THIS) THE OVENS ARE GONE!"

American Power Act: Oil Spill Does Not Justify Wrecking the Economy

 Heritage Insider  "The American Power Act is a significant tax on energy that would reduce Americans’ income, destroy jobs, and greatly shrink the economy. No amount of protections or rebates would save consumers from skyrocketing energy costs. And worst of all, there would be little environmental benefit to show for it."

Obama Administration to Support Anti-Israel Resolution at UN Next Week

Weekly Standard  "While UN Ambassador Susan Rice is reported to have played an important role in pushing for U.S. support of a UN investigation, the decision is, one official stressed, of course the president's."   William Kristol
Investigate this  "Despite outward appearances, the Obama administration is not clueless. It has plenty of clues. Let's just say now is a good time to meditate further on Dorothy Rabinowitz's Wall Street Journal column on "The alien in the White House.""
Helen Thomas, Turkey, and the Liberation of Israel  " Israelis should assume by now that whether they act tentatively or strongly, the negative reaction will be the same. Therefore why not project the image of a strong, unapologetic country to a world that has completely lost its moral bearings, and is more likely to respect Israel’s strength than its past concern for meeting an impossible global standard?
How odd that the more the activists, political leaders, and media figures issue moral strictures against Israel, the more they prove abjectly amoral. And the more they seek to pressure Israel, the more they are liberating it to do what it feels it must. "
As in the 1930's, pacifists cause the death of millions .

Katrinization

Victor Davis Hanson  "So if you can’t blame Bush or the big money and you can’t explain the disaster, you are left with the “I’m Obama, after all” voting-present strategy, which explains the deer-in-the-headlights reaction we are seeing now."

Congress Circles the Drain

Big Government "Well here we are in the middle of the worst economy in almost a century, wars on two fronts, and a monster oil spill turning our southern coast into asphalt. And what is Congress busy on? Solving gender discrimination in restrooms."

Official: Van Der Sloot Says He Knows Location of Holloway's Body

Fox News   "Put this insufferable man away forever."  via Lucianne

Iran Sanctions: Just Another Slap On The Wrist

IBD "Ahmadinejad is certainly speaking more accurately than the self-congratulating voices within the Obama administration. They seem to believe a work of diplomatic genius has just taken place courtesy of Hillary Clinton's State Department. But nothing about this fourth pestilence of bothersome insects will derail Tehran in its bomb-making abilities."

YouCut – a first-of-its-kind project

RepublicanWhip You select the federal programs you'd like to see cut. Can't hurt to try it. H/t to CATO

‘Regime Uncertainty’ hurting the economy

CATO  "A huge help in moving toward a stronger economy for small business owners would be to “do no harm”. But Congress continues to pass and propose legislation that increases the cost of running a business and create huge uncertainty about future costs."

Debunking chain e-mail

Politifact "Our in-box has gotten so many requests lately, we decided to check several in one go. Here are four facts from e-mails our readers asked us to check. Here's what we found; read the individual reports for our complete reasoning and a full source list:"...You may want to bookmark this site to use on future chain e-mails. Visit the Politifact homepage Here .  Hat tip to Neal Boortz.

Beyond Bigotry

Townhall "Israel is at war and were Israel to be defeated much of the world would not shed wet tears. What would happen after such a defeat? No one can seriously doubt that Hamas has genocidal intentions. Abdallah Jarbu, Hamas' Deputy Minister of Religion, recently asserted that Jews "want to present themselves to the world as if they have rights, but, in fact, they are foreign bacteria -- a microbe unparalleled in the world." Jarbu then offered this prayer: "May He annihilate this filthy people who have neither religion nor conscience." " Emphasis added
Iran's Ahmadinejad says Israel is 'doomed'  "Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said on Friday Israel was "doomed" and singled out US President Barack Obama for scorn, blaming Washington for orchestrating new nuclear sanctions against Tehran."