The Oil Drilling Moratorium Doesn’t End Till the Permits Begin

Heritage  "The White House got the headlines they wanted today."...."Interior Secretary Ken Salazar told reporters on a conference call yesterday: “We are open for business.” Don’t believe the White House or Salazar for a second. While yesterday’s announcement does remove one legal barrier to the resumption of energy investment in the Gulf, the Obama administration still retains full discretion over whether or not any new permits will be issued. And all indications are that those new permits will not be coming any time soon."

Zombie Ideology; Ideas, old and dead, are still walking around. (Text color changed)

Bruce S. Thornton  "Explaining the continued death-grip of progressive ideology on significant numbers of people despite its manifest intellectual exhaustion, incoherence, and senility compels one to rely on analogies. The notion of political religions, a time-honored way of explaining political doctrines like communism, Nazism, and fascism, is still serviceable for communicating the dependence of progressivism on unreflective faith, metaphysical myths, utopian fantasies, fossilized dogmas, and ritualistic rhetoric. But I’m not sure it any longer communicates just how dead left-wing ideas are."....
"So too the war against dead progressive ideas, which has been going on in America for fifty years. And though we don’t know whether there will be a happy ending, we do know that we can’t ever stop trying to kill off a dead yet still dangerous ideology."

Obama's Un-Presidential Despicable Race Baiting

Lloyd Marcus  "Question: When you squeeze an Orange, what comes out? Answer: Orange juice. Why? Because that's what's inside.

"Obama is being squeezed by polls predicting a Republican landslide in November. Adding to Obama's pressure is his lethargic base's apathy about voting. So, what came out of our so-called, "post racial" president? Despicable, manipulative and evil race baiting."....
"So, while the sycophant liberal media calls any and all opposition to Obama racist, they give Obama carte blauche to exploit his race whenever it serves his purpose."

Government unions gone wild

Thomas Lifson  "Campaign advertising can be annoying, even disgusting. But sometimes an ad comes along that is so disturbing, it suggests derangement. Such an ad is brought to us by a government employees union, the American Federation of Government Employees (afge.com), the largest union representing federal workers, and an AFL-CIO affiliate."

Logical Farce: Obama's Wild Attacks on "Foreign Money" Reek of Desperation (Updated)

Jacob Sullum  "All these groups are legally required to keep such funds segregated from money they use to pay for political advocacy. The White House admitted it had no evidence that the Chamber of Commerce, which says "foreign money" represents 0.05 percent of its $200 million budget, has broken this rule. "

Mike Ramirez, Townhall

Why Nancy Pelosi Will Not be Speaker In 2011

Armstrong Williams  "The only votes that count for House Speaker are not cast by 200 million Americans, but rather by 434 who know her very well. And therein lies her problem.
"Members of Congress, especially Democrats, know that with Pelosi, past is prologue. That if they vote for her as Speaker again, they are apt to see a return to the same headstrong liberal agenda that put them in the box they were in this year."

Chuck Asay, Townhall

Government Greed

Thomas Sowell  "Perhaps one of the most unconscionable acts of greed by government is confiscating people's homes, in order to turn this property over to other people, who are expected to build things that will pay more taxes.
"The Constitution allows the government to take private property for its own use, provided "just compensation" is paid. That way the government can build reservoirs, bridges, or highways, for example, even if that requires displacing some people. But judges over the years have expanded this power to include taking private property just to turn it over to some other private individual or business."

Obama administration appeals gay marriage ruling

Reuters  "The Obama administration decided on Tuesday to appeal a judge's rulings that prevented the U.S. government from banning same-sex marriages, a move that could undermine support among President Barack Obama's traditional liberal base ahead of a key election."

Casting Call for Audience of Obama’s MTV Town Hall?

ABC News  "What else would you expect from a president who was elected by our youth based on the fact that he was "cool".. MTV is holding a "casting call" for audience members for its townhall meeting with Obama." Via  Nealz Nuze

President Obama To Host Youth Town Hall Special On MTV  "President Barack Obama will take part in a youth town hall special on October 14 called "A Conversation With President Obama."

White House Is Lifting Ban on Deepwater Drilling

NY Times  "The moratorium left 33 deepwater drilling rigs idle in the gulf, and the resulting loss of jobs engendered some anger in the region. Senator Mary Landrieu, a Louisiana Democrat, has blocked the confirmation of Mr. Obama’s nominee to run the Office of Management and Budget, Jack Lew, saying she would not allow the nomination to go forward until the moratorium was eased.
"For their part, environmentalists have called on the White House to extend the freeze on deepwater drilling and extend it to shallow-water drilling as well."

Drill, Baby Drill  "So - do they manage to firther(sic) irritate their base by lifting the ban but not placate drillers as they drag their feet on permits?  Based on the current track record of the Administration that has to be the bet."   JustOneMinute

How the Obama Tax Hikes Affect You (Updated)

Heritage  "On top of President Obama’s failed spending policies, now the White House wants to saddle the U.S. economy with the largest tax hike in American history. Taxes on individual income, capital gains and dividends are all set to rise. As Harvard professor Greg Mankiw explained yesterday: “[D]on’t let anyone fool you into thinking that when the government taxes the rich, only the rich bear the burden.”"

Democrats and your pensions  "The Democrats got their "universal healthcare." What's to make you think that they wouldn't go for "universal retirement" next? This isn't some fairytale that I am making up to scare you right before an election. This stuff is actually being discussed in Washington as we speak.
"If you leave the Democrats in power I guarantee you that a move will be made to seize private retirement accounts."

States thumb nose at health reform  "A handful of governors are beginning to seriously flex their muscles in attempts to block the federal health reform law by rejecting grants or legislative action, a worrisome move for health reform’s most stalwart supporters."

Mike Ramirez, Townhall