Michelle Malkin "Folks in the Gulf don't need any more Romanov-style apparatchiks or blue-ribbon crony panels to show them the way toward relief. Florida public officials and foreign shippers say the protectionist Jones Act is preventing vessels from abroad from providing cleanup aid. And Louisiana GOP Gov. Bobby Jindal has exposed White House obstructionism and delays in approving the construction of barrier walls to stop the oil spread.
"After waiting weeks for approval, Jindal received a green light from the White House to put up just five barrier islands -- a minuscule amount of his plan. Tired of waiting for approval of the rest of his plan, Jindal this week ordered the National Guard to circumvent the Beltway foot-dragging and start building the walls immediately."
Wednesday, June 16, 2010
A Crisis of Competence
Heritage "Instead of providing leadership and properly coordinating the response, the Obama administration has chosen to shift blame and politicize the disaster, including: 1) “not-at-all veiled shot[s] at the Bush Administration” for the state of the Minerals and Management Service; 2) vague threats of criminal prosecution from Attorney General Eric Holder; 3) a moratorium on offshore oil drilling which could kill 120,000 jobs in the Gulf alone; and 4) pushing caps on carbon dioxide emissions which have no hope of cleaning up a single drop of oil spilled."
Tuesday, June 15, 2010
Before the Tea Party: the Magna Carta
American Thinker "Mrs. Thatcher did not disappoint. What did she think of the French Revolution? "It resulted in a lot of headless bodies and a tyrant," she said. But, but, the speechless reporters countered, don't you think the French Revolution marked the beginning of human rights? "Certainly not," Maggie answered with steely determination, "that began with Magna Carta." " Robert Morrison
More on the Magna Carta "When representatives of the young republic of the United States gathered to draft a constitution, they turned to the legal system they knew and admired--English common law as evolved from Magna Carta . "
More on the Magna Carta "When representatives of the young republic of the United States gathered to draft a constitution, they turned to the legal system they knew and admired--English common law as evolved from Magna Carta . "
What Obama Should Say Tuesday Night
Mona Charen "There is nothing immoral about companies that extract the coal, oil, and gas from the earth -- no more than those of us who enjoy air conditioning, computers, cars, and airplanes are immoral for using those fuels. Perhaps we've all learned now that we must take another look at ANWR and shallower waters. Environmentalists did us no favors by agitating for bans on drilling in more accessible sites. At least if a spill happens there, it can be dealt with." In our dreams.
Energy Demagogues "...trucks and cars don't run on sunlight or wind, and coal -- whose cost of generation the U.S. energy department priced at 44 cents per megawatt three years ago -- is our second cheapest form of energy, next to oil and gas, at 25 cents per megawatt. Nuclear power is $1.59.
"And how much, according to the energy department, is wind power? Oh, $23.37 per megawatt. Solar power? A whopping $24.34." Bill Murchison is a senior columns writer for The Dallas Morning News.
Emphases added.
Obama in the Bunker "In politics, a "bunker mentality" is an embattled frame of mind, often accompanied by an aggrieved sense of being unfairly under attack. The term is most often applied to American Presidents who suffer political reverses and assume a surly, defensive posture - all critics are enemies; if you're not for us you're against us; etc." Rich Galen has been a press secretary to Dan Quayle and Newt Gingrich.
Energy Demagogues "...trucks and cars don't run on sunlight or wind, and coal -- whose cost of generation the U.S. energy department priced at 44 cents per megawatt three years ago -- is our second cheapest form of energy, next to oil and gas, at 25 cents per megawatt. Nuclear power is $1.59.
"And how much, according to the energy department, is wind power? Oh, $23.37 per megawatt. Solar power? A whopping $24.34." Bill Murchison is a senior columns writer for The Dallas Morning News.
Emphases added.
Obama in the Bunker "In politics, a "bunker mentality" is an embattled frame of mind, often accompanied by an aggrieved sense of being unfairly under attack. The term is most often applied to American Presidents who suffer political reverses and assume a surly, defensive posture - all critics are enemies; if you're not for us you're against us; etc." Rich Galen has been a press secretary to Dan Quayle and Newt Gingrich.
The Obama Energy Tax Game Plan
Heritage "Politico reports that Benenson’s recommended “messaging architecture" includes the slogan “Making BP Pay Isn’t Enough” and adds: “frame the opposition” as “Big Oil and corporate polluters who have blocked energy reform for decades” and “politicians protecting the special interests that fund their campaigns.”
"The irony here is that BP has been a special interest pushing for carbon pricing on Capitol Hill for years now."
"The irony here is that BP has been a special interest pushing for carbon pricing on Capitol Hill for years now."
America Truly is the Greatest Country in the World. Don't Let Freedom Slip Away
Kitty Werthmann "We had been told that [Nazi Germany] didn't have unemployment or crime, and they had a high standard of living. Nothing was ever said about persecution of any group -- Jewish or otherwise. We were led to believe that everyone was happy. We wanted the same way of life in Austria . We were promised that a vote for Hitler would mean the end of unemployment and help for the family. Hitler also said that businesses would be assisted, and farmers would get their farms back. Ninety-eight percent of the population voted to annex Austria to Germany and have Hitler for our ruler.
"We were overjoyed, and for three days we danced in the streets and had candlelight parades. The new government opened up big field kitchens and everyone was fed.
"After the election, German officials were appointed, and like a miracle, we suddenly had law and order. Three or four weeks later, everyone was employed. The government made sure that a lot of work was created through the Public Work Service. " Kitty Werthmann is an 84-year-old native Austrian survivor of the Third Reich.
My point is not to liken Democrats to Nazis; It is, rather, that bad choices can made by voters even with the Electoral College as a safeguard.
"We were overjoyed, and for three days we danced in the streets and had candlelight parades. The new government opened up big field kitchens and everyone was fed.
"After the election, German officials were appointed, and like a miracle, we suddenly had law and order. Three or four weeks later, everyone was employed. The government made sure that a lot of work was created through the Public Work Service. " Kitty Werthmann is an 84-year-old native Austrian survivor of the Third Reich.
My point is not to liken Democrats to Nazis; It is, rather, that bad choices can made by voters even with the Electoral College as a safeguard.
"66% of US voters are angry at the state-run media "
Gateway Pundit "66% of US voters are angry at the state-run media and 48% understand that the teabag-hating media is out to support Obama’s radical leftist agenda."
Obama's 9/11 envy
John Podhoretz "By comparing an unwanted disaster to a conscious act of war, Obama is adding an improper moral dimension to the effort to clean up the Gulf -- a moral reckoning that will make it harder rather than easier to focus on the task of actually plugging the damn hole.
"By likening the murder of 3,000 people and the efforts to take out the US government to a series of mistakes that added up to a catastrophe, Obama has defined evil down in a fashion that does immense violence to good sense, good taste and good leadership."
"By likening the murder of 3,000 people and the efforts to take out the US government to a series of mistakes that added up to a catastrophe, Obama has defined evil down in a fashion that does immense violence to good sense, good taste and good leadership."
Obama’s Destruction Of Capitalism (UPDATED)
Obama's Assaults on Liberty Proceed Unabated "There is no excuse -- none -- for any existing or prospective congressman to fail to comprehend the magnitude of the revolution that is now occurring inside our government. Any candidate who downplays or whitewashes the gravity of the ongoing assaults against our liberties must be defeated. Any congressman who suggests we can just tinker around at the edges of Obamacare and strip away its most noxious provisions -- as opposed to "repeal and replace" -- must be defeated." David Limbaugh
Students Turn On ... Anti-War Teachers – Want Them Fired
Gateway Pundit "Verani is a history teacher? …Can you imagine the anti-American filth she must be flinging at the children in her classroom?" Ask her if she was taught from Howard Zinn's textbook when she was a student.
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