Libya: O's urgent inaction/ what was the point of that press conference?

John Podhoretz  "The White House is worried: The Libyan crisis and the general instability in the Middle East have led to spiraling gas prices. The president wanted to show the American people he knows it's a problem.
"So he staged a press conference yesterday, and he basically said he's going to do . . . nothing."

Life Without America "Libya is turning out to be an interesting test case about how the world can get by without we damned Americans taking the lead and mucking things up."


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Obama Bets on Gadhafi  from Le Figaro, France.  "That the Americans have not even interfered with communication across the Libyan territory — something that would have been a nonviolent way to aid the rebel forces — is telling of the White House’s intentions."

Wisconsin Protesters Surround Bus With Republican Senators, Bang on Windows and Doors

Le·gal In·sur·rec·tion  "After the vote passing the budget repair bill, Republican Senators were led from the Capitol through a tunnel, and then onto a bus, where protesters surrounded them and chased the bus, as reported by the Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel."

Obama's Long Nose On Energy

 Powerline Blog   "The President's anti-energy policies are a man-made disaster. Try as he may to deflect responsibility away from his own policies, President Obama can't escape from the simple fact that the actions of his administration have dramatically slowed down domestic energy production. As a consequence, his policies are directly responsible for increasing gas prices."

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Those Japanese nuclear reactors

Red Alert: Nuclear Meltdown at Quake-Damaged Japanese Plant   "A March 12 explosion at the earthquake-damaged Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant in Okuma, Japan, appears to have caused a reactor meltdown."   Plus this.

Officials Claim Positive Signs on Japanese Reactor   "New developments at Japan's earthquake-damaged nuclear reactor may suggest positive signs for authorities' efforts to contain the problem." This and nunerous related links from STRATFOR.

Tsunami hits Kona side of the Big Island. "This video shows the tidal surge, 100 photos taken over a 45-minute period, from the Royal Kona Resort:"...

Japan Nuclear Plant Explosion "An explosion at a nuclear power station about 160 miles north of Tokyo Saturday tore down the walls of one building and caused a radiation leak of unknown proportions."

More updates here   Or "upadates" as it is spelled here.

Tensions High At U.S. Congressional Hearing On Muslim Radicalization

GlobalSecurity.org  "Others who testified, however, gave personal accounts of Muslims who had become radicalized, and said their experiences justified the hearing.

"Melvin Bledsoe told lawmakers how radical imams in his home state set his son on a path to terrorism and led him to move to Yemen.

"U.S. officials say Bledsoe's son, Carlos, has admitted to killing a U.S. soldier outside an army recruiting station in Arkansas.

"When asked by a member of the committee whether the U.S. imams that allegedly helped radicalize Carlos knew what they had done, Bledsoe said: "Sure, they know. They're waiting around to do it again to someone else's child. That's why I'm here today, hoping that the American people are listening. I hope you hear me. I hope you learn something from this. I don't think that any other child or any other parent in America should have to go through what I'm facing today.""

Rep. Peter King is being demonized for holding hearings on a problem that Attorney General Holder says “keeps me up at night.”   "If King had convened a hearing on the threat of salt to our health and lives, committee Democrats no doubt would have pored over every variant — refined, unrefined, iodized — of the damnable substance. They can’t summon the same feeling for investigating Islamic extremism, considering such an inquiry an offense against multiculturalism. The Democrats made King’s first hearing a circus. He nonetheless achieved an important, if inadvertent, success: exposing his critics as hysterical fools."  Rich Lowry

It’s Not Just Al-Qaeda "Rep. Peter King...did not call these hearings because he thinks most Muslims are terrorists. He called these hearings because he would not be doing his job if he failed to investigate the means by which some Muslims — and some mosques — are being radicalized. “I strongly believe that there is a concerted effort by al-Qaeda and al-Qaeda affiliates to recruit young Muslims living legally in this country,”"

Today Show Calls GOP 'Surprise' Vote in Wisconsin an 'Outrage'

Media Research Center  "In the ensuing Yang piece, headlined: "Outrage In Wisconsin, Senate Republicans Cut Union Rights, Bypass Democrats" Yang never bothered to mention the reason Republicans passed the bill "without Democrats" was because they were hiding out, but he did make sure to include footage of protesters repeatedly chanting "Shame!""

Wall Street Journal   "Gov. Scott Walker on Friday signed a bill eliminating most collective-bargaining rights for the state's public-employee unions, setting a precedent other states could follow in the broadest move in decades to curb union rights.
"The bill's passage Thursday by the state's Republican-controlled Assembly in a 53-42 vote ended a three-week stalemate that saw the state's 14 Senate Democrats flee to Illinois in a bid to stymie the measure and tens of thousands of people protest at the Capitol."

Bravery and Common Sense Prevail in Wisconsin  "The courage of the Wisconsin Senate conservatives cannot be understated. Before the vote, lawmakers were threatened with death and physical violence. After the vote, thousands of protesters stormed into the capitol building, ignoring announcements from police that the building was closed. Once inside, and at great risk to the public welfare, activists handcuffed some doors to the capitol shut. When security escorted the Senators to another building, a Democrat tipped off the mob, which then surrounded their cars and tried to break their windows as Senators returned home."

Cowards, More Cowards, and Heroes  “The Senate Democrats have had three weeks to debate this bill and were offered repeated opportunities to come home, which they refused,” Walker said. “In order to move the state forward, I applaud the Legislature’s action today to stand up to the status quo and take a step in the right direction to balance the budget and reform government.”

Anti-bullying conference

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Bullying really isn't what it used to be   "Never mind that the Leftists clamoring for social justice for ‘poor' and underperforming students, have systematically destroyed the best means to academic success, character, and ending bigotry -- the power of parents, faith, and personal responsibility and accountability.
"It's nearly impossible to question the billions being funneled into failing programs and ‘well-meaning' social engineering, let alone the true motives of a Kevin Jennings, without being called a bigot. This certainly isn't the first progressive program based on that premise; certainly not the last to use bullying, in more ways than one."

Union Myths

Thomas Sowell  "Nothing shows the utter cynicism of the unions and the politicians who do their bidding like the so-called "Employee Free Choice Act" that the Obama administration tried to push through Congress. Employees' free choice as to whether or not to join a union is precisely what that legislation would destroy."

Mosques Flourish While Churches Perish

Raymond Ibrahim   "Such, then, is the plight of Christians and their churches in the Muslim world — and such is the irony: while mosques, some of which breed radicalization and serve as terrorist bases, start dotting America's landscape, churches are on their way to becoming extinct in the Middle East, the cradle of Christianity. More pointedly, as America allows Muslims to build a mega-mosque near Ground Zero — which was annihilated by Islamists partially radicalized in mosques — America's "moderate friends" in the Muslim world blatantly persecute Christians and their churches."

Friend vs. Friend in Obama's America

American Thinker  "The media has repeatedly pushed the idea that TEA Partiers, Republicans, and conservatives take issue with the President's agenda because of racism, thereby squelching a legitimate debate of ideas.  Many dismiss this as just another attempt to devalue conservatism by a liberal biased media.  While that may be true we must admit that it has been effective and take note how it plays out in real life."

A flow of anti-Israel poison -- from Israel, to Britain, to the heart of the U.S. capital

American Thinker  "Western culture -- whether expressed in books, plays, movies -- increasingly spews anti-Israel hatred across the globe. It's become a radical-chic campaign by a growing number of writers, directors, actors and other performers to demonize and delegitimize the Jewish state -- often laced with not-so-subtle anti-Semitic stereotypes.
"A couple of recent examples:"...

Another smear against Rep. King by the former 'paper of record'

American Thinker  "It's not surprising, but it is another blood-boiling instance of the self-proclaimed "paper of record" acting more like the propaganda organ for the left wing of the Democratic Party than a legitimate news venue."